American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volym 12Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1838 |
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... scene , crumbles to dust in the grasp . I recollect my first case ; events , coincidences connected with it cannot be forgotten . ' My mother , who was a widow , wished me to prepare for the church . I suppose that wish was deeper in ...
... scene , crumbles to dust in the grasp . I recollect my first case ; events , coincidences connected with it cannot be forgotten . ' My mother , who was a widow , wished me to prepare for the church . I suppose that wish was deeper in ...
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... scene which she adorned . I was to have written to the widow that evening , but the words came slowly , and I found the ink dry in my pen , and myself contrasting the fascinating girl by whose side 1 had so pleasantly galloped through ...
... scene which she adorned . I was to have written to the widow that evening , but the words came slowly , and I found the ink dry in my pen , and myself contrasting the fascinating girl by whose side 1 had so pleasantly galloped through ...
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... scene of lifesome gayety , but only of deep thought , and complicated pro- jects of ambition . Lynde , holding a letter which had lately been received , sat half - buried in a large arm - chair , and on my entrance , greeted me with ...
... scene of lifesome gayety , but only of deep thought , and complicated pro- jects of ambition . Lynde , holding a letter which had lately been received , sat half - buried in a large arm - chair , and on my entrance , greeted me with ...
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... scene like a queen receiving her dues ; her personal beauty and graceful wit had given her a kind of conventional ascendancy ; she conversed with all , but , as it were , descended to converse with them . Her father would , time and ...
... scene like a queen receiving her dues ; her personal beauty and graceful wit had given her a kind of conventional ascendancy ; she conversed with all , but , as it were , descended to converse with them . Her father would , time and ...
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... scene ! The wave is blue , the turf is green ; But where are now the wood and wild The pilgrim and the forest child ? The wood and wild have pass'd away ; Pilgrim and forest child are clay ; And here , upon their graves , we stand , The ...
... scene ! The wave is blue , the turf is green ; But where are now the wood and wild The pilgrim and the forest child ? The wood and wild have pass'd away ; Pilgrim and forest child are clay ; And here , upon their graves , we stand , The ...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volym 8 Charles Fenno Hoffman,Lewis Gaylord Clark,Kinahan Cornwallis,Timothy Flint,John Holmes Agnew Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1836 |
American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volym 20 Charles Fenno Hoffman,Lewis Gaylord Clark,Kinahan Cornwallis,Timothy Flint,John Holmes Agnew Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1842 |
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Sida 522 - The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together.
Sida 183 - Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act, that each to-morrow Find us farther than to-day.
Sida 523 - Ichabod was a suitable figure for such a steed. He rode with short stirrups, which brought his knees nearly up to the pommel of the saddle ; his sharp elbows stuck out like grasshoppers...
Sida 253 - There are at the present time, two great nations in the world which seem to tend towards the same end, although they started from different points; I allude to the Russians and the Americans.
Sida 514 - She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies ; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes : Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
Sida 523 - He was gaunt and shagged, with a ewe neck and a head like a hammer; his rusty mane and tail were tangled and knotted with burrs; one eye had lost its pupil, and was glaring and spectral; but the other had the gleam of a genuine devil in it.
Sida 217 - Here the free spirit of mankind, at length, Throws its last fetters off; and who shall place A limit to the giant's unchained strength, Or curb his swiftness in the forward race...
Sida 183 - Trust no future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act, act in the living present! Heart within and God o'erhead ! Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime.
Sida 183 - In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife!
Sida 110 - Thus when the Christian pilgrim views, By faith, his mansion in the skies, The sight his fainting strength renews, And wings his speed to reach the prize.