The New England Magazine, Volume 4New England Magazine Company, 1891 |
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... person and take possession of it for the incipient Confederacy . I have in my scrap - book a list of those , thirty in all , who were there as privates at the time when I , thanks to my drilling under Salig- nac , had the honor of being ...
... person and take possession of it for the incipient Confederacy . I have in my scrap - book a list of those , thirty in all , who were there as privates at the time when I , thanks to my drilling under Salig- nac , had the honor of being ...
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... person on earth of whom he stood in the least in awe was his tall , regal daughter . Whenever a question arose between the two , it was the father , not the daughter , who went to the wall . The personal charms of the girl had been the ...
... person on earth of whom he stood in the least in awe was his tall , regal daughter . Whenever a question arose between the two , it was the father , not the daughter , who went to the wall . The personal charms of the girl had been the ...
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... person , in all Black Gulch , for whom his heart was yearning had not come . And now , when the twilight was closing in , and they had all gone , and he was left alone , the thoughts of the dreari- ness of his life came over him with ...
... person , in all Black Gulch , for whom his heart was yearning had not come . And now , when the twilight was closing in , and they had all gone , and he was left alone , the thoughts of the dreari- ness of his life came over him with ...
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... person to whom the letter was written . Within , it addressed itself only to " My dearest Minor . " The full name of the writer , Jeannette Pierson , was signed to it , however , and the place whence it was written , a little New ...
... person to whom the letter was written . Within , it addressed itself only to " My dearest Minor . " The full name of the writer , Jeannette Pierson , was signed to it , however , and the place whence it was written , a little New ...
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... person . She allowed their conversation to take on a more familiar tone than she would otherwise have en- joyed , and even strove to spur on the not wholly unreluctant Evan to show a little more attention than mere courtesy de- manded ...
... person . She allowed their conversation to take on a more familiar tone than she would otherwise have en- joyed , and even strove to spur on the not wholly unreluctant Evan to show a little more attention than mere courtesy de- manded ...
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Page 203 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate thine enemy ; but I say unto you, love your enemies ; bless them that curse you ; do good to them that hate you ; and pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute you...
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Page 97 - Vacant their places were, or filled already by strangers. Suddenly, as if arrested by fear or a feeling of wonder, Still she stood, with her colorless lips apart, while a shudder Ran through her frame, and, forgotten, the flowerets dropped from her fingers, And from her eyes and cheeks the light and bloom of the morning.
Page 406 - It belittles by inverting the relative importance of things, thus dwarfing the thoughts and aspirations of a people. When personal gossip attains the dignity of print, and crowds the space available for matters of real interest to the community, what wonder that the ignorant and thoughtless mistake its relative importance. Easy of comprehension, appealing to that weak side of human nature which is never wholly cast down by the misfortunes and frailties of our neighbors, no one can be surprised that...
Page 406 - The press is overstepping in every direction the obvious bounds of propriety and of decency. Gossip is no longer the resource of the idle and of the vicious, but has become a trade, which is pursued with industry as well as effrontry.
Page 459 - Next to the fugitives whom Moses led out of Egypt, the little ship-load of outcasts who landed at Plymouth two centuries and a half ago are destined to influence the future of the world.
Page 32 - To determine the question whether the clouds that contain lightning are electrified or not, I would propose an experiment to be tried where it may be done conveniently.
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Page 580 - This was the fatal period of that virtuous fabric, wherein yet nothing did perish but wood and straw, and a few forsaken cloaks ; only one man had his breeches set on fire, that would perhaps have broiled him, if he had not by the benefit of a provident wit put it out with bottle ale.
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