American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 38Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew 1851 |
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Page 84
... Lines written on . By WASHING- Lines addressed to a Wife .. 357 TON CHILTON .. 526 Lines on the Death of an Only Son . By Mrs. L. H SIGOURNEY . 380 Q. Lines to One Unseen ... 395 Life of Captain JOHN UNDERHILL , Ye .. Lines on ...
... Lines written on . By WASHING- Lines addressed to a Wife .. 357 TON CHILTON .. 526 Lines on the Death of an Only Son . By Mrs. L. H SIGOURNEY . 380 Q. Lines to One Unseen ... 395 Life of Captain JOHN UNDERHILL , Ye .. Lines on ...
Page 87
... LINES TO HIS LIBRARY . 12. THE RETORT KEEN AND RETORT COURTEOUS . ' 13. THE SCALPEL , A JOURNAL OF HEALTH . ' 14. THE LIFE OF LOVE : A ME- TROPOLITAN WEDDING : BLACK - EYED SUSAN . ' 15. THE TRUE POLICY OF A POPULAR GOVERNMENT . 16. A ...
... LINES TO HIS LIBRARY . 12. THE RETORT KEEN AND RETORT COURTEOUS . ' 13. THE SCALPEL , A JOURNAL OF HEALTH . ' 14. THE LIFE OF LOVE : A ME- TROPOLITAN WEDDING : BLACK - EYED SUSAN . ' 15. THE TRUE POLICY OF A POPULAR GOVERNMENT . 16. A ...
Page 91
... lines rhyme alternately , some hav- ing the full measure , and others a species of demi - rhythm , difficult at first VIDE Hist . Anglo - Saxons , by SHARON TURNER , vol . iii . p . 274. CEDMON , in his poem on the Deluge , ( Anglo ...
... lines rhyme alternately , some hav- ing the full measure , and others a species of demi - rhythm , difficult at first VIDE Hist . Anglo - Saxons , by SHARON TURNER , vol . iii . p . 274. CEDMON , in his poem on the Deluge , ( Anglo ...
Page 92
... line is repeated near the commencement of the second ; the quartain double - rhyme , of which Marot has left us some examples ; and the quartain fraternisé , ' where the word ending each line , or part of the same , reappears in the line ...
... line is repeated near the commencement of the second ; the quartain double - rhyme , of which Marot has left us some examples ; and the quartain fraternisé , ' where the word ending each line , or part of the same , reappears in the line ...
Page 98
... lines and affrighting their companions with his bellowings . In vain did the brothers seek to rally the flying troops , or to supply the loss sustained by their own courage . Agnor fell covered with wounds , while Erik was taken ...
... lines and affrighting their companions with his bellowings . In vain did the brothers seek to rally the flying troops , or to supply the loss sustained by their own courage . Agnor fell covered with wounds , while Erik was taken ...
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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.
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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...