American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 24Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1844 - Periodicals |
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... interest to him in the open lobby opposite . At this moment boisterous merriment was heard in the box near them . A burning crimson flashed and passed rapidly over the face of Charles Percy . ' Stephen , is not that Henry Longworth ...
... interest to him in the open lobby opposite . At this moment boisterous merriment was heard in the box near them . A burning crimson flashed and passed rapidly over the face of Charles Percy . ' Stephen , is not that Henry Longworth ...
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... interest to make themselves acquainted with the cano- nical and civil law ; till at last all the learning was found in the mon- asteries . Large libraries were accumulated , where were stored the literature of Greece and ancient Rome ...
... interest to make themselves acquainted with the cano- nical and civil law ; till at last all the learning was found in the mon- asteries . Large libraries were accumulated , where were stored the literature of Greece and ancient Rome ...
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... interests of literature , science and religion , as to be regarded by an impartial mind as one of the greatest blessings of the world . The monk of Europe should be viewed as a man exposed to the temptations which so frequently overcome ...
... interests of literature , science and religion , as to be regarded by an impartial mind as one of the greatest blessings of the world . The monk of Europe should be viewed as a man exposed to the temptations which so frequently overcome ...
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... interest to this hackneyed theme . He has a graphic method of describing the common incidents of a journey , which makes them highly attractive , and a quick discernment to catch new beauties and discover additional charms in every ...
... interest to this hackneyed theme . He has a graphic method of describing the common incidents of a journey , which makes them highly attractive , and a quick discernment to catch new beauties and discover additional charms in every ...
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... interest and value ; and in a notice of the first volume , gave our reasons somewhat at large , in favor of its general acceptance at the hands of the American public . It is written and compiled with evident labor and care , and in a ...
... interest and value ; and in a notice of the first volume , gave our reasons somewhat at large , in favor of its general acceptance at the hands of the American public . It is written and compiled with evident labor and care , and in a ...
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Page 206 - Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
Page 304 - 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 ; But Love is indestructible. Its holy flame for ever burneth, From Heaven it came, to Heaven returneth...
Page 425 - tis and ever was my wish and way To let all flowers live freely, and all die (Whene'er their Genius bids their souls depart) Among their kindred in their native place. I never pluck the rose; the violet's head Hath shaken with my breath upon its bank And not reproached me: the ever-sacred cup Of the pure lily hath between my hands Felt safe, unsoiled, nor lost one grain of gold.
Page 299 - My hopes of being remembered in my line With my land's language. If too fond and far These aspirations in their scope incline — If my fame should be, as my fortunes are, Of hasty growth and blight, and dull Oblivion bar My name from out the temple where the dead Are honored by the nations — let it be, And light the laurels on a loftier head, And be the Spartan's epitaph on me : " Sparta hath many a worthier son than he.
Page 302 - The angel wrote, and vanished. The next night It came again with a great wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, And lo!
Page 373 - Though battle call me from thy arms, Let not my pretty Susan mourn; Though cannons roar, yet, safe from harms, William shall to his dear return. Love turns aside the balls that round me fly, Lest precious tears should drop from Susan's eye.
Page 475 - ... and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partington's spirit was up ; but I need not tell you that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. She was excellent at a slop, or a puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest.
Page 475 - Sidmouth and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824 there set in a great flood upon that town; the tide rose to an incredible height; the waves rushed in upon the houses; and everything was threatened with destruction.
Page 190 - This frail and feverish being of an hour; Doom'd o'er the world's precarious scene to sweep, Swift as the tempest travels on the deep, To know Delight but by her parting smile, And toil, and wish, and weep a little while; Then melt, ye elements, that form'd in vain This troubled pulse, and visionary brain ! Fade, ye wild flowers, memorials of my doom, And sink, ye stars, that light me to the tomb.
Page 302 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?