In spite of the air of fablethe public were still not at all disposed to receive it as fable. I thence concluded that the facts of my narrative would prove of such a nature as to carry with them sufficient evidence of their own authenticity.

In our endeavors to recall to memory something long forgotten, we often find ourselves upon the very verge of remembrance, without being able, in the end, to remember.

We allude to the short prose narrative, requiring from a half hour to one or two hours in its perusal

To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary.

Indeed, there is an eloquence in true enthusiasm that is not to be doubted.

Fill with mingled cream and amber, I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions clamber Through the chamber of my brain — Quaintest thoughts — queerest fancies Come to life and fade away; What care I how time advances? I am drinking ale today.

The idea of God, infinity, or spirit stands for the possible attempt at an impossible conception.