Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 22Leavitt, Throw and Company, 1851 |
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... once a particular term , became a synonym of his Ballads and Chronicle , have familiarized for the Spaniard and his language . From Europe with the career of this Achilles of its composite character it has been compared Castile , and ...
... once a particular term , became a synonym of his Ballads and Chronicle , have familiarized for the Spaniard and his language . From Europe with the career of this Achilles of its composite character it has been compared Castile , and ...
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... once a prepared train . Be that as it may , Spain actually possesses a treasure of primi- tive and genuine historical lays , such as Mr. Macaulay has conceived must have existed in the first stages of Rome's existence , and which , at ...
... once a prepared train . Be that as it may , Spain actually possesses a treasure of primi- tive and genuine historical lays , such as Mr. Macaulay has conceived must have existed in the first stages of Rome's existence , and which , at ...
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... once made off , twisting their long tails over their backs , making a loud switch- ing noise with them , and cantered along at an easy pace , which , however , obliged my horse to put his best foot foremost to keep up with them . " The ...
... once made off , twisting their long tails over their backs , making a loud switch- ing noise with them , and cantered along at an easy pace , which , however , obliged my horse to put his best foot foremost to keep up with them . " The ...
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... once commenced plunging round and round , and then occasionally remained still , sitting for a few minutes on the same spot . On hearing the they trotted along like oxen , at a smart pace , as stream , and the fourth dashed down the ...
... once commenced plunging round and round , and then occasionally remained still , sitting for a few minutes on the same spot . On hearing the they trotted along like oxen , at a smart pace , as stream , and the fourth dashed down the ...
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... once fell asleep and was wakened by a terri- ble concert , like that which Humboldt de- scribes in the wilds of South America , amid which the roar of the lion was pre - eminent , though the trumpet - tone of the elephant was ...
... once fell asleep and was wakened by a terri- ble concert , like that which Humboldt de- scribes in the wilds of South America , amid which the roar of the lion was pre - eminent , though the trumpet - tone of the elephant was ...
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Page 55 - Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe...
Page 232 - And he said, BLESSED be the Lord God of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant.
Page 197 - Ay, sir ; to be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand.
Page 239 - My life is dreary, He cometh not," she said; She said, "I am aweary, aweary, I would that I were dead!
Page 193 - In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ;* A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long...
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Page 71 - Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people, it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them;...
Page 69 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both!
Page 66 - Calvinists, you see, stick fast where they were left by that great man of God who yet saw not all things.
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