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... hope , that the execution will prove worthy of the design , and of the expec- tations which have been raised of its utility . On this subject , however , it is the judgement of the Public which must , and which ought to decide . To that ...
... hope , that the execution will prove worthy of the design , and of the expec- tations which have been raised of its utility . On this subject , however , it is the judgement of the Public which must , and which ought to decide . To that ...
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... hope , that such merit as he is evidently possessed of , will not long be neglected by his countrymen . We have , however , to lament , that almost every professor in the fine arts may perhaps join him in similar complaints . We have ...
... hope , that such merit as he is evidently possessed of , will not long be neglected by his countrymen . We have , however , to lament , that almost every professor in the fine arts may perhaps join him in similar complaints . We have ...
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... hope the author will oblige the public , as soon as he has maturely revised them . He thus proposes his subject . • What various aids the student's course requires , Whom Art allures , and love of fame inspires ; But chief , what toils ...
... hope the author will oblige the public , as soon as he has maturely revised them . He thus proposes his subject . • What various aids the student's course requires , Whom Art allures , and love of fame inspires ; But chief , what toils ...
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... hope to derive from the completion of his design , the desideratuma of an English original poem , that may equally instruct and animate our rising artists , that may correct the public taste , and excite its patronage . It was not ...
... hope to derive from the completion of his design , the desideratuma of an English original poem , that may equally instruct and animate our rising artists , that may correct the public taste , and excite its patronage . It was not ...
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... hope , disgrace the remaining parts of this valuable poem , nor any other edition of the present . The notes rather exceed the proportion which they should bear to the text , even in a didactic work ; and , though both entertaining and ...
... hope , disgrace the remaining parts of this valuable poem , nor any other edition of the present . The notes rather exceed the proportion which they should bear to the text , even in a didactic work ; and , though both entertaining and ...
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Page 949 - DOWN in a green and shady bed, A modest violet grew, Its stalk was bent, it hung its head, As if to hide from view.
Page 535 - But on this day, embosomed in his home, He shares the frugal meal with those he loves ; With those he loves he shares the heart-felt joy Of giving thanks to God,— not thanks of form, A word and a grimace, but reverently, With covered face and upward earnest eye.
Page 807 - What ages and what lights are requisite for THIS attainment ! This intelligence involves the very attributes of Divinity, while a God is denied: for unless this man is omnipresent, unless he is at this moment in every place in the universe, he cannot know but there may be in some place manifestations of a Deity by which even he would be overpowered. If he does not know absolutely every agent in the universe, the one that he does not know may be God. If he is not...
Page 809 - There have not been wanting trivial minds to mark this as a fault in his character. But the mere men of taste ought to be silent respecting such a man as Howard; he is above their sphere of judgment. The invisible spirits, who fulfil their commission of philanthropy among mortals, do not care about pictures, statues, and sumptuous buildings; and no more did he, when the time in which he must have inspected and admired them would have been taken from the work to which he had consecrated his life.
Page 535 - But chiefly Man the day of rest enjoys. Hail, Sabbath ! thee I hail, the poor man's day. On other days the man of toil is...
Page 902 - Tis pleasant, by the cheerful hearth, to hear Of tempests and the dangers of the deep, And pause at times, and feel that we are safe ; Then listen to the perilous tale again, And with an eager and suspended soul, Woo terror to delight us.
Page 807 - If he does not know absolutely every agent in the universe, the one that he does not know may be God. If he is not himself the chief agent in the universe, and does not know what is so, that which is so may be God. If he...
Page 809 - It implied an inconceivable severity of conviction that he had one thing to do, and that he who would do some great thing in this short life, must apply himself to the work with such a concentration of his forces, as, to idle spectators who live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity.
Page 952 - Yes, said he, with firmness, I think so. Look at yourself, I replied, and consider your hands and fingers, your legs and feet, and other limbs ; are they not regular in their appearance, and useful to you? He said, they were. Came you then hither, said I, by chance ? No, he answered, that cannot be ; something must have made me.
Page 951 - I smiled at the report, and seemed inclined to disregard it; but he insisted on my going to see what had happened. Yes...