Letters of James Russell Lowell, المجلد 1Harper & Brothers, 1893 - 3 من الصفحات |
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... tion , on the ground of its exhibition of traits essential to the likeness of the self - drawn portrait of his friend . To one of my own as well as of Mr. Lowell's nearest friends , Mr. Leslie Stephen , I am glad to owe so much as makes ...
... tion , on the ground of its exhibition of traits essential to the likeness of the self - drawn portrait of his friend . To one of my own as well as of Mr. Lowell's nearest friends , Mr. Leslie Stephen , I am glad to owe so much as makes ...
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... tion . " Be wise to - day , ' tis madness to defer , " and it is an old Spanish proverb , that " hell is paved with good intentions . " À propos , I intend to satirize in my poem those fools that are ambitious of appearing to despise ...
... tion . " Be wise to - day , ' tis madness to defer , " and it is an old Spanish proverb , that " hell is paved with good intentions . " À propos , I intend to satirize in my poem those fools that are ambitious of appearing to despise ...
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... tion Parliament for an equal representation . At Man- chester Ebenezer Elliott , of whom you must have heard , a man of true genius , " the poor man's poet , " was chair- man of a meeting where three hundred thousand were said to have ...
... tion Parliament for an equal representation . At Man- chester Ebenezer Elliott , of whom you must have heard , a man of true genius , " the poor man's poet , " was chair- man of a meeting where three hundred thousand were said to have ...
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... tion Parliament for an equal representation . At Man- chester Ebenezer Elliott , of whom you must have heard , a man of true genius , " the poor man's poet , " was chair- man of a meeting where three hundred thousand were said to have ...
... tion Parliament for an equal representation . At Man- chester Ebenezer Elliott , of whom you must have heard , a man of true genius , " the poor man's poet , " was chair- man of a meeting where three hundred thousand were said to have ...
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... tion of Christianity to life . We cry out most loudly against slavery because that seems to be the foulest blotch , and it is easier to awaken the attention of the worldly and indifferent to that than to any other . Their interest once ...
... tion of Christianity to life . We cry out most loudly against slavery because that seems to be the foulest blotch , and it is easier to awaken the attention of the worldly and indifferent to that than to any other . Their interest once ...
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abolitionist affectionate American beautiful believe Biglow Papers bobolink Boston C. E. NORTON Elmwood C. F. BRIGGS Elmwood Cambridge copy dear Friend dear Sydney Dresden E. L. GODKIN edition eyes fancy fear feel G. B. LORING give glad half happy head hear heart hope Hosea Italy J. L. MOTLEY J. R. L. Elmwood J. R. LOWELL JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL keep kind lectures LESLIE STEPHEN letter literary live Longfellow look Lowell's Maria mean mind MISS NORTON morning nature never night North American Review perhaps pleasant poem poet poetry remember seems seen sent Sir Launfal Sonnet spirit suppose sure SYDNEY H tell thing thou thought tion told trees true truly verses W. D. HOWELLS week wish word write written wrote Yankee yesterday
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الصفحة 315 - Who is it that says most that can say more Than this rich praise,—that you alone are you ? In whose confine immured is the store Which should example where your equal grew." should read, I think, as I have corrected in margin. After " dignifies his story " should be a colon for a comma. Sonnet
الصفحة 315 - not a semicolon. Sonnet xcviii. : " They were but sweet, but figures of delight." This is nonsense. Only sweet ? What more can a man ask in this life ? Shakespeare wrote, " They were, best sweet, but," etc. Sonnet cxv. : " When I was certain o'er incertainty, Crowning the present, doubting of the rest.
الصفحة 97 - To what can I liken her smiling Upon me, her kneeling lover? How it leaped from her lips to her eyelids And dimpled her wholly over, Till her outstretched hands smiled also. And I almost seemed to see The very heart of her mother Sending sun through her veins to me !
الصفحة 15 - As through the garden's desert paths I rove, What fond illusions swarm in every grove ! Childhood's loved group revisits every scene, The tangled woodwalk and the tufted green !" ROGERS. How exactly do these descriptions suit with my present situation ! " Old mansion," " desert walks,
الصفحة 15 - guest, Points to the master's eyes (where'er they roam) His wistful face, and whines a welcome home." CAMPBELL. " Mark yon old mansion frowning through the trees, Whose hollow turret woos the whistling breeze. That casement, arch'd with ivy's brownest shade, First to these eyes the light of heaven convey'd
الصفحة 387 - I see you walking in an air of glory Whose light doth trample on my days." We, meanwhile, are to go through the agonies of a
الصفحة 101 - 1845. My dear Friend,— . . . Poe, I am afraid, is wholly lacking in that element of manhood which, for want of a better name, we call character. It is something quite distinct from genius—though all great geniuses are endowed with it. Hence we always think of Dante Alighieri, of Michael Angelo, of Will Shakespeare, of John
الصفحة 109 - Elmwood, 1848. ... I, for one, came into the antislavery ranks after the chief burthen and heat of the day were over, and I would always bear in mind that excellent saying of old Fuller, that " there is more required to make one valiant than to call Cranmer and
الصفحة 150 - If you prick them do they not bleed? If you tickle them do they not laugh ? If you poison them do they not die ? If you wrong them shall they not revenge? Nay, I will go a step farther, and ask if all this do not apply to parsons also ? Even they are human.
الصفحة 154 - Wut's words to them whose faith an' truth On War's red techstone rang true metal, Who ventered life an' love an' youth Flashed on afore the charge's thunder. Tippin