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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... reason- able family for a week . " 66 Pooh , pooh ! my dear mother , " replied the dutiful son , " you would not have me appear shabby . Besides what is a turbot ? " " Pooh , pooh ! what is a turbot ? " echoed the irritated dame : " don ...
... reason- able family for a week . " 66 Pooh , pooh ! my dear mother , " replied the dutiful son , " you would not have me appear shabby . Besides what is a turbot ? " " Pooh , pooh ! what is a turbot ? " echoed the irritated dame : " don ...
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... reason , do you think ? The tax on malt ' s the cause , I hear , But what has malt to do with beer ? " Neither high nor humble was at this time spared by his effervescent wit . Meeting the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York one day in ...
... reason , do you think ? The tax on malt ' s the cause , I hear , But what has malt to do with beer ? " Neither high nor humble was at this time spared by his effervescent wit . Meeting the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York one day in ...
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... reason , there was in social life far less of machinery . and infinitely more of soul . The ceremony which attended a levee , a wedding , or a funeral , had a positive and genuine sig- nificance . The divine charm of earnestness ...
... reason , there was in social life far less of machinery . and infinitely more of soul . The ceremony which attended a levee , a wedding , or a funeral , had a positive and genuine sig- nificance . The divine charm of earnestness ...
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... reasons , the absence of great social interests often proves the lull of violent passions and the activity of humane sentiments . In no particular is the change more striking than in litera- ture . Few and cherished were the books , and ...
... reasons , the absence of great social interests often proves the lull of violent passions and the activity of humane sentiments . In no particular is the change more striking than in litera- ture . Few and cherished were the books , and ...
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... reasons , it is a peculiar injustice to form an opinion of American society at a fashionable soi- ree or a public ball . The true ornaments of the social circle are seldom conspicuous ; the noble few are often cast into the shade by the ...
... reasons , it is a peculiar injustice to form an opinion of American society at a fashionable soi- ree or a public ball . The true ornaments of the social circle are seldom conspicuous ; the noble few are often cast into the shade by the ...
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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...