The Works of William E. Channing, المجلد 1J. Munroe, 1848 - 440 من الصفحات |
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... genius , the free , bold flight of thought ; eloquence , its free and fervent utterance . Let me add , that social order is better preserved by liberty , than by restraint . The latter , unless most wisely and justly employed , frets ...
... genius , the free , bold flight of thought ; eloquence , its free and fervent utterance . Let me add , that social order is better preserved by liberty , than by restraint . The latter , unless most wisely and justly employed , frets ...
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... genius . He was conscious of that within him , which could quicken all knowledge , and wield it with ease and might ; which could give freshness to old truths and harmony to dis- cordant thoughts ; which could bind together , by living ...
... genius . He was conscious of that within him , which could quicken all knowledge , and wield it with ease and might ; which could give freshness to old truths and harmony to dis- cordant thoughts ; which could bind together , by living ...
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... genius exists , the mind , far from being distracted or oppressed by the variety of its acquisitions , will see more and more common bearings and hidden and beautiful analogies in all the objects of knowledge , will see mutual light ...
... genius exists , the mind , far from being distracted or oppressed by the variety of its acquisitions , will see more and more common bearings and hidden and beautiful analogies in all the objects of knowledge , will see mutual light ...
الصفحة 7
... genius the most transcendent . He esteemed it in himself as a kind of inspiration , and wrote his great works with something of the conscious dignity of a prophet . We agree with Milton in his estimate of poetry . It seems to us the ...
... genius the most transcendent . He esteemed it in himself as a kind of inspiration , and wrote his great works with something of the conscious dignity of a prophet . We agree with Milton in his estimate of poetry . It seems to us the ...
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... genius thus stoops , it dims its fires , and parts with much of its power ; and , even when poetry is en- slaved to licentiousness or misanthropy , she cannot wholly forget her true vocation . Strains of pure feel- ing , touches of ...
... genius thus stoops , it dims its fires , and parts with much of its power ; and , even when poetry is en- slaved to licentiousness or misanthropy , she cannot wholly forget her true vocation . Strains of pure feel- ing , touches of ...
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الصفحة 28 - I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar Amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and her Siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his Altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
الصفحة 50 - O Adam, one Almighty is, from whom All things proceed, and up to him return, If not depraved from good, created all Such to perfection, one first matter all, Endued with various forms, various degrees Of substance, and, in things that live, of life...
الصفحة 320 - Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days : which are a shadow of things to come ; but the body is of Christ.
الصفحة 316 - Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore ; for it is holy unto you : every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death : for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
الصفحة 13 - Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
الصفحة 52 - And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
الصفحة 229 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
الصفحة 14 - At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes. And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wished she might Deny her nature, and be never more Still to be so displaced. I was all ear, !(« And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death.
الصفحة 17 - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blaz'd; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
الصفحة 35 - CYRIACK, this three years' day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot ; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In Liberty's defence, my noble task, Of which...