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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... land afforded full and honor- able scope . It will be remembered , too , that his most cherished plans were almost uniformly successful . He succeeded in obtaining from Edward the Con- fessor at least a verbal adoption , as his heir ...
... land afforded full and honor- able scope . It will be remembered , too , that his most cherished plans were almost uniformly successful . He succeeded in obtaining from Edward the Con- fessor at least a verbal adoption , as his heir ...
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... land . But now a new difficulty arose -a difficulty which embittered his whole after - life , but which เ 6 conquering a probably never would have arisen had William contented himself with 1862. ] 5 THE RETRIBUTIONS OF LIFE .
... land . But now a new difficulty arose -a difficulty which embittered his whole after - life , but which เ 6 conquering a probably never would have arisen had William contented himself with 1862. ] 5 THE RETRIBUTIONS OF LIFE .
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... land . Carl hurried to Blackberry in advance , and sought a safe asylum in the covert retreat of its woods . They waited , but the stores came not . The flour in the barrel was getting low , the servant's linen was going to shreds , and ...
... land . Carl hurried to Blackberry in advance , and sought a safe asylum in the covert retreat of its woods . They waited , but the stores came not . The flour in the barrel was getting low , the servant's linen was going to shreds , and ...
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... land of Italy , where he had lived just so long as to become contented and hopeful ; seek the shores of the northern continent of the New World , and by drudgery earn his daily pittance ; yes , he could do all this and rejoice that it ...
... land of Italy , where he had lived just so long as to become contented and hopeful ; seek the shores of the northern continent of the New World , and by drudgery earn his daily pittance ; yes , he could do all this and rejoice that it ...
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... land , Souls may not all be fettered . Oft , ere now , Conquerors have rocked the earth , yet failed to tame Unto their purposes that restless fire Inhabiting man's breast . A spark bursts forth , And so they perish ! ' t is the fate of ...
... land , Souls may not all be fettered . Oft , ere now , Conquerors have rocked the earth , yet failed to tame Unto their purposes that restless fire Inhabiting man's breast . A spark bursts forth , And so they perish ! ' t is the fate of ...
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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...