The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 56Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1860 |
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... dreams . He was the true revolutionist ; in the tribune of 1789 he would have effaced Mirabeau and Danton , for when he was roused , for the worship of ideas , he had all the magnifi- cence of the tempest . Not one of his books give an ...
... dreams . He was the true revolutionist ; in the tribune of 1789 he would have effaced Mirabeau and Danton , for when he was roused , for the worship of ideas , he had all the magnifi- cence of the tempest . Not one of his books give an ...
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... storm , that its roots may strike the deeper . Your talent will unfold itself as soon as you can shake off this vain VOL . LVI . 4 dream ; your sharp wit , purified by the sorrow 1860. ] 49 The Youthful Love of Ludwig Börne .
... storm , that its roots may strike the deeper . Your talent will unfold itself as soon as you can shake off this vain VOL . LVI . 4 dream ; your sharp wit , purified by the sorrow 1860. ] 49 The Youthful Love of Ludwig Börne .
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... dream ; your sharp wit , purified by the sorrow that may linger , will be softened into a milder humor , whose world - compelling power shall first exercise itself upon this very incident in your history . You will recognize your inborn ...
... dream ; your sharp wit , purified by the sorrow that may linger , will be softened into a milder humor , whose world - compelling power shall first exercise itself upon this very incident in your history . You will recognize your inborn ...
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... dreams of meadows and running brooks , for my head was like one of those crystal globes which we sometimes see full of fish . At half - past three in the morning - the time was indi- cated by a lighted match held before the dial of my ...
... dreams of meadows and running brooks , for my head was like one of those crystal globes which we sometimes see full of fish . At half - past three in the morning - the time was indi- cated by a lighted match held before the dial of my ...
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... Dream , ' is to blot out intervening ages , to drink from the fountain - head of Helicon , far back to the time when inspiration was freshest . to go ' But why should the art preservative of all arts tend only to the destruction of ...
... Dream , ' is to blot out intervening ages , to drink from the fountain - head of Helicon , far back to the time when inspiration was freshest . to go ' But why should the art preservative of all arts tend only to the destruction of ...
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Page 503 - Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
Page 44 - ... screams of children, and the cries of men ; some calling for their children, others for their parents, others for their husbands, and only distinguishing each other by their voices ; one lamenting his own fate, another that of his family ; some wishing to die from the very fear of dying ; some lifting their hands to the gods ; but, the greater part imagining that the last and eternal night was come, which was to destroy the gods and the world together.
Page 325 - Blessings be with them — and eternal praise, Who gave us nobler loves, and nobler cares—- The Poets, who on earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays ! Oh ! might my name be numbered among theirs, Then gladly would I end my mortal days.
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Page 53 - Sum up at night what thou hast done by day ; .And in the morning, what thou hast to do. Dress and undress thy soul : mark the decay And growth of it : if with thy watch, that too Be down, then wind up both, since we shall be Most surely judged, make thy accounts agree.
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Page 421 - When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.