The Letters of the British SpyF. Lucas, jun., 1829 - Всего страниц: 224 |
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... continent was once covered by the ocean , from which it has gradually emerged . But that this emersion is , even comparatively speaking , of recent date , cannot be admitted ; unless the com- parison be made with the creation of the ...
... continent was once covered by the ocean , from which it has gradually emerged . But that this emersion is , even comparatively speaking , of recent date , cannot be admitted ; unless the com- parison be made with the creation of the ...
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... continents , or in other words , that America has emerged long since their formation , how did it happen that the materials , which com- pose this continent , were not accumulated on the eastern coast of Asia ? Was it , that the present ...
... continents , or in other words , that America has emerged long since their formation , how did it happen that the materials , which com- pose this continent , were not accumulated on the eastern coast of Asia ? Was it , that the present ...
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William Wirt. of this vast continent ? If so , America is un- der much greater obligations to her barren mountains ... continent ; for , on the latter supposition , the mountains themselves would constitute the western coast ; since Mr ...
William Wirt. of this vast continent ? If so , America is un- der much greater obligations to her barren mountains ... continent ; for , on the latter supposition , the mountains themselves would constitute the western coast ; since Mr ...
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... continent . But for many reasons , and particularly the present contiguity to Asia , at one part , where such a mountain , according to the hypothesis , must have run , the idea of any such limit will be thought rather too extravagant ...
... continent . But for many reasons , and particularly the present contiguity to Asia , at one part , where such a mountain , according to the hypothesis , must have run , the idea of any such limit will be thought rather too extravagant ...
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... continent from the ocean . As to the western part of this continent , I mean that which lies beyond the Alleghany mountains , if it were not originally gained from the ocean , it has received an accumula- tion of earth by no means less ...
... continent from the ocean . As to the western part of this continent , I mean that which lies beyond the Alleghany mountains , if it were not originally gained from the ocean , it has received an accumula- tion of earth by no means less ...
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Стр. 176 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.
Стр. 134 - I had thought it exhausted long ago. Little did I suppose that in the wild woods of America I was to meet with a man whose eloquence would give to this topic a new and more sublime pathos than I had ever before witnessed. "As he descended from the pulpit to distribute the mystic symbols...
Стр. 137 - ... be able to let his audience down from the height to which he had wound them, without impairing the solemnity and dignity of his subject, or perhaps shocking them by the abruptness of the fall. But, no ; the descent was as beautiful and sublime as the elevation had been rapid and enthusiastic. The first sentence with which he broke the awful silence was a quotation from Rousseau, "Socrates died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ like a God.
Стр. 176 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Стр. 137 - ... of portentous, deathlike silence which reigned throughout the house ; the preacher removing his white handkerchief from his aged face, (even yet wet from the recent torrent of his tears) , and slowly stretching forth the palsied hand which holds it, begins the sentence, "Socrates died like a philosopher...
Стр. 150 - This grew speedily to an excess; for men began to hunt more after words than matter; and more after the choiceness of the phrase, and the round and clean composition of the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration of their works with tropes and figures, than after the weight of matter, w•orth of subject, soundness of argument, life of invention, or depth of judgment.
Стр. 138 - Socrates died like a philosopher," — then pausing, raising his other hand, pressing them both clasped together with warmth and energy to his breast, lifting his "sightless balls" to heaven, and pouring his whole soul into his tremulous voice, " but Jesus Christ — like a God...
Стр. 109 - This extraordinary man, without the aid of fancy, without the advantages of person, voice, attitude, gesture, or any of the ornaments of an orator, deserves to be considered as one of the most eloquent men in the world — if eloquence may be said to consist in the power of seizing the attention with irresistible force, and never permitting it to elude the grasp, until the hearer has received the conviction which the speaker intends.
Стр. 121 - Heaven, and glances at that divinely consoling proclamation, " come unto me, all ye, who are weary and " heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
Стр. 135 - His peculiar phrases had that force of description that the original scene appeared to be, at that moment, acting before our eyes. We saw the very faces of the Jews; the staring, frightful distortions of malice and rage. We saw the buffet: my soul kindled with a flame of indignation; and my hands were involuntarily and convulsively clinched.