American Monthly Knickerbocker, Bind 12Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1838 |
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... ment he adds : ' the sequel has shown that my surmises were well founded , this proving to be the comet we have lately observed . ' This announcement was published in the succeeding volume of the Society's transactions ; but in the mean ...
... ment he adds : ' the sequel has shown that my surmises were well founded , this proving to be the comet we have lately observed . ' This announcement was published in the succeeding volume of the Society's transactions ; but in the mean ...
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... ment to my ingenuity , thought I , bending hour after hour over torn letters , and formal documents , and sketching every favorable view of the case . ' Evening was just closing in , when I received a short letter from my mother . She ...
... ment to my ingenuity , thought I , bending hour after hour over torn letters , and formal documents , and sketching every favorable view of the case . ' Evening was just closing in , when I received a short letter from my mother . She ...
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... ment . I wondered a little at his eagerness , but he hurried on , and taking my hand , exclaimed : ' It may be yours without a struggle ! Observe the ambassador ; scrutinize every movement every motive ; use warily the confidence - he ...
... ment . I wondered a little at his eagerness , but he hurried on , and taking my hand , exclaimed : ' It may be yours without a struggle ! Observe the ambassador ; scrutinize every movement every motive ; use warily the confidence - he ...
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... ment given to idleness ; and thus she gently and hourly declined . A few months of sorrow and solitude , and close beside the spot where the widow Egerton was buried , the sod was composed over the grave of her young friend , Anna ...
... ment given to idleness ; and thus she gently and hourly declined . A few months of sorrow and solitude , and close beside the spot where the widow Egerton was buried , the sod was composed over the grave of her young friend , Anna ...
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... ment - for the benefit of truth ; thy virtues need no trumpet . And thou thyself , in thy purified state , free from duns , landladies , and thy superiors in talk , who prevented thee irksomely from realizing at the moment the inward ...
... ment - for the benefit of truth ; thy virtues need no trumpet . And thou thyself , in thy purified state , free from duns , landladies , and thy superiors in talk , who prevented thee irksomely from realizing at the moment the inward ...
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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.