Doubtless criticism was originally benignant, pointing out the beauties of a work rather that its defects. The passions of men have made it malignant, as a bad heart of Procreates turned the bed, the symbol of repose, into an instrument of torture.

As I gaze upon the sea! All the old romantic legends, all my dreams, come back to me.

The Wreck of the Hesperus But the father answered never a word, A frozen corpse was he.

There is nothing perfectly secure but poverty.

Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings - as some savage tribes determine the power of muskets by their recoil; that being considered best which fairly prostrates the purchaser.

Live up to the best that is in you: Live noble lives, as you all may, in whatever condition you may find yourselves.

Then followed that beautiful season... Summer.... Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.