American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 17Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1841 - American periodicals |
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... earth , of which it takes possession , and exhibiting a whitish , clayey appearance , so dense and impenetrable to the light , that it is impossible to discern an object below the surface of the river . The Mississippi , on the contrary ...
... earth , of which it takes possession , and exhibiting a whitish , clayey appearance , so dense and impenetrable to the light , that it is impossible to discern an object below the surface of the river . The Mississippi , on the contrary ...
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... earth , relics of the olden time , and witnesses of many an event forever lost to human know- ledge . " The inclined plane which bounds this amphitheatre on the opposite side of the Seine , is studded with villages , country seats , and ...
... earth , relics of the olden time , and witnesses of many an event forever lost to human know- ledge . " The inclined plane which bounds this amphitheatre on the opposite side of the Seine , is studded with villages , country seats , and ...
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... earth is robed in night , Like glance of rushing eagle's eye , Appears the meteor's light : So burst a light upon the gloom Of Egypt's darkened sky ; A light to guide her to the tomb , To gild her destiny ! W. M. R. WAYSIDE PASSAGES ...
... earth is robed in night , Like glance of rushing eagle's eye , Appears the meteor's light : So burst a light upon the gloom Of Egypt's darkened sky ; A light to guide her to the tomb , To gild her destiny ! W. M. R. WAYSIDE PASSAGES ...
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... earth and summer sky : Each broad , seamed breast has cast aside Its cumbering vest of shaggy hide ; Bared to the sun and soft warm air , Streams back the Norsemen's yellow hair . I see the gleam of axe and spear , The sound of sinitten ...
... earth and summer sky : Each broad , seamed breast has cast aside Its cumbering vest of shaggy hide ; Bared to the sun and soft warm air , Streams back the Norsemen's yellow hair . I see the gleam of axe and spear , The sound of sinitten ...
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... Earth into its lightest imaginable green . We like also to spend money , and it is well to have an excuse for doing so ; and then there is a charm in the shuttle - cock motion betwixt the two scenes of town and country ; but all this ...
... Earth into its lightest imaginable green . We like also to spend money , and it is well to have an excuse for doing so ; and then there is a charm in the shuttle - cock motion betwixt the two scenes of town and country ; but all this ...
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