American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 38Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew 1851 |
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Page 111
... kind , and she loved him the more because the world around loved him less . Though after his death she was at full liberty to open the chest , she would as soon have thought of tearing up her father's portrait ; and with her peculiar ...
... kind , and she loved him the more because the world around loved him less . Though after his death she was at full liberty to open the chest , she would as soon have thought of tearing up her father's portrait ; and with her peculiar ...
Page 112
... kind wishes he parted , having given him directions as to his route , which was to be along the Cayuga , and via Ithaca and Owego , to the promised land . " Those The journey southward was begun on the morrow . It refreshed and ...
... kind wishes he parted , having given him directions as to his route , which was to be along the Cayuga , and via Ithaca and Owego , to the promised land . " Those The journey southward was begun on the morrow . It refreshed and ...
Page 117
... kind ; mere hypotheses , which we all , as regardless of bacon as was the factory boy of De Quincey , might be at liberty to kick at . But we suppose that this is not to be , and that so long as one of that coëxtensive class of the ...
... kind ; mere hypotheses , which we all , as regardless of bacon as was the factory boy of De Quincey , might be at liberty to kick at . But we suppose that this is not to be , and that so long as one of that coëxtensive class of the ...
Page 128
... kind in the extreme - more affable and engaging than that of his Pachas ; and no one can approach him without being won by the goodness of heart which his demeanor indicates . He has never been known to commit an act of severity or ...
... kind in the extreme - more affable and engaging than that of his Pachas ; and no one can approach him without being won by the goodness of heart which his demeanor indicates . He has never been known to commit an act of severity or ...
Page 133
... kind than usual , and every object around me incited to contemplation and thought . I slowly wound my way down the mountain toward my home . It was a narrow circuitous path , but little trodden , except by the adventurous student and ...
... kind than usual , and every object around me incited to contemplation and thought . I slowly wound my way down the mountain toward my home . It was a narrow circuitous path , but little trodden , except by the adventurous student and ...
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Page 198 - For they that led us away captive, required of us then a song, and melody in our heaviness : Sing us one of the songs of Sion.
Page 198 - IN the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress, And when I my sins confess, Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! When I lie within my bed, Sick in heart, and sick in head, And with doubts discomforted, Sweet Spirit, comfort me...
Page 168 - With tears of thoughtful gratitude. My thoughts are with the Dead ; with them I live in long-past years, Their virtues love, their faults condemn, Partake their hopes and fears, And from their lessons seek and find Instruction with an humble mind.
Page 193 - ... where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling...
Page 192 - Slow melting strains their Queen's approach declare : Where'er she turns the Graces homage pay. With arms sublime, that float upon the air, In gliding state she wins her easy way : O'er her warm cheek, and rising bosom, move The bloom of young Desire, and purple light of Love.
Page 178 - THE CHANGELING. I HAD a little daughter, And she was given to me To lead me gently backward To the Heavenly Father's knee, That I, by the force of nature, Might in some dim wise divine The depth of his infinite patience To this wayward soul of mine.
Page 437 - His way is in the sea, and His path in the great waters, and His footsteps are not known.
Page 301 - Quijote la voz, y con ademán arrogante dijo: -Todo el mundo se tenga, si todo el mundo no confiesa que no hay en el mundo todo doncella más hermosa que la emperatriz de La Mancha, la sin par Dulcinea del Toboso.
Page 193 - Tell me but where, Sweet Queen of Parley, Daughter of the Sphere! So may'st thou be translated to the skies, And give resounding grace to all Heaven's harmonies!
Page 660 - ... than blemish his good qualities. As soon as the sermon is finished, nobody presumes to stir till Sir Roger is gone out of the church. The knight walks down from his seat in the chancel between a double row of his tenants, that stand bowing to him on each side : and every now and then...