American Literature ; an Historical Sketch, 1620-1880A. and C. Black, 1882 - 472 من الصفحات |
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... fact , attributable in part to obvious historical causes , is fully recognised by the leading authors of the New World . " I hate to hear people talking of American literature , " one of these recently remarked : “ I find here no want ...
... fact , attributable in part to obvious historical causes , is fully recognised by the leading authors of the New World . " I hate to hear people talking of American literature , " one of these recently remarked : “ I find here no want ...
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... fact that , in the clash of rival interests and conflicting social principles , a fanaticism on both sides in politics is developed , only less fierce than that of rival religions ; that when the strife thickens , the hottest , not the ...
... fact that , in the clash of rival interests and conflicting social principles , a fanaticism on both sides in politics is developed , only less fierce than that of rival religions ; that when the strife thickens , the hottest , not the ...
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... fact is confessed by one of the few signatories , in whose pages there is neither eccentricity nor violence " Bred in English habits of thought , as most of us are , we have not yet modified our instincts to the necessities of our new ...
... fact is confessed by one of the few signatories , in whose pages there is neither eccentricity nor violence " Bred in English habits of thought , as most of us are , we have not yet modified our instincts to the necessities of our new ...
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... facts or tendencies to which we have referred , through the three great periods under which American history obviously falls : -- I. The Colonial , or Period of Settlement .. II . The Revolutionary , or Period of Struggle for Inde ...
... facts or tendencies to which we have referred , through the three great periods under which American history obviously falls : -- I. The Colonial , or Period of Settlement .. II . The Revolutionary , or Period of Struggle for Inde ...
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... fact that he asserted this doctrine under the most un- favourable circumstances ; and was , in its defence , almost single - handed against the best as well as the worst of his compeers . The strength and weakness alike of the ...
... fact that he asserted this doctrine under the most un- favourable circumstances ; and was , in its defence , almost single - handed against the best as well as the worst of his compeers . The strength and weakness alike of the ...
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الصفحة 188 - The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods — rivers that move * In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 199 - Down the dark future, through long generations, The echoing sounds grow fainter and then cease; And like a bell, with solemn, sweet vibrations, I hear once more the voice of Christ say, "Peace !" Peace ! and no longer from its brazen portals The blast of War's great organ shakes the skies ! But beautiful as songs of the immortals, The holy melodies of love arise.
الصفحة 219 - IN THE greenest of our valleys, By good angels tenanted, Once a fair and stately palace — Radiant palace — reared its head. In the monarch Thought's dominion — It stood there! Never seraph spread a pinion Over fabric half so fair.
الصفحة 247 - 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.
الصفحة 301 - They reckon ill who leave me out; When me they fly, I am the wings; I am the doubter and the doubt, And I the hymn the Brahmin sings.
الصفحة 239 - 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.
الصفحة 213 - RECONCILIATION WORD over all, beautiful as the sky, Beautiful that war and all its deeds of carnage must in time be utterly lost, That the hands of the sisters Death and Night incessantly softly wash again, and ever again, this soil'd world; For my enemy is dead, a man divine as myself is dead, I look where he lies white-faced and still in the coffin — I draw near, Bend down and touch lightly with my lips the white face in the coffin.
الصفحة 224 - 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.
الصفحة 250 - 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.