The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature: A Biographical and Bibliographical Summary of the World's Most Eminent Authors, Including the Choicest Extracts and Masterpieces from Their Writings, Volumen18Avil Printing Company, 1903 |
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... tion , gives the story of his early love - its beginning , its irregular course , its hopes and doubts , its exaltations and despairs , its sudden interruption and transformation by death . . . . In dealing with the intimate revela ...
... tion , gives the story of his early love - its beginning , its irregular course , its hopes and doubts , its exaltations and despairs , its sudden interruption and transformation by death . . . . In dealing with the intimate revela ...
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... tion . Upon his return from the latter filibuster- ing expedition he became connected editorially with the Mobile Register , the Frankfort Yeo- man , and the Louisville Times . He served in the Confederate army as a commander of the ...
... tion . Upon his return from the latter filibuster- ing expedition he became connected editorially with the Mobile Register , the Frankfort Yeo- man , and the Louisville Times . He served in the Confederate army as a commander of the ...
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... tion of this translation was published in 1884 , at Boston , in a large folio volume , profusely illus- trated by Elihu Vedder ; the illustrations occupy- ing some ten times as much space as the text . If we could conceive of the Greek ...
... tion of this translation was published in 1884 , at Boston , in a large folio volume , profusely illus- trated by Elihu Vedder ; the illustrations occupy- ing some ten times as much space as the text . If we could conceive of the Greek ...
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... tion to South America , going first to Quito , thence descending the Amazon to its mouth , thus cross- ing the continent from west to east , nearly upon the line of the equator . In 1873 he headed a simi- lar expedition , crossing the ...
... tion to South America , going first to Quito , thence descending the Amazon to its mouth , thus cross- ing the continent from west to east , nearly upon the line of the equator . In 1873 he headed a simi- lar expedition , crossing the ...
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... tion , as the oxygen of the atmosphere - in itself so inebriating and consuming - gives spirit and life when mingled in moderate proportion with the more solid and nutritious nitrogen . To change the figure - he aims to live and work in ...
... tion , as the oxygen of the atmosphere - in itself so inebriating and consuming - gives spirit and life when mingled in moderate proportion with the more solid and nutritious nitrogen . To change the figure - he aims to live and work in ...
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Página 447 - ... prophet still, if bird or devil ! Whether tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, Desolate, yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted, On this home by horror haunted, — tell me truly, I implore, Is there — is there balm in Gilead? tell me — tell me, I implore !
Página 439 - Hear the sledges with the bells Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars that oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight...
Página 476 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent! Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, He bounds, connects, and equals all.
Página 472 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride Might hide her faults, if Belles had faults to hide : If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
Página 443 - Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, "Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore ; But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you" — here I opened wide the door: — Darkness there and nothing more.
Página 447 - And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon that is dreaming' And the lamplight o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor: And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted — nevermore!
Página 237 - All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
Página 449 - ... an utter depression of soul which I can compare to no earthly sensation more properly than to the after-dream of the reveller upon opium, the bitter lapse into everyday life, the hideous dropping off of the veil.
Página 477 - Aonian maids, Delight no more — O thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire ! Rapt into future times, the Bard begun : A Virgin shall conceive, a Virgin bear a Son...
Página 449 - It was a mystery all insoluble ; nor could I grapple with the shadowy fancies that crowded upon me as I pondered.