The Etonian, Volume 1Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt H. Colburn and C. Knight, 1824 |
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... tion . She had laid a groundwork of excellent abilities , and had already struck off most of the best qualities , for which Youth is admired and loved : generosity of sentiment , desire of emulation , and good humour . But what might ...
... tion . She had laid a groundwork of excellent abilities , and had already struck off most of the best qualities , for which Youth is admired and loved : generosity of sentiment , desire of emulation , and good humour . But what might ...
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... tion which he advanced , and had hitherto been taught to consider as incontrovertible as Gospel . Opposition , as one might readily expect , made him more violent , because the foundation had been deeply laid in his infancy ; and during ...
... tion which he advanced , and had hitherto been taught to consider as incontrovertible as Gospel . Opposition , as one might readily expect , made him more violent , because the foundation had been deeply laid in his infancy ; and during ...
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... tion in debate . This is not the case with the young Baronet . From a close investigation of his darling study , and a sin- cere desire of information , he has lately learnt a degree of moderation in his assertions which was heretofore ...
... tion in debate . This is not the case with the young Baronet . From a close investigation of his darling study , and a sin- cere desire of information , he has lately learnt a degree of moderation in his assertions which was heretofore ...
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... , of course , to be our primary considera- tion ; and that the advantages to be derived from the early cultivation of English composition would amply compensate for the inroads it would make upon our leisure hours 22 THE ETONIAN .
... , of course , to be our primary considera- tion ; and that the advantages to be derived from the early cultivation of English composition would amply compensate for the inroads it would make upon our leisure hours 22 THE ETONIAN .
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... tion of the design agreed upon at the last sitting . The names having been called over , the thanks of the Club were immediately voted to Mr. Secretary Hodgson for his accurate report of the proceedings of the 3d of October . It was ...
... tion of the design agreed upon at the last sitting . The names having been called over , the thanks of the Club were immediately voted to Mr. Secretary Hodgson for his accurate report of the proceedings of the 3d of October . It was ...
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Página 287 - Nor less, I trust, To them I may have owed another gift, Of aspect more sublime; that blessed mood, In which the burthen of the mystery, In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world, Is lightened...
Página 416 - The music and the doleful tale, The rich and balmy eve ; And hopes, and fears that kindle hope, An undistinguishable throng, And gentle wishes long subdued, Subdued and cherished long...
Página 413 - The moving Moon went up the sky, And nowhere did abide; Softly she was going up, And a star or two beside — Her beams bemocked the sultry main, Like April hoar-frost spread; But where the ship's huge shadow lay, The charmed water burnt alway A still and awful red.
Página 288 - Is lightened : — that serene and blessed mood, In which the affections gently lead us on, — Until, the breath of this corporeal frame And even the motion of our human blood Almost suspended, we are laid asleep In body, and become a living soul : While with an eye made quiet by the power Of harmony, and the deep power of joy, We see into the life of things.
Página 308 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Página 125 - And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller between life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill; A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light.
Página 292 - If thou be one whose heart the holy forms Of young imagination have kept pure, Stranger ! henceforth be warned; and know, that pride, Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness; that he, who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used; that thought with him 50 Is in its infancy.
Página 292 - Is littleness ; that he, who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used ; that thought with him Is in its infancy. The man, whose eye Is ever on himself, doth look on one, The least of nature's works, one who might move The wise man to that scorn which wisdom holds Unlawful, ever. O, be wiser thou ! Instructed that true knowledge leads to love, True dignity abides with him alone Who, in the silent hour of inward thought, Can still suspect, and still revere himself,...
Página 413 - twas like all instruments, Now like a lonely flute; And now it is an angel's song, That makes the heavens be mute.
Página 125 - I saw her upon nearer view A spirit, yet a woman too! Her household motions light and free, And steps of...