American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volumen17Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1841 |
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... interest of the few who govern , but seeking the general welfare of the entire community . But beyond this , there are causes in opera- tion which laws cannot reach , and which governments , if they can affect , cannot control ...
... interest of the few who govern , but seeking the general welfare of the entire community . But beyond this , there are causes in opera- tion which laws cannot reach , and which governments , if they can affect , cannot control ...
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... interest , who came to reside at a beautiful place , that bordered upon my parish so closely as to give me frequent opportunities of an acquaintance with her , and I did not fail to cultivate it . How shall I describe her to you , and ...
... interest , who came to reside at a beautiful place , that bordered upon my parish so closely as to give me frequent opportunities of an acquaintance with her , and I did not fail to cultivate it . How shall I describe her to you , and ...
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... interest and wishes , the soldiers thought there was no pressure that any honest man should complain of ; and the very individuals who would have fought to their knees in blood , rather than submit to such wrong from the king's officers ...
... interest and wishes , the soldiers thought there was no pressure that any honest man should complain of ; and the very individuals who would have fought to their knees in blood , rather than submit to such wrong from the king's officers ...
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... interest . The wagoner was completely and terribly beaten . His antagonist sprang upon him with the ferocity of an enraged panther , and after a few blows the battle ceased to be doubtful . The tremendous fist of the young Virginian ...
... interest . The wagoner was completely and terribly beaten . His antagonist sprang upon him with the ferocity of an enraged panther , and after a few blows the battle ceased to be doubtful . The tremendous fist of the young Virginian ...
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... interest , even less than our Chesnut- street . It has less variety , too , of buildings and pursuits than your Broadway , and bears no comparison with the Boulevards in this re- spect . Its great beauty consists in its company ; in its ...
... interest , even less than our Chesnut- street . It has less variety , too , of buildings and pursuits than your Broadway , and bears no comparison with the Boulevards in this re- spect . Its great beauty consists in its company ; in its ...
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Página 96 - BLOW ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble : For the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand; A day of darkness and of gloominess, A day of clouds and of thick darkness...
Página 370 - WHO can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Página 368 - And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people. Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast. And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said. Hail, master; and kissed him.
Página 172 - Out of an unseen quarry evermore Furnished with tile, the fierce artificer Curves his white bastions with projected roof Round every windward stake, or tree, or door. Speeding, the myriad-handed, his wild work So fanciful, so savage, nought cares he For number or proportion.
Página 463 - Let the great soul incarnated in some woman's form, poor and sad and single, in some Dolly or Joan, go out to service and sweep chambers and scour floors, and its effulgent daybeams cannot be muffled or hid, but to sweep and scour will instantly appeal supreme and beautiful actions, the top and radiance of human life, and all people will get mops and brooms; until, lo!
Página 145 - home,' 'or, with yourself; and though there are very few that do this, yet it is surprising that the greatest part of mankind cannot be prevailed upon, at least to visit themselves sometimes ; but, according to the saying of the wise Solomon, The eyes of the fool are in the ends of the earth.
Página 172 - Maugre the farmer's sighs; and at the gate A tapering turret overtops the work. And when his hours are numbered, and the world Is all his own, retiring, as he were not, Leaves, when the sun appears, astonished Art To mimic in slow structures, stone by stone, Built in an age, the mad wind's night-work, The frolic architecture of the snow.
Página 54 - Three weeks we westward bore, And when the storm was o'er, Cloud-like we saw the shore Stretching to leeward; There for my lady's bower Built I the lofty tower, Which, to this very hour, Stands looking seaward.
Página 54 - As with his wings aslant, Sails the fierce cormorant, Seeking some rocky haunt With his prey laden, So toward the open main, Beating to sea again, Through the wild hurricane, Bore I the maiden.
Página 53 - She was a Prince's child, I but a Viking wild, And though she blushed and smiled, I was discarded! Should not the dove so white Follow the sea-mew's flight, Why did they leave that night Her nest unguarded?