Rural Repository, Volumes 10-11W. B. Stoddard, 1834 |
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... affection and thought , the human family exhibits a moral and mental variety which nature does not surpass in all the wonderful diversity of her physical operations . To say nothing of the different degrees of intellectual elevation ...
... affection and thought , the human family exhibits a moral and mental variety which nature does not surpass in all the wonderful diversity of her physical operations . To say nothing of the different degrees of intellectual elevation ...
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... affection , woman does not ; she cannot . The delicate strings of her spirit are ever responsive An greatly to the splendor of the scene . inquisitive spectator might have observed , among the collection of naval officers , one who ...
... affection , woman does not ; she cannot . The delicate strings of her spirit are ever responsive An greatly to the splendor of the scene . inquisitive spectator might have observed , among the collection of naval officers , one who ...
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... affectionate respect ; and was particularly commended when she took into her house a young girl , whom I shall call Rosalie , the daughter of humble , but of very estimable parents . Rosalie's childhood was happy ; and so might her ...
... affectionate respect ; and was particularly commended when she took into her house a young girl , whom I shall call Rosalie , the daughter of humble , but of very estimable parents . Rosalie's childhood was happy ; and so might her ...
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... affection . 6 at home with a fine parlor and piano . What a fine lady , ' said the wondering villagers- what a very fine lady ; how fashionable ; how perfectly genteel . ' 6 NO . 2 . of the sciences ; wrote poetry ; kept an album ...
... affection . 6 at home with a fine parlor and piano . What a fine lady , ' said the wondering villagers- what a very fine lady ; how fashionable ; how perfectly genteel . ' 6 NO . 2 . of the sciences ; wrote poetry ; kept an album ...
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... affection from every bosom . We look forward with anxiety to every future period of his life ; and our prayers and our hopes attend every step of his journey . We mingle our tears with his , on the grave of her , whose maternal heart ...
... affection from every bosom . We look forward with anxiety to every future period of his life ; and our prayers and our hopes attend every step of his journey . We mingle our tears with his , on the grave of her , whose maternal heart ...
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Page 47 - What man dare, I dare: Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, The arm'd rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger; Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves Shall never tremble...
Page 158 - Each soldier's eye shall brightly turn To where thy sky-born glories burn, And, as his springing steps advance, Catch war and vengeance from the glance.
Page 3 - Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Page 3 - It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation ; neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there, neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures ; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces ; and her time is near to come ; and her days shall...
Page 14 - But who are those who make the streets their couch, and find a short repose from wretchedness at the doors of the opulent ? These are strangers, wanderers, and orphans, whose circumstances are too humble to expect redress, and whose distresses are too great even for pity.
Page 31 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Page 14 - What a gloom hangs all around ! the dying lamp feebly emits a yellow gleam ; no sound is heard but of the chiming clock, or the distant watch-dog. All the bustle of human • pride is forgotten, an hour like this may well display the emptiness of human vanity.
Page 31 - I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side...
Page 158 - And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack, Each dying wanderer of the sea...
Page 158 - Flag of the seas ! on ocean wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave ; When death, careering on the gale, Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, And...