American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 38Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew 1851 |
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Page 92
... less irregular . But the poetry of the Scalds possesses another merit than that of versification , in its traditional character and authenticity . It contains documents the loss of which could never be replaced , with numerous essential ...
... less irregular . But the poetry of the Scalds possesses another merit than that of versification , in its traditional character and authenticity . It contains documents the loss of which could never be replaced , with numerous essential ...
Page 109
... less influential in the family because of her queer and superstitious vagaries . These were respected by Heinrich , because of her age , and of the fact that she had been the mother of the being who , even in her grave , held his ...
... less influential in the family because of her queer and superstitious vagaries . These were respected by Heinrich , because of her age , and of the fact that she had been the mother of the being who , even in her grave , held his ...
Page 111
... 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 notions , she soon associated its inviolability with , as she phrased ...
... 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 notions , she soon associated its inviolability with , as she phrased ...
Page 112
... less distinct , and by the time the boat had advanced beyond Syracuse , he was as near despair as could arise in his character . There was among the passengers a Pennsylvanian , a resident of those northern counties of that state ...
... less distinct , and by the time the boat had advanced beyond Syracuse , he was as near despair as could arise in his character . There was among the passengers a Pennsylvanian , a resident of those northern counties of that state ...
Page 115
... less of trembling fear , and firmer trust In GOD - the great ALL - FATHER ' - than if we Were wont to contemplate throughout our lives Our own small greatness only ? Tell me not That we should bind us to the Actual , Nor let Imagination ...
... less of trembling fear , and firmer trust In GOD - the great ALL - FATHER ' - than if we Were wont to contemplate throughout our lives Our own small greatness only ? Tell me not That we should bind us to the Actual , Nor let Imagination ...
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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...