The American Common-place Book of Prose: A Collection of Eloquent and Interesting Extracts from the Writings of American AuthorsCarter and Hendee, 1831 - 468 Seiten |
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... solemn hour , to reflect upon the virtues of a be- loved and departed mother . The tumult and glare of the day ... solemnity , the stillness of the eve , were favourable to his melancholy purpose . He forsook , therefore , the bustling ...
... solemn hour , to reflect upon the virtues of a be- loved and departed mother . The tumult and glare of the day ... solemnity , the stillness of the eve , were favourable to his melancholy purpose . He forsook , therefore , the bustling ...
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... solemn ; and I felt how fleeting and unsatisfactory are the hopes built on the analogies of nature . The sun sets so beautifully it seems impossible it should not rise again ; but in the gloom of midnight , where is the promise of the ...
... solemn ; and I felt how fleeting and unsatisfactory are the hopes built on the analogies of nature . The sun sets so beautifully it seems impossible it should not rise again ; but in the gloom of midnight , where is the promise of the ...
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... solemnity- the lowing of the cattle , the whistle of the returning la- bourer , or the distant merriment of the children released from school , come naturally with the close of day - but now the cattle were gathered home , and the ...
... solemnity- the lowing of the cattle , the whistle of the returning la- bourer , or the distant merriment of the children released from school , come naturally with the close of day - but now the cattle were gathered home , and the ...
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... solemn temples , her unrivalled eloquence , and her matchless verse , all point us to that transcendent genius , who , by the very splendour of his own effulgence , woke the human intellect from the slum- ber of ages . It was Homer who ...
... solemn temples , her unrivalled eloquence , and her matchless verse , all point us to that transcendent genius , who , by the very splendour of his own effulgence , woke the human intellect from the slum- ber of ages . It was Homer who ...
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... solemn mag- nificence . There is , I well know , an anguish which may preclude this calmness of reflection and hope . Our resolution may be prostrated to the earth ; for he , on whom we are accus- tomed to rely for strength and support ...
... solemn mag- nificence . There is , I well know , an anguish which may preclude this calmness of reflection and hope . Our resolution may be prostrated to the earth ; for he , on whom we are accus- tomed to rely for strength and support ...
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