American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 38Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew 1851 |
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Page 100
... never have I found one stronger than myself . As a youth I learned to redden the sharp iron . Now the Asers call me . I do not regret to die ! ' I finish my existence . The Valkyries of Odin are already seeking me . Gladly shall I sit ...
... never have I found one stronger than myself . As a youth I learned to redden the sharp iron . Now the Asers call me . I do not regret to die ! ' I finish my existence . The Valkyries of Odin are already seeking me . Gladly shall I sit ...
Page 106
... never yet saw a hideously - ugly girl that was truly amiable . And we believe that all that is necessary to complete the beauties in this most requisite particular , is to read our pa- per , and then see what ' shocking things ' may be ...
... never yet saw a hideously - ugly girl that was truly amiable . And we believe that all that is necessary to complete the beauties in this most requisite particular , is to read our pa- per , and then see what ' shocking things ' may be ...
Page 109
... never could be replaced · was never sought to be . The children would have deemed it a species of insanity if another mother had been alluded to . It would have required all the charm of Fanny Forester's clever poem on such a subject to ...
... never could be replaced · was never sought to be . The children would have deemed it a species of insanity if another mother had been alluded to . It would have required all the charm of Fanny Forester's clever poem on such a subject to ...
Page 128
... never been known to commit an act of severity or injustice ; his purse and his hand have always been open for the indigent and the unfortunate , and he takes a peculiar pride in bestowing his honors upon men of science and talent ...
... never been known to commit an act of severity or injustice ; his purse and his hand have always been open for the indigent and the unfortunate , and he takes a peculiar pride in bestowing his honors upon men of science and talent ...
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... never have doubted your sincerity , if you had proposed such a matter . You ought to have talked of it freely with ... never doubt and never waver , but always stand sentinel and help - meet for each other , would have enabled you to ...
... never have doubted your sincerity , if you had proposed such a matter . You ought to have talked of it freely with ... never doubt and never waver , but always stand sentinel and help - meet for each other , would have enabled you to ...
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American appeared beautiful better boat bright called Captain Captain John Underhill CATHERINE HAYES church Clara dark daughter dear death delight Don Quixote dream E. G. SQUIER England English eyes fair fancy fear feel fire Florence flowers give hand happy hear heard heart heaven HENRY BACON honor hour Indian island JASON TAYLOR JENNY LIND John Bull KNICKERBOCKER lady land leave light literary live look Marie Marie Laforêt mind morning mother nature never New-York night o'er once PARKE GODWIN passed poor present reader river round Sancho scene seemed shore side sleep smile song soon soul speak spirit Sublime Porte sweet tears tell thee thing thou thought tion Tontine town trees truth turned voice volume walk WASHINGTON IRVING words young
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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...