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... lands . Their second and third rate authors , reared in the atmosphere of " Mutual Admiration Societies , " of which we have , nearer home , equally obnoxious equivalents , resent the application of a higher standard with more than the ...
... lands . Their second and third rate authors , reared in the atmosphere of " Mutual Admiration Societies , " of which we have , nearer home , equally obnoxious equivalents , resent the application of a higher standard with more than the ...
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... lands , but unless we have some degree of acquaintance with them we had better not pronounce sentence on them . Even with a view to the British interests , of which we hear so much , it is not always safe to treat a great country after ...
... lands , but unless we have some degree of acquaintance with them we had better not pronounce sentence on them . Even with a view to the British interests , of which we hear so much , it is not always safe to treat a great country after ...
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... land , or consumed in its party strifes . The task they have preter- mitted has consequently fallen into the hands of superficial observers and talkers , or been taken up by others more com- petent from isolated points of view , and ...
... land , or consumed in its party strifes . The task they have preter- mitted has consequently fallen into the hands of superficial observers and talkers , or been taken up by others more com- petent from isolated points of view , and ...
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... land " in some respects indeed like our own , but separated in others by differences which the distance of 3000 miles of ocean only half represents ; which , starting on another basis , has developed itself with energies hitherto ...
... land " in some respects indeed like our own , but separated in others by differences which the distance of 3000 miles of ocean only half represents ; which , starting on another basis , has developed itself with energies hitherto ...
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... land , " where almost every one has facilities elsewhere unknown for making his fortune , " it is not to be wondered at that the pursuit of wealth has been their leading impulse ; nor is it perhaps to be regretted that much of their ...
... land , " where almost every one has facilities elsewhere unknown for making his fortune , " it is not to be wondered at that the pursuit of wealth has been their leading impulse ; nor is it perhaps to be regretted that much of their ...
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Page 226 - And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays; Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten; Every clod feels a stir of might, •An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers...
Page 78 - And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: and after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
Page 223 - IN THE greenest of our valleys, By good angels tenanted, Once a fair and stately palace — Radiant palace — reared its head. In the monarch Thought's dominion — It stood there! Never seraph spread a pinion Over fabric half so fair.
Page 243 - He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men before his judgment seat: Oh! be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet! Our God is marching on. In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me: As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
Page 251 - And so beside the Silent Sea I wait the muffled oar ; No harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore. I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care.
Page 305 - They reckon ill who leave me out; When me they fly, I am the wings; I am the doubter and the doubt, And I the hymn the Brahmin sings.
Page 186 - All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom.
Page 221 - In men whom men condemn as ill I find so much of goodness still, In men whom men pronounce divine I find so much of sin and blot, I hesitate to draw a line Between the two, where God has not.
Page 254 - ... CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. THIS is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare ; Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl, — Wrecked is the ship of pearl ! And every chambered cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell...
Page 292 - Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous.