The North American Review, Volume 81O. Everett, 1855 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... beauty , renowned in its day ; she described her lofty head - dress of ostrich feath- ers which caught fire at the theatre , and repeated the verses of her admirer who was so fortunate as to extinguish the flames ; she dwelt upon the ...
... beauty , renowned in its day ; she described her lofty head - dress of ostrich feath- ers which caught fire at the theatre , and repeated the verses of her admirer who was so fortunate as to extinguish the flames ; she dwelt upon the ...
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... beauty " which renders the conventional bustle of our day " ugly , " and soon reduces the dreams of youth to the level commonplace of selfish utility . To succeed , with our fathers , was to maintain integrity of manners , of action ...
... beauty " which renders the conventional bustle of our day " ugly , " and soon reduces the dreams of youth to the level commonplace of selfish utility . To succeed , with our fathers , was to maintain integrity of manners , of action ...
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... beauty and simplicity of the fair Quakers was enhanced by the homely neatness of their garb and the candid earnestness with which they quoted Scripture against the profession of arms . To the few English gentlemen who did justice to ...
... beauty and simplicity of the fair Quakers was enhanced by the homely neatness of their garb and the candid earnestness with which they quoted Scripture against the profession of arms . To the few English gentlemen who did justice to ...
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... beauty of the younger fair . At a literary dinner in Boston are exhib- ited a variety of attainments and a tone of culture such as endear the recollection of similar entertainments in London - NO . 168 . VOL . LXXXI . - 5 or Edinburgh ...
... beauty of the younger fair . At a literary dinner in Boston are exhib- ited a variety of attainments and a tone of culture such as endear the recollection of similar entertainments in London - NO . 168 . VOL . LXXXI . - 5 or Edinburgh ...
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... beauty and strength , oxygenated the blood , and energized the brain with a purer circulation . The philoso- pher had a keener wit for his dialogue , and the orator a fuller roll to his eloquence , from the same force that gave Leonidas ...
... beauty and strength , oxygenated the blood , and energized the brain with a purer circulation . The philoso- pher had a keener wit for his dialogue , and the orator a fuller roll to his eloquence , from the same force that gave Leonidas ...
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Page 536 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Page 66 - Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend : God never made His work for man to mend.
Page 196 - And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver; and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
Page 302 - Here die I, Richard Grenville, with a joyful and quiet mind, for that I have ended my life as a true soldier ought to do, that hath fought for his country, queen, religion, and honour...
Page 536 - Let thy work appear unto thy servants, And thy glory unto their children. And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Page 251 - Next Camus, reverend sire, went footing slow, His mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge, Inwrought with figures dim, and on the edge Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe. Ah; who hath reft (quoth he) my dearest pledge?
Page 3 - Welcome all who lead or follow To the Oracle of Apollo, — Here he speaks out of his pottle, Or the tripos, his tower bottle: All his answers are divine, Truth itself doth flow in wine.
Page 314 - ... We are as near to heaven by sea as by land," reiterating the same speech, well beseeming a soldier, resolute in Jesus Christ, as I can testify he was.
Page 3 - He the half of life abuses That sits watering with the Muses. Those dull girls no good can mean us; Wine it is the milk of Venus, And the poet's horse accounted; Ply it, and you all are mounted.
Page 253 - Babylon, Learned and wise, hath perished utterly, Nor leaves her Speech one word to aid the sigh That would lament her...