The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 48Leavitt, Trow, & Company, 1859 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 3
... influence . His mind was soon so imbued with a passion for study , that when he passed from Berne to Vienna , and at the latter place gained his first knowledge of Greek literature , ( though at present only through the medium of a when ...
... influence . His mind was soon so imbued with a passion for study , that when he passed from Berne to Vienna , and at the latter place gained his first knowledge of Greek literature , ( though at present only through the medium of a when ...
Page 4
... influence of his uncle , the dean of Wesen , and to that of his friends at Glarus . He was accordingly ordained by the bishop of Constance ; and , after preaching his first sermon at Rapperschwyl , whose name is rendered familiar to ...
... influence of his uncle , the dean of Wesen , and to that of his friends at Glarus . He was accordingly ordained by the bishop of Constance ; and , after preaching his first sermon at Rapperschwyl , whose name is rendered familiar to ...
Page 6
... influence over one who had been educated in the belief of Rome's infallibility . As the light dawned , how often he must have hesitated , wondering whether it was in- deed the true Sun shining out , or the glare of some destructive fire ...
... influence over one who had been educated in the belief of Rome's infallibility . As the light dawned , how often he must have hesitated , wondering whether it was in- deed the true Sun shining out , or the glare of some destructive fire ...
Page 7
... influence of a dream , and persuaded him to proceed with the consecration . The prelate yielded most reluctantly , and had commenced the serv- ice , when lo ! another prodigy - an unut- terable stupor fell on all present , as superhuman ...
... influence of a dream , and persuaded him to proceed with the consecration . The prelate yielded most reluctantly , and had commenced the serv- ice , when lo ! another prodigy - an unut- terable stupor fell on all present , as superhuman ...
Page 11
... influence and guidance . Nor could the whole nominally Christian body in each country be at present intrusted with such a responsibility : party spirit ran too high on either side , and modera- tion was not to be expected at their hands ...
... influence and guidance . Nor could the whole nominally Christian body in each country be at present intrusted with such a responsibility : party spirit ran too high on either side , and modera- tion was not to be expected at their hands ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Acropolis appear arms army assagai Athens Austria beauty body Bohemia called Caroline character Church court death divine Emperor England Europe eyes fact father fear feel feet felt Flora France French German give glacier grace hand heard heart hight honor hour House of Hapsburg human hundred Hungary interest Italy King knew knowledge lady land Larun laws less liberty light living Lombardy look Lord Lord Cochrane Madame Madame Campan Marie Antoinette ment Metternich mind mountain nation nature never night observed once Othello party passed person poet political Popish present Prince Princess Protestant Queen racter Reformation round Russia Saxon scarcely scene seemed side soon spirit strange tell thing thought thousand tion truth turned Vienna Whigs whole words write young Zwingli
Popular passages
Page 484 - From the lone shieling of the misty island Mountains divide us, and the waste of seas — Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland, And we in dreams behold the Hebrides : Fair these broad meads, &c.
Page 480 - WHY, William, on that old grey stone, Thus for the length of half a day, Why, William, sit you thus alone, And dream your time away ? " Where are your books ? — that light bequeathed To beings else forlorn and blind ! Up ! up ! and drink the spirit breathed From dead men to their kind. " You look round on your mother Earth, As if she for no purpose bore you ; As if you were her first-born birth, And none had lived before you...
Page 70 - That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
Page 254 - To reverence the King, as if he were Their conscience, and their conscience as their King To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad redressing human wrongs, To speak no slander, no, nor listen to it, To honor his own word as if his God's, To lead sweet lives in purest chastity, To love one maiden only, cleave to her, And worship her by years of noble deeds, Until they won her...
Page 388 - The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this Publican. 12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
Page 23 - As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe, And forward bends his head, The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, And southward aye we fled. And now there came both mist and snow, And it grew wondrous cold; And ice, mast-high, came floating by, As green as emerald...
Page 149 - They may be naturally arranged into: 1. Those activities which directly minister to self-preservation; 2. Those activities which, by securing the necessaries of life, indirectly minister to self-preservation; 3. Those activities which have for their end the rearing and discipline of offspring; 4. Those activities which are involved in the maintenance of proper social and political relations; 5. Those miscellaneous activities which make up the leisure part of life, devoted to the gratification of...
Page 510 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 161 - The only history that is of practical value, is what may be called Descriptive Sociology. And the highest office which the historian can discharge, is that of so narrating the lives of nations, as to furnish materials for a Comparative Sociology ; and for the subsequent determination of the ultimate laws to which social phenomena conform.
Page 394 - ... swayed as by a wind. At the same moment the watch beside the revolver softly slid from the table, — softly, softly, — no visible hand ; it was gone. I sprang up, seizing the revolver with the one hand, the dagger with the other : I was not willing that my weapons should share the fate of the watch. Thus armed, I looked round the floor ; no sign of the watch. Three slow, loud, distinct knocks were now heard at the bed-head ; my servant called out, " Is that you, sir ? "