American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 38Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew 1851 |
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Page 87
... MOTHER WATCHING OVER HER DEAD BABE . ' 31. HAPPINESS REPRODUCTIVE . 32. THE JENNY LIND GLEE - BOOK . 33. WAKE SNAKES ! ' - A SAD PRACTICAL JOKE . 34. COMPRE- HENSIVE CERTIFICATE . 35. FUNERAL SONG AT THE GRAVE OF EVE ' BY THE LATE ...
... MOTHER WATCHING OVER HER DEAD BABE . ' 31. HAPPINESS REPRODUCTIVE . 32. THE JENNY LIND GLEE - BOOK . 33. WAKE SNAKES ! ' - A SAD PRACTICAL JOKE . 34. COMPRE- HENSIVE CERTIFICATE . 35. FUNERAL SONG AT THE GRAVE OF EVE ' BY THE LATE ...
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... mother , exclaiming , ' This son has nobly stained with blood his buckler . He has died a true hero , and will go to Odin . ' During these contests Ragnar was far distant in foreign countries , but Aslagua swore his returning sons to ...
... mother , exclaiming , ' This son has nobly stained with blood his buckler . He has died a true hero , and will go to Odin . ' During these contests Ragnar was far distant in foreign countries , but Aslagua swore his returning sons to ...
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... that surrounds me . I have given my sons a mother who has adorned the world with heroes ! ' I have combated with the sword ! Death is now approaching . The serpents press on me with force , and the vipers 1851. ] 11 The Northern Scalds .
... that surrounds me . I have given my sons a mother who has adorned the world with heroes ! ' I have combated with the sword ! Death is now approaching . The serpents press on me with force , and the vipers 1851. ] 11 The Northern Scalds .
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... mother had been alluded to . It would have required all the charm of Fanny Forester's clever poem on such a subject to have won them to the propriety of two mothers , ' as she describes . The mother of his wife survived , and was for ...
... mother had been alluded to . It would have required all the charm of Fanny Forester's clever poem on such a subject to have won them to the propriety of two mothers , ' as she describes . The mother of his wife survived , and was for ...
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... mother and my children , ' said he , in America labor is dear and bread is cheap . It is the country for the poor to become prosperous . I could exist in Frankfort , but we shall all live in America . ' " Merrily they all wrought , and ...
... mother and my children , ' said he , in America labor is dear and bread is cheap . It is the country for the poor to become prosperous . I could exist in Frankfort , but we shall all live in America . ' " Merrily they all wrought , 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...