The Southern literary messenger, Volume 131847 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 1
... manner , ) to have added several other very curious Papers and original Pieces of Records . But I perceive , to my no small surprise and morti- fication , that some of my countrymen , ( and those , too , Persons of high Fortune and ...
... manner , ) to have added several other very curious Papers and original Pieces of Records . But I perceive , to my no small surprise and morti- fication , that some of my countrymen , ( and those , too , Persons of high Fortune and ...
Page 7
... manner . They knew not and because it is a curious specimen of the prose what obstacles to provide against , nor what sort style of an age in which conceit was thought to be of men fit were to send over : The ships continu- the acme of ...
... manner . They knew not and because it is a curious specimen of the prose what obstacles to provide against , nor what sort style of an age in which conceit was thought to be of men fit were to send over : The ships continu- the acme of ...
Page 12
... manner which causes us to regret that the author did not write a complete History of Virginia instead of her religious sects alone . in them . The people who compose the nation are our gratitude and esteem , and would have laid the kept ...
... manner which causes us to regret that the author did not write a complete History of Virginia instead of her religious sects alone . in them . The people who compose the nation are our gratitude and esteem , and would have laid the kept ...
Page 13
... manner ; but Mr. Howison never leaves it . He tries to throw a veil of fine words over his whole discourse , and the consequence is , that he is generally both weak and florid . We will give a specimen of his style , which is a ...
... manner ; but Mr. Howison never leaves it . He tries to throw a veil of fine words over his whole discourse , and the consequence is , that he is generally both weak and florid . We will give a specimen of his style , which is a ...
Page 33
... manner to remind me that you are no longer the ladye - love of my childhood , but the very beautiful Miss Manton , nearly eighteen years of age , and wise enough at that discreet time of life , not to smile too bewitchingly upon a poor ...
... manner to remind me that you are no longer the ladye - love of my childhood , but the very beautiful Miss Manton , nearly eighteen years of age , and wise enough at that discreet time of life , not to smile too bewitchingly upon a poor ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
appeared Arienzo arms army Ashton assembly Bacon beautiful Beninah bright called Captain character church Clermont Colony command council daughter dear death Dorsay England English Esther eyes father favor fear feelings Fondi French genius George Yeardley governor Haman hand happy head heart Hening History of Virginia honor hope hundred Indians Iron Mask James James river Jamestown John Julia king lady land language letter lived look Lord Megilvery ment miles mind Mordecai mother Nathaniel Bacon nature never noble Opechancanough Orrah passions person Pocahontas poet poetry Powhatan present prince readers replied river scene seems sent Sir William Sir William Berkeley smile Smith soon soul spirit style sweet thee thing Thomas Dale thou thought tion truth vessel Virginia Werowocomoco words write Xerxes young Zeresh
Popular passages
Page 298 - A made a finer end, and went away an it had been any christom child. A parted even just between twelve and one, even at the turning o' the tide. For after I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers, and smile upon his fingers...
Page 415 - BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Page 161 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face ; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
Page 160 - But midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess, And roam along, the world's tired denizen, With none who bless us, none whom we can bless; Minions of splendour shrinking from distress!
Page 64 - Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men...
Page 407 - Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
Page 202 - I that was wont to behold her riding like Alexander, hunting like Diana, walking like Venus, the gentle wind blowing her fair hair about her pure cheeks, like a nymph; sometime sitting in the shade like a Goddess; sometime singing like an angel; sometime playing like Orpheus. Behold the sorrow of this world! Once amiss, hath bereaved me of all.
Page 64 - There's freedom at thy gates and rest For Earth's down-trodden and opprest, A shelter for the hunted head, For the starved laborer toil and bread. Power, at thy bounds, Stops and calls back his baffled hounds.
Page 161 - And through their lucid veil his softened force Shed o'er the peaceful world. Then is the time For those whom wisdom and whom nature charm To steal themselves from the degenerate crowd, And soar above this little scene of things ; To tread low-thoughted vice beneath their feet, To soothe the throbbing passions into peace, And woo lone quiet in her silent walks.
Page 64 - Ay, let them rail, those haughty ones. While safe thou dwellest with thy sons, They do not know how loved thou art, How many a fond and fearless heart Would rise to throw Its life between thee and the foe.