Flowers of Literature and Ladies' Keepsake: A Selection from Some of the Best Authors of England, Scotland, Swisserland and AmericaA.C. Greene, Printer, 1850 - 144 pages |
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... scene would open to our view ; we should see the causes of public disunion removed , when men were animated with that noble spirit of love and charity which our religion breathes , and formed to the pur- suits of those higher interests ...
... scene would open to our view ; we should see the causes of public disunion removed , when men were animated with that noble spirit of love and charity which our religion breathes , and formed to the pur- suits of those higher interests ...
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... scenes , and to approach to a nearer communion with his Father , amidst the sublimest of his works . It is with similar feelings , and to worship . the same Father , that the Christian is permitted to enter the temple of Nature ; and by ...
... scenes , and to approach to a nearer communion with his Father , amidst the sublimest of his works . It is with similar feelings , and to worship . the same Father , that the Christian is permitted to enter the temple of Nature ; and by ...
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... scenes in which they dwelt ; but , -if we except Virgil , whose gentle mind seems to have anticipated , in this in ... scene ? Then , as now , the silvery clouds of the Algean Sea rolled round her verdant isles , and sported in the ...
... scenes in which they dwelt ; but , -if we except Virgil , whose gentle mind seems to have anticipated , in this in ... scene ? Then , as now , the silvery clouds of the Algean Sea rolled round her verdant isles , and sported in the ...
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... groves of Italy , the majestic dome of St. Peter's and the smoking crater of Vesuvius . As the curtain still rose , I stretched my view over the Mediterra- 1 nean , the scene of ancient glory ; the AND LADIES ' KEEPSAKE . 21.
... groves of Italy , the majestic dome of St. Peter's and the smoking crater of Vesuvius . As the curtain still rose , I stretched my view over the Mediterra- 1 nean , the scene of ancient glory ; the AND LADIES ' KEEPSAKE . 21.
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... scene of ancient glory ; the Archipelago , studded with islands ; the shores of the Bosphorus , and the gilded minarets and cypress groves of Constantinople . Throwing back a look at the less attractive North , I saw pictured the rugged ...
... scene of ancient glory ; the Archipelago , studded with islands ; the shores of the Bosphorus , and the gilded minarets and cypress groves of Constantinople . Throwing back a look at the less attractive North , I saw pictured the rugged ...
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Page 58 - There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth; There was manhood's brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war? — They sought a faith's pure shrine. Ay, call it holy ground, — The soil where first they trod! They have left unstained what there they found — Freedom to worship God ! Felicia Hemans.
Page 58 - THE breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed ; And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Page 105 - Like the fair flower dishevelled in the wind ; Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream ; The man we celebrate must find a tomb, And we that worship him, ignoble graves. Nothing is proof against the general curse Of vanity, that seizes all below. The only amaranthine flower on earth Is virtue, the only lasting treasure, truth.
Page 39 - How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel...
Page 28 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Page 28 - Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, And he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, So that the waves thereof are still.
Page 96 - For, after a long and manly, but vain struggle with his distemper, he dismissed his physicians, and with them all hopes of life : but with his hopes of life he dismissed not his concern for the living, but sent for a youth nearly related, and finely accomplished, yet not above being the better for good impressions from a dying friend.
Page 57 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set, but all — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death...
Page 28 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths : their soul is melted because of trouble.
Page 94 - He has dissipated the prejudice that had long connected gaiety with vice, and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character " above all Greek, above all Roman fame.