American Quarterly Review, Volume 21Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1837 |
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... character of soils , and the laws of vegetation , with considerable industry , and his works abound with much ele- mentary knowledge , but they are of course destitute of that philosophical accuracy which is founded upon the inductive ...
... character of soils , and the laws of vegetation , with considerable industry , and his works abound with much ele- mentary knowledge , but they are of course destitute of that philosophical accuracy which is founded upon the inductive ...
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... character of organization , and are rendered subservient to the purposes of life . And by the influence of heat , light , and electrical powers , there is a constant series of changes ; matter assumes new forms , the destruction of one ...
... character of organization , and are rendered subservient to the purposes of life . And by the influence of heat , light , and electrical powers , there is a constant series of changes ; matter assumes new forms , the destruction of one ...
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... character have been instituted ' in the different states of the union , some , we believe , under government patronage . The establishment of agricul- tural societies and journals in the different states , we trust , is the harbinger of ...
... character have been instituted ' in the different states of the union , some , we believe , under government patronage . The establishment of agricul- tural societies and journals in the different states , we trust , is the harbinger of ...
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... character of the literature of our country ; for the most part , how ephemeral and superficial ! and have endeavoured to attract attention to the necessity of rendering it as pure and beneficial as possible . Apart from newspapers ...
... character of the literature of our country ; for the most part , how ephemeral and superficial ! and have endeavoured to attract attention to the necessity of rendering it as pure and beneficial as possible . Apart from newspapers ...
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... character , seeming only to resemble their father in hearts running over with the milk of human kindness , unless Susan's all - conquering cheerfulness was derived from her father's ever- acquiescing patience . His was a passive virtue ...
... character , seeming only to resemble their father in hearts running over with the milk of human kindness , unless Susan's all - conquering cheerfulness was derived from her father's ever- acquiescing patience . His was a passive virtue ...
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Page 385 - AT midnight, in his guarded tent, The Turk was dreaming of the hour When Greece, her knee in suppliance bent, Should tremble at his power ; In dreams, through camp and court, he bore The trophies of a conqueror ; In dreams his song of triumph heard. Then wore his monarch's signet ring, Then pressed that monarch's throne — a King ; As wild his thoughts, and gay of wing, As Eden's garden bird.
Page 5 - Where the great Sun begins his state Robed in flames and amber light, The clouds in thousand liveries dight; While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrow'd land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale.
Page 318 - To envelop and contain celestial spirits. Never was such a sudden scholar made ; Never came reformation in a flood, With such a heady...
Page 385 - An hour passed on — the Turk awoke — That bright dream was his last; He woke to hear his sentries shriek, " To arms! they come! the Greek ! the Greek...
Page 485 - Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school...
Page 482 - Where many a time he triumphed is forgot. Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high, Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye...
Page 431 - But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it ; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it : and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
Page 385 - They fought— like brave men, long and well; They piled that ground with Moslem slain: They conquered— but Bozzaris fell, Bleeding at every vein. His few surviving comrades saw His smile when rang their proud hurrah, And the red field was won; Then saw in death his eyelids close Calmly, as to a night's repose. Like flowers at set of sun.
Page 471 - Your last letter, I repeat it, was too short ; you should have given me your opinion of the design of the heroi-comical poem which I sent you. You remember I intended to introduce the hero of the poem as lying in a paltry alehouse. You may take the following specimen of the manner, which I flatter myself is quite original. The room in which he lies may be described somewhat...
Page 439 - you are too severe. He is only a bur. Tom Davies flung him at Johnson in sport, and he has the faculty of sticking.