Sketch of Connecticut, Forty Years SinceOliver D. Cooke & Sons., 1824 - 278 páginas |
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... approached . Yet his convuls- ed brow resumed partial tranquillity , when his mother's voice poured forth , in trembling , agonizing harmony , the sacred music of the hymn he loved . It was then that he breathed away his spirit ...
... approached . Yet his convuls- ed brow resumed partial tranquillity , when his mother's voice poured forth , in trembling , agonizing harmony , the sacred music of the hymn he loved . It was then that he breathed away his spirit ...
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... approached him as he stood unsuspiciously in a ship , and pierced his breast with a sword . But the wound was not ... approaching from his ranks , stretched forth his hand toward his antagonist , and said , - " Here are many brave men ...
... approached him as he stood unsuspiciously in a ship , and pierced his breast with a sword . But the wound was not ... approaching from his ranks , stretched forth his hand toward his antagonist , and said , - " Here are many brave men ...
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... approaching it , found themselves in a hazard- ous situation , being seriously annoyed by the fire from within the fortification , without the power of acting upon the defensive . In the council of officers , held at this criti- cal ...
... approaching it , found themselves in a hazard- ous situation , being seriously annoyed by the fire from within the fortification , without the power of acting upon the defensive . In the council of officers , held at this criti- cal ...
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... approached , the crucifix always borne around his neck , revealed the religion which he professed . It was the general opinion that the terrible penances which he endured , had been enjoined as an expiation for some unknown crime . It ...
... approached , the crucifix always borne around his neck , revealed the religion which he professed . It was the general opinion that the terrible penances which he endured , had been enjoined as an expiation for some unknown crime . It ...
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... approached , the crucifix always borne around his neck , revealed the religion which he professed . It was the general opinion that the terrible penances which he endured , had been enjoined as an expiation for some unknown crime . It ...
... approached , the crucifix always borne around his neck , revealed the religion which he professed . It was the general opinion that the terrible penances which he endured , had been enjoined as an expiation for some unknown crime . It ...
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Sketch of Connecticut, Forty Years Since Lydia Howard Sigourney,Jerusha Lathrop Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 255 - ... THEY sin who tell us Love can die ; With life all other passions fly — All others are but vanity. In heaven ambition cannot dwell, Nor avarice in the vaults of hell ; Earthly these passions of the earth, They perish where they have their birth.
Página 15 - November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh ; The short'ning winter-day is near a close ; The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugh ; The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose : The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree ; Th' expectant...
Página 24 - Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dressed in living green; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between.
Página 177 - For there is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Página 234 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the gentiles, and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
Página 153 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Página 274 - But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear. Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on his heel to save his life.
Página 105 - Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest station ends in, " Here he lies," And " Dust to dust
Página 236 - YE that do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbours, and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God, and walking from henceforth in his holy ways, draw near with faith, and take this Holy Sacrament to your comfort; and make your humble confession to Almighty God, meekly kneeling upon your knees.
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Breaking Boundaries: New Perspectives on Women's Regional Writing Sherrie A. Inness,Diana Royer Vista de fragmentos - 1997 |