American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 12Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1838 - American periodicals |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 8
... mind . ' Your profession , ' said she , will strengthen and sharpen your powers , let it not circumscribe them ... minds who had elevated my profes- sion . I revelled in the stores of knowledge to which I had access . But I did not ...
... mind . ' Your profession , ' said she , will strengthen and sharpen your powers , let it not circumscribe them ... minds who had elevated my profes- sion . I revelled in the stores of knowledge to which I had access . But I did not ...
Page 12
... mind quickly and painfully . I could not but fancy that my failure was somehow connected with the reso- lution I had formed , on undertaking my profession . I had looked to that day as the great stepping - stone , perhaps to political ...
... mind quickly and painfully . I could not but fancy that my failure was somehow connected with the reso- lution I had formed , on undertaking my profession . I had looked to that day as the great stepping - stone , perhaps to political ...
Page 15
... mind , adjuring me to avail myself of this opportunity of advance- ment . I wondered a little at his eagerness , but he hurried on , and taking my hand , exclaimed : ' It may be yours without a struggle ! Observe , the ambassador ...
... mind , adjuring me to avail myself of this opportunity of advance- ment . I wondered a little at his eagerness , but he hurried on , and taking my hand , exclaimed : ' It may be yours without a struggle ! Observe , the ambassador ...
Page 16
... mind . I thought some- thing about self - respect , and official corruption , and moral indepen- dence , and about being hurried away by temptation . But the spark had fallen , and as the train which years had laid , burned and flashed ...
... mind . I thought some- thing about self - respect , and official corruption , and moral indepen- dence , and about being hurried away by temptation . But the spark had fallen , and as the train which years had laid , burned and flashed ...
Page 22
... mind , that Sheri- dan was a dull boy . Now he is called a dull boy who does not get his lessons at school , who hates books ; and it is precisely those minds that are not easily trammelled and harnessed by false systems of edu- cation ...
... mind , that Sheri- dan was a dull boy . Now he is called a dull boy who does not get his lessons at school , who hates books ; and it is precisely those minds that are not easily trammelled and harnessed by false systems of edu- cation ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admiration American Arak Aurelian beautiful Bill Gray blessed breath Capo d'Istria Carvel character Christian cold crowd dark death earth Edinburgh Review England fair feel feet fire Fronto gaze give Greece hand happy head heart heaven honor hope hour human interest Kushow labor lady land letter light literary live Lockhart look Madame VESTRIS ment mind moral morning mother nature neath never New-York night o'er observed once Palmyra passed passion person Petersburgh present Probus quackery racter reader rich Rome round scarcely scene seemed Sir Walter Scott smile soon soul speak spirit sweet taste thee thing thou thought thousand tion true truth turn Uranus virtue voice volume whole wife William Knighton wind words writing Yamos young