Rural Repository, Volumes 10-11W. B. Stoddard, 1834 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 9
... whole world of beaus to choose from , sometimes Still , so far as physical ability was concerned , finds it difficult to make a perfectly unobjec- it was not too late , perhaps , to turn the tionable choice . It was not then to be ...
... whole world of beaus to choose from , sometimes Still , so far as physical ability was concerned , finds it difficult to make a perfectly unobjec- it was not too late , perhaps , to turn the tionable choice . It was not then to be ...
Page 14
... whole of the villages from Northampton || repulsed , returned again , conquered by perse- || been overturned in his carriage , it is extremely to Worcester , are handsomely laid out and verance , and at last swept the defendants into ...
... whole of the villages from Northampton || repulsed , returned again , conquered by perse- || been overturned in his carriage , it is extremely to Worcester , are handsomely laid out and verance , and at last swept the defendants into ...
Page 17
... whole thinking it cited this information occupied considerable best to gratify the girl he yieldingly inquired - time , and passed without the door , the key of But how are we to get in , my dear ? ' How ! ' she replied , we will go ...
... whole thinking it cited this information occupied considerable best to gratify the girl he yieldingly inquired - time , and passed without the door , the key of But how are we to get in , my dear ? ' How ! ' she replied , we will go ...
Page 22
... whole family , dropped off . a single glance of his mind , and detecting at There are men who say that Mr. Webster A woman who lived on the opposite side of once the very point on which every contro- has been over - rated - this is not ...
... whole family , dropped off . a single glance of his mind , and detecting at There are men who say that Mr. Webster A woman who lived on the opposite side of once the very point on which every contro- has been over - rated - this is not ...
Page 24
... one copy of the ninth volume . No subscriptions received for less than one year . All Orders and Communications must be post paid to receive attention . The whole ocean seemed of liquid gold and the sky 24 THE RURAL REPOSITORY .
... one copy of the ninth volume . No subscriptions received for less than one year . All Orders and Communications must be post paid to receive attention . The whole ocean seemed of liquid gold and the sky 24 THE RURAL REPOSITORY .
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abællino Albany Alice AMUSING MISCELLANY appearance arms beauty bosom Bravo breath bright brow child Claverack Coxsackie dark daughter dear death Doge Dollar earth Euthanasia exclaimed eyes father fear feelings Flodoardo Flora MacDonald flowers free of postage gaze George Ellis girl Gray hand happy Harry Clarke Hartland hath heard heart Heaven Hillsdale honor hope hour HUDSON husband inst Isabelle James Gray Julia Kinderhook lady light live look marriage mind Miss Montilla Moreton morning mother never New-York night o'er once Orinda passed person POETRY replied Rosabella Rosalie round shot Rural Repository SATURDAY scene seemed sigh silent sister smile soon sorrow soul spirit Stockport stood Sunderland sweet tears tell thee Therese thing thou thought TRAVELING SKETCHES Venice village voice volume wife wild wish woman young youth
Popular passages
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...