American Monthly Knickerbocker, Band 30Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew, Kinahan Cornwallis 1847 |
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... play- ing ; the hum of the multitude rising up like the murmur of the distant ocean ; the small steamers plying about , their decks crowded with anxious spectators ; the long lines of surf - boats towing astern of the ships , ready to ...
... play- ing ; the hum of the multitude rising up like the murmur of the distant ocean ; the small steamers plying about , their decks crowded with anxious spectators ; the long lines of surf - boats towing astern of the ships , ready to ...
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... play . Such is the excitement which the love of great princi- ples , or a lofty ambition , gives a man . But the momentary excite- ment which is raised in a ' revival ' is not the thing . It dies away generally in a week after ...
... play . Such is the excitement which the love of great princi- ples , or a lofty ambition , gives a man . But the momentary excite- ment which is raised in a ' revival ' is not the thing . It dies away generally in a week after ...
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... play ! But time went by , and Pet Shook off its grief and learned to play once more , Shewing full well , by the gay mien it wore , It could forget ! I chide thee not , poor fawn , • Nor call thee base , ' forgetful though thou art ...
... play ! But time went by , and Pet Shook off its grief and learned to play once more , Shewing full well , by the gay mien it wore , It could forget ! I chide thee not , poor fawn , • Nor call thee base , ' forgetful though thou art ...
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... play ! But time went by , and Pet Shook off its grief and learned to play once more , Shewing full well , by the gay mien it wore , It could forget ! I chide thee not , poor fawn , Nor call thee base , ' forgetful though thou art ; How ...
... play ! But time went by , and Pet Shook off its grief and learned to play once more , Shewing full well , by the gay mien it wore , It could forget ! I chide thee not , poor fawn , Nor call thee base , ' forgetful though thou art ; How ...
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... play the simpleton . Foolish acts however do not necessarily imply a total want of sense . No man conducts wisely at all times ; and no man was ever known to do so under the influence of the tender passion . But a man may under its ...
... play the simpleton . Foolish acts however do not necessarily imply a total want of sense . No man conducts wisely at all times ; and no man was ever known to do so under the influence of the tender passion . But a man may under its ...
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admirably ÆSCHYLUS Alcibiades appeared Athens battle beautiful boats brig bright buffalo called Captain character cheerful Cisalpine republic dark death delightful earth editor emigrants English feeling fire flowers Fort Laramie Genoa give gods grave Greek hand hear heard heart Heaven hero hills hope horses hour human Indian Isles of Shoals JAMES KENNARD JOHN BULL land laugh letter light literary living Loki look miles mind morning Muspelheim Mycena nature never New-York night o'er Odin OREGON TRAIL passed passion pastoral pastoral poetry Pawnee Pericles Platte poet prairie present reader rifle river scene seemed seen shade shore side smile SNEEDEN song soon soul spirit stand steamer Surtur sweet thee thing thou thought tion trees true truth turn vessels village wagons whole Wiggins wild wind wonderful words
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Seite 87 - And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead?
Seite 310 - I call therefore a complete and generous Education that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully and magnanimously all the offices both private and public of peace and war.
Seite 87 - And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
Seite 324 - One part of his dress only remains, but it is too remarkable to be suppressed; it was a brass ring, resembling a dog's collar, but without any opening, and soldered fast round his neck, so loose as to form no impediment to his breathing, yet so tight as to be incapable of being removed, excepting by the use of the file. On this singular gorget was engraved in Saxon characters, an inscription of the following purport:—" Gurth, the son of Beowulph, is the born thrall of Cedric of Rotherwood.
Seite 325 - Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No; Men, high-minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain ; These constitute a State; And sovereign law, that State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.
Seite 273 - ... defiance to the giddy wheel of fortune. She doth all things with so sweet a grace, it seems ignorance will not suffer her to do ill, being her mind is to do well.
Seite 17 - For league after league, a plain as level as a lake was outspread beneath us ; here and there the Platte, divided into a dozen thread-like sluices, was traversing it, and an occasional clump of wood, rising in the midst like a shadowy island, relieved the monotony of the waste. No living thing was moving throughout the vast landscape, except the lizards that darted over the sand and through the rank grass and prickly pears at our feet.
Seite 8 - Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
Seite 210 - ... and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below"; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly, it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Seite 77 - ... motion, shouldering each other along at a clumsy gallop. We followed, spurring our horses to full speed; and as the herd rushed, crowding and trampling in terror through an opening in the hills, we were close at their heels, half suffocated by the clouds of dust. But as we drew near, their alarm and speed increased; our horses...