American Literature ; an Historical Sketch, 1620-1880A. and C. Black, 1882 - 472 pages |
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... artistic activity ; 1 to illustrate their position , by reference to the history and poli- tics of the time ; and to give my views , founded in those cases on direct personal study , of their position and influence . It will perhaps be ...
... artistic activity ; 1 to illustrate their position , by reference to the history and poli- tics of the time ; and to give my views , founded in those cases on direct personal study , of their position and influence . It will perhaps be ...
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... , that the speculative and artistic tendencies of recent years have found room and occasion for development . Our travellers find a peculiar charm in the manly force and rough adventurous spirit of the far West ; but the poetry.
... , that the speculative and artistic tendencies of recent years have found room and occasion for development . Our travellers find a peculiar charm in the manly force and rough adventurous spirit of the far West ; but the poetry.
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... artistic , as well as many of the social , peculi- arities of the United States may doubtless be traced to their form of government . After the obvious wants of life are provided for , democracy stimulates the production of books . An ...
... artistic , as well as many of the social , peculi- arities of the United States may doubtless be traced to their form of government . After the obvious wants of life are provided for , democracy stimulates the production of books . An ...
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... artistic inspirations of a flexible tradition . The one is displayed in the so - called Augustan ages of letters , in the France of Louis XIV . , and the England of Queen Anne , when men of genius - caring more to cultivate style than ...
... artistic inspirations of a flexible tradition . The one is displayed in the so - called Augustan ages of letters , in the France of Louis XIV . , and the England of Queen Anne , when men of genius - caring more to cultivate style than ...
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... artistic power , less fluency , and less variety of illustration than Irving , is more vigorous and peculiar . His sea - pieces are unsur- passed ; but on land he everywhere remembers Scott , and his heroes , his conversations , and his ...
... artistic power , less fluency , and less variety of illustration than Irving , is more vigorous and peculiar . His sea - pieces are unsur- passed ; but on land he everywhere remembers Scott , and his heroes , his conversations , and his ...
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Page 208 - And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays; Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten; Every clod feels a stir of might, •An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers...
Page 80 - And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: and after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
Page 70 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither. This piratical warfare, the opprobrium of INFIDEL powers, is the warfare of the CHRISTIAN king of Great Britain. Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative...
Page 233 - And so beside the Silent Sea I wait the muffled oar ; No harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore. I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care.
Page 225 - He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men before his judgment seat: Oh! be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet! Our God is marching on. In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me: As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
Page 236 - ... CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. THIS is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare ; Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl, — Wrecked is the ship of pearl ! And every chambered cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell...
Page 225 - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on.
Page 274 - Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous.
Page 210 - New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea, Nor attempt the Future's portal with the Past's blood-rusted key.
Page 43 - The Puritan hated bearbaiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.