American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 18Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1841 - American periodicals |
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... fire in his study , and pore over a volume of history or poetry till midnight . Then , while the snuff slowly moul- dered from the end of the wick , which rose high above the flame , and threw a dusky shadow over the room ; while the ...
... fire in his study , and pore over a volume of history or poetry till midnight . Then , while the snuff slowly moul- dered from the end of the wick , which rose high above the flame , and threw a dusky shadow over the room ; while the ...
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... fires , that in embowelled Earth Lie prisoned , rise , and writhing to be free , Burst her centripetal and iron bands - Unhinging continents , uprooting mountains , Until her ragged quarters all at large Fly diverse into space , leaving ...
... fires , that in embowelled Earth Lie prisoned , rise , and writhing to be free , Burst her centripetal and iron bands - Unhinging continents , uprooting mountains , Until her ragged quarters all at large Fly diverse into space , leaving ...
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... Fire is an excellent slave , one with whom we would not willingly dispense , but he is a most tyrannical master . No man in his senses would kindle a fire in a hay - stack or in a pile of hemp ; but who is afraid , on a cold night , to ...
... Fire is an excellent slave , one with whom we would not willingly dispense , but he is a most tyrannical master . No man in his senses would kindle a fire in a hay - stack or in a pile of hemp ; but who is afraid , on a cold night , to ...
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... fire . As he continued thus , his brow grew anxious , and he compressed his lips tightly , occasionally moving his head from side to side , and muttering to himself . At length he rose from his seat , and stepping cautiously to the door ...
... fire . As he continued thus , his brow grew anxious , and he compressed his lips tightly , occasionally moving his head from side to side , and muttering to himself . At length he rose from his seat , and stepping cautiously to the door ...
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... fire , and drawing his coat , with a slight shiver , more tightly over his shoulders , extended his hands toward the flame . ' Put on more coal , ' said he ; ' such a night might freeze one's soul : and whatever I am now , you have made ...
... fire , and drawing his coat , with a slight shiver , more tightly over his shoulders , extended his hands toward the flame . ' Put on more coal , ' said he ; ' such a night might freeze one's soul : and whatever I am now , you have made ...
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