A Literary History of AmericaC. Scribner's sons, 1900 - Всего страниц: 574 |
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... once more vital and more picturesque than the quarrels of rival parlia ments . Nor is it in any sense unscientific to shift the point of view from politics to literature . It is but a fashion of history which insists that a nation lives ...
... once more vital and more picturesque than the quarrels of rival parlia ments . Nor is it in any sense unscientific to shift the point of view from politics to literature . It is but a fashion of history which insists that a nation lives ...
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... once more , are not quite voiceless ; as surely as he may twitter in the ears of men , so men themselves may give sign to one another of what they think they know , and of what they know they feel . More too ; men have learned to record ...
... once more , are not quite voiceless ; as surely as he may twitter in the ears of men , so men themselves may give sign to one another of what they think they know , and of what they know they feel . More too ; men have learned to record ...
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... once easy to remember and characteristically distinct . In the history of America , at least , each century has traits of its own . In 1600 there was no such thing as English - speaking America ; in 1700 all but one of the colonies ...
... once easy to remember and characteristically distinct . In the history of America , at least , each century has traits of its own . In 1600 there was no such thing as English - speaking America ; in 1700 all but one of the colonies ...
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... once range themselves in true per- spective ; and when these facts are living men and women , there is a touch of inhumanity in writing of them as if we had already had the misfortune to lose them . In these straits one decision seems ...
... once range themselves in true per- spective ; and when these facts are living men and women , there is a touch of inhumanity in writing of them as if we had already had the misfortune to lose them . In these straits one decision seems ...
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... once the actuating impulse of authority was rather that the will of God should be done on earth than that any custom however fortified and confirmed by the experience formulated in the Common Law should for its own sake be maintained ...
... once the actuating impulse of authority was rather that the will of God should be done on earth than that any custom however fortified and confirmed by the experience formulated in the Common Law should for its own sake be maintained ...
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Стр. 213 - Banners yellow, glorious, golden, On its roof did float and flow (This — all this — was in the olden Time long ago) And every gentle air that dallied, In that sweet day, Along the ramparts plumed and pallid, A winged odor went away.
Стр. 397 - 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.
Стр. 250 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood!
Стр. 213 - But evil things in robes of sorrow, Assailed the monarch's high estate ; (Ah, let us mourn, for never morrow Shall dawn upon him, desolate !) And round about his home the glory That blushed and bloomed Is but a dim-remembered story Of the old time entombed.
Стр. 250 - I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below...
Стр. 472 - There in the fragrant pines and the cedars dusk and dim. o CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN! O Captain 1 my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart 1 heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. O Captain! my Captain!
Стр. 114 - He is an American, who leaving behind him all his ancient prejudices and manners, receives new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced, the new government he obeys, and the new rank he holds. He becomes an American by being received in the broad lap of our great Alma Mater. Here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men, whose labors and posterity will one day cause great changes in the world.
Стр. 91 - Fifty-five! This morning the parson takes a drive. Now, small boys, get out of the way! Here comes the wonderful one-hoss shay, Drawn by a rat-tailed, ewe-necked bay. "Huddup!" said the parson.— Off went they. The parson was working his Sunday's text,— Had got to fifthly, and stopped perplexed At what the— Moses— was coming next. All at once the horse stood still, Close by the meet'n'-house on the hill.
Стр. 194 - Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days ! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise.
Стр. 248 - VENERABLE MEN ! you have come down to us from a former generation. Heaven has bounteously lengthened out your lives, that you might behold this joyous day. You are now where you stood fifty years ago, this very hour, with your brothers and your neighbors, shoulder to shoulder, in the strife for your country. Behold, how altered! The same heavens are indeed over your heads; the same ocean rolls at your feet; but all else how changed!