Category: Poetry
[Footnote 1: These verses, printed from an original MS. of Lindley Murray, and, as we believe, never before published, present that celebrated grammarian in an entirely new point of view, and give him strong claims to the character of a poet. A sister of Mr. Murray married, we...
[Footnote 1: These verses, printed from an original MS. of Lindley Murray, and, as we believe, never before published, present that celebrated grammarian in an entirely new poin...
2. Part 2On the 20th of May Mohammed Cekir returned to Tripoli where he announced the Turkish Squadron as near, and assuring Ali that it was sent entirely for his benefit, advised him to...
3. Part 3Oh! there's a light in woman's eye— A liquid light—a living ray— Which gleams upon our pilgrim path, And guides us o'er life's rugged way: A magic sound in woman's sigh— A thril...
4. Part 4Menander. Of his Fragments, Meineke's edition, Berlin, 1823, 8vo. is the best. The older one of Le Clerc—which gave occasion to that fierce literary war between Bentley, Gronovi...
5. Part 5No body of men ever encountered successfully greater difficulties than the Federal Convention. Nothing but a stern conviction of the necessity of doing _something_ prevented a d...
6. Part 6In the convention of _North Carolina, Mr. Davie_, in giving the reasons for the introduction of a vice president, says: “It was owing with other reasons, to the _jealousy_ of th...
7. Part 7Now what remains of MR. BURKE'S great defence of disobedience? His arguments all go to expediency in particular cases, and not the _right_, when stript of the difficulties he th...
8. Part 8We will now examine that extraordinary argument by which Mr. Carey attempts to prove that too much time is consumed in the study of languages, even in those few cases in which h...
9. Part 9Arrived at New York, I was told that half the town were “out of town”—a comfortable assurance, methought, for we can have our choice of quarters. Yet were we three hours in find...
10. Part 10Meanwhile the host came to us and said privately, “Do not trouble yourselves about the reckoning; Martin has settled for your supper.” This gave us great joy, not for the sake o...
11. Part 11Before making any remarks upon this powerful play, we shall proceed to analyze the corresponding production of Schiller, in order to present the two pieces in as {705} close pro...
12. Part 12Lerma is dismissed and Duke Alba summoned; the letter is shown to him, and he says he recognizes the prince's hand writing; encouraged to speak freely, he mentions the fact of t...
13. Part 13He was no man for you! He knew it Himself right well—as he, with all your crowns, Rejected you. This holy heart was crushed Beneath your iron hand. You could do nought But murde...
14. Part 14Having caught and properly secured the young lady, the new Baron de Rheinswald takes up his residence for a time “on the borders of Vermont and Canada.” Some years elapse, and s...
15. Part 15Among the numerous individuals who then frequented Versailles with the view of advancing their fortune, was Mademoiselle de la Valois. She became an object of royal notice, thro...
16. Part 16The age in which you live, and the circumstances by which you are surrounded, as inhabitants of the south, create a special demand for your utmost exertions. The times are indee...
17. Part 17The most important and altogether the most original portion of the Essay, is that relating to the fever called _Typhoid_. The pathology of fever in general has been at all times...
18. Part 18The goods being all packed up, carts arrive to carry them away; and, by half past ten o'clock, the shop is entirely cleared, with the exception of a few trifling articles, to ma...
19. Part 19It is not our intention to speak at length of these memoirs. Neither is such a course necessary in regard to a work which will, and must be read, by every person who pretends to...