Southern Literary Messenger, Volume 10T.W. White, 1844 |
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... face , Oh King ! thou turnest away . And so the Sun His countenance averted , and his chariot Turned from the eternal deep - worn track aside . Such are the Fathers of thy Priestess - such Their doom . What else their wicked hearts have ...
... face , Oh King ! thou turnest away . And so the Sun His countenance averted , and his chariot Turned from the eternal deep - worn track aside . Such are the Fathers of thy Priestess - such Their doom . What else their wicked hearts have ...
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... face ; - The devil take these women - how they worry us , Tease , tear , vex , wear , and flurry , hurry , scurry us ! ' " Don Ponce makes this proud lad his confidant and unceasingly pours his laments into his ear . De Laye was ...
... face ; - The devil take these women - how they worry us , Tease , tear , vex , wear , and flurry , hurry , scurry us ! ' " Don Ponce makes this proud lad his confidant and unceasingly pours his laments into his ear . De Laye was ...
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... face might win a saint , From his temple's dim restraint , - Yet my heart , while owning this , Turns insensate from the bliss . In its gloom it must remain , Doomed to smile in beauty's train Not again ! Not again , not again ! For ...
... face might win a saint , From his temple's dim restraint , - Yet my heart , while owning this , Turns insensate from the bliss . In its gloom it must remain , Doomed to smile in beauty's train Not again ! Not again , not again ! For ...
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... face ; we cannot if we would . The great want of this country is a want of faith ; we do not mean reli- gious faith , but use the term in its most comprehen- sive sense of confidence in human integrity and ho- nesty , without which ...
... face ; we cannot if we would . The great want of this country is a want of faith ; we do not mean reli- gious faith , but use the term in its most comprehen- sive sense of confidence in human integrity and ho- nesty , without which ...
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... face in short metcher - I don't care who he is . " " I did not say , " resumed Smith , " that any man now in the State would sell his vote - nor do I be- lieve any true Georgian by birth , or adoption , ever will ; but the time will ...
... face in short metcher - I don't care who he is . " " I did not say , " resumed Smith , " that any man now in the State would sell his vote - nor do I be- lieve any true Georgian by birth , or adoption , ever will ; but the time will ...
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Page 230 - When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Page 110 - O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent, Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content!
Page 76 - I shall make it my endeavour to preserve this government, both in church and state, as it is now by law established.
Page 241 - HER arms across her breast she laid ; She was more fair than words can say : Bare-footed came the beggar maid Before the king Cophetua. In robe and crown the king stept down, To meet and greet her on her way : " It is no wonder," said the lords, " She is more beautiful than day.
Page 228 - Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto ; whom no man hath seen, nor can see : to whom be honour and power everlasting.
Page 398 - Now, if bits of cork or chaff, or any floating substance, be put into a basin, and a circular motion be given to the water, all the light substances will be found crowding together near the centre of the pool, where there is the least motion. Just such a basin is the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf Stream ; and the Sargasso Sea is the centre of the whirl.
Page 320 - It is that in a democracy the people meet and exercise the government in person; in a republic they assemble and administer it by their representatives and agents.
Page 230 - I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes; I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
Page 103 - He is made one with Nature : there is heard His voice in all her music, from the moan Of thunder, to the song of night's sweet bird; He is a presence to be felt and known In darkness and in light, from herb and stone, Spreading itself where'er that Power may move Which has withdrawn his being to its own; Which wields the world with never-wearied love, Sustains it from beneath, and kindles it above.
Page 108 - Join voices all ye living Souls: Ye Birds, That singing up to Heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep; Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill, or valley, fountain or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise. Hail universal Lord, be bounteous still To give us only good ; and if the night Have gather'd aught of evil, or conceal'd, Disperse it, as now light dispels...