American Monthly Knickerbocker, Bind 12Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1838 |
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Side 41
... Fronto struck the knife into their hearts - for to no inferior minister would he delegate the sacred office . ' ' Lucius , ' cried Julia , ' I thought that such offerings were now no more . Is it so , that superstition yet delights ...
... Fronto struck the knife into their hearts - for to no inferior minister would he delegate the sacred office . ' ' Lucius , ' cried Julia , ' I thought that such offerings were now no more . Is it so , that superstition yet delights ...
Side 42
... Fronto warning them of the hour , they ceased - embraced each other , and received the fatal blow ; the others signified their pleasure at dying so rather than to be thrown to wild beasts or left to die by slow degrees within their ...
... Fronto warning them of the hour , they ceased - embraced each other , and received the fatal blow ; the others signified their pleasure at dying so rather than to be thrown to wild beasts or left to die by slow degrees within their ...
Side 44
... Fronto , the priest of the temple , when the crier had proclaimed that the hour of worship and sacrifice had come , and had commanded silence to be observed - standing at the altar , glittering in his white and golden robes like a ...
... Fronto , the priest of the temple , when the crier had proclaimed that the hour of worship and sacrifice had come , and had commanded silence to be observed - standing at the altar , glittering in his white and golden robes like a ...
Side 45
... Fronto , who prying with the harus- pices into the smoking carcass of one of the slaughtered bulls , sud- denly cried out with horror that ' no heart was to be found . ' The emperor , hardly to be restrained by those near him from some ...
... Fronto , who prying with the harus- pices into the smoking carcass of one of the slaughtered bulls , sud- denly cried out with horror that ' no heart was to be found . ' The emperor , hardly to be restrained by those near him from some ...
Side 46
... Fronto once more stood before the altar , and now uninterrupted performed the last office of the ceremony . Then around the tables spread within the temple to the honor of the gods , feasting upon the luxu- ries contributed by every ...
... Fronto once more stood before the altar , and now uninterrupted performed the last office of the ceremony . Then around the tables spread within the temple to the honor of the gods , feasting upon the luxu- ries contributed by every ...
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Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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!
Side 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.