The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 60Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1862 - American periodicals |
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... expression of his features when composed was heavy and satur- nine ; his complexion very florid , his brow protuberant , his hair jet black , ' roached ' on the top of his head like a child's , while each side - whisker fell in a curl ...
... expression of his features when composed was heavy and satur- nine ; his complexion very florid , his brow protuberant , his hair jet black , ' roached ' on the top of his head like a child's , while each side - whisker fell in a curl ...
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... hearts ? But * We must agonize if we would see God . ' This expression was in one of the latest sermons which I have heard . still it is more ridiculous when these human machines cover 28 [ JULY , SUN - SHINE IN THOUGHT .
... hearts ? But * We must agonize if we would see God . ' This expression was in one of the latest sermons which I have heard . still it is more ridiculous when these human machines cover 28 [ JULY , SUN - SHINE IN THOUGHT .
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... expression , and found it , principally in a few lyrics . These adaptations to a popular demand , and to the growing national consciousness of great activity , and an equally great want of happiness , were moderate in tone , ingenious ...
... expression , and found it , principally in a few lyrics . These adaptations to a popular demand , and to the growing national consciousness of great activity , and an equally great want of happiness , were moderate in tone , ingenious ...
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... expression . An opera - cloak , with a white satin lining , fell over her chair behind her , while the heavy silken cord and tassel she wound and unwound about her pretty hand and arm . There was a gentleman with her - one of those dark ...
... expression . An opera - cloak , with a white satin lining , fell over her chair behind her , while the heavy silken cord and tassel she wound and unwound about her pretty hand and arm . There was a gentleman with her - one of those dark ...
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... expressions of his displeasure . I knew now what to do with the violets ; I put my finger down into the soft nest , where I felt , firmly fastened with a pin , the hard corners of a folded note . I opened and read with delight the ...
... expressions of his displeasure . I knew now what to do with the violets ; I put my finger down into the soft nest , where I felt , firmly fastened with a pin , the hard corners of a folded note . I opened and read with delight the ...
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Alderman Alice army asked Augusta Bangs beautiful better Blackberry BROADWAY called cents CHARLES GODFREY LELAND CHARLES READE child CHOISEL Danguerry daugh dear death Dolebear dollars door dream EDWIN BOOTH eyes face father feel felt gaze Genevieve Genoa gentleman girl give Government hand happy Hardpan head heard heart honor hope hundred Italy knew KNICK KNICKERBOCKER labor lady laugh Les Misérables light living look Mad love Magazine marriage married ment mind Miss morning Moses mother nature never New-York night once party passed poor present reader replied Sans Souci seemed side slavery smile soon soul spirit stand strange street sure talk tell thee thing thou thought thousand tion told truth turn VICTOR HUGO voice walk wife word young
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Page 435 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Page 434 - ... of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and all laws made in pursuance thereof and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired; that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Page 357 - ON A GIRDLE. That which her slender waist confined, Shall now my joyful temples bind ; No monarch but would give his crown His arms might do what this has done. It was my heaven's extremest sphere, The pale which held that lovely deer, My joy, my grief, my hope, my love, Did all within this circle move. A narrow compass, and yet there Dwelt all that's good and all that's fair; Give me but what this ribband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round.
Page 446 - On the contrary, if war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who are actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors.
Page 147 - Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; 3 till I am known, and do not want it.
Page 553 - It is his great and favourite work — the fruit of years of thought and labour. Victor Hugo is almost the only French imaginative writer of the present century who is entitled to be considered as a man of genius. He has wonderful poetical power, and he has the faculty, which hardly any other French novelist possesses, of drawing beautiful as well as striking pictures. Another feature for which Victor Hugo's book deserves high praise is Its perfect purity. Any one who reads the Bible and Shakspeare...
Page 31 - But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
Page 145 - PENSION [an allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country'].
Page 9 - Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry ; and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword ; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
Page 434 - Congress, banishing all feeling of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country; that this war is not waged, on our part, in any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering...