The Southern Quarterly Review, Band 1Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell E. H. Britton, 1842 |
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... beautiful typography . " The Southern Literary Messenger , " published in Rich- mond , Va . , followed in the wake of " the Knickerbocker , " that is , it came after it in point of time , though it has never been a whit behind it in ...
... beautiful typography . " The Southern Literary Messenger , " published in Rich- mond , Va . , followed in the wake of " the Knickerbocker , " that is , it came after it in point of time , though it has never been a whit behind it in ...
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... beautiful speci- men of the Art of Printing . Its embellishments are costly , confined chiefly to fashions and costume , and fit it well for a lady's boudoir , which it is , doubtless , intended to adorn . It is made up chiefly of tales ...
... beautiful speci- men of the Art of Printing . Its embellishments are costly , confined chiefly to fashions and costume , and fit it well for a lady's boudoir , which it is , doubtless , intended to adorn . It is made up chiefly of tales ...
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... beautiful as is its structure , must be shatter- ed into a thousand fragments , disappointing the proudest hopes of our race ; at the very moment when England , not so much moved by our bright example , as by the rankling of her ancient ...
... beautiful as is its structure , must be shatter- ed into a thousand fragments , disappointing the proudest hopes of our race ; at the very moment when England , not so much moved by our bright example , as by the rankling of her ancient ...
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... beautiful and noble proportions , with attributes almost divine , beaming from its brow , and charming all minds with its unutterable love- liness . The Romans were an intelligent people ; by their intelligence and adroitness they ...
... beautiful and noble proportions , with attributes almost divine , beaming from its brow , and charming all minds with its unutterable love- liness . The Romans were an intelligent people ; by their intelligence and adroitness they ...
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... beautiful and chiv- alrous country , rests only on a knowledge of those common arts , which are essential to the existence of the social fabric every where , and with which the ignorant rustic is as familiar as the highest peer in the ...
... beautiful and chiv- alrous country , rests only on a knowledge of those common arts , which are essential to the existence of the social fabric every where , and with which the ignorant rustic is as familiar as the highest peer in the ...
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Seite 499 - I HEARD the trailing garments of the Night Sweep through her marble halls ! I saw her sable skirts all fringed with light From the celestial walls ! I felt her presence, by its spell of might, Stoop o'er me from above : The calm, majestic presence of the Night, As of the one I love.
Seite 286 - There were seen, side by side, the greatest painter and the greatest scholar of the age. The spectacle had allured Reynolds from that easel which has preserved to us the thoughtful foreheads of so many writers and statesmen, and the sweet smiles of so many noble matrons.
Seite 285 - Heathfield, recently ennobled for his memorable defence of Gibraltar against the fleets and armies of France and Spain. The long procession was closed by the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of the realm, by the great dignitaries, and by the brothers and sons of the king. Last of all came the Prince of Wales, conspicuous by his fine person and noble bearing.
Seite 312 - Let Fate do her worst ; there are relics of joy, Bright dreams of the past, which she cannot destroy ; Which come in the night-time of sorrow and care, And bring back the features that joy used to wear. Long, long be my heart with such memories filled ! Like the vase, in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will. But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Seite 499 - O holy Night! from thee I learn to bear What man has borne before! Thou layest thy finger on the lips of Care, And they complain no more.
Seite 286 - There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres, and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa.
Seite 286 - But those who, within the last ten years, have listened with delight, till the morning sun shone on the tapestries of the House of Lords, to the lofty and animated eloquence of Charles, Earl Grey, are able to form some estimate of the powers of a race of men among whom he was not the foremost.
Seite 285 - There have been spectacles more dazzling to the eye, more gorgeous with jewellery and cloth of gold, more attractive to grown-up children, than that which was then exhibited at Westminster; but, perhaps, there never was a spectacle so well calculated to strike a highly cultivated, a reflecting, an imaginative mind.
Seite 286 - But neither the culprit nor his advocates attracted so much notice as the accusers. In the midst of the blaze of red drapery, a space had been fitted up •with green benches, and tables for the Commons.
Seite 504 - Three weeks we westward bore, And when the storm was o'er, Cloud-like we saw the shore Stretching to leeward; There for my lady's bower Built I the lofty tower, Which, to this very hour, Stands looking seaward.