American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 18Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1841 - American periodicals |
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... sweet delusion that the friends of the ' Old Knick . ' look with almost as much avidity for the crudities of POLYGON , as they do for the mellow maturity of the inimitable CRAYON . I have adopted my multangular title , to express the ...
... sweet delusion that the friends of the ' Old Knick . ' look with almost as much avidity for the crudities of POLYGON , as they do for the mellow maturity of the inimitable CRAYON . I have adopted my multangular title , to express the ...
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... sweet creations of unbridled fancy are of great and permanent advan- tage to mankind ; as much so as the construction of canals , the inven- tion of steam , or any other improvement which these practical men stare at and glorify so much ...
... sweet creations of unbridled fancy are of great and permanent advan- tage to mankind ; as much so as the construction of canals , the inven- tion of steam , or any other improvement which these practical men stare at and glorify so much ...
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... sweet Poets , thrice blessed forever , who have thrown the sunshine of your fancies over the stormy waves , and from the fairy islands of enchanted song sent many a summer breeze , more fragrant than the spicy gales of Araby the blest ...
... sweet Poets , thrice blessed forever , who have thrown the sunshine of your fancies over the stormy waves , and from the fairy islands of enchanted song sent many a summer breeze , more fragrant than the spicy gales of Araby the blest ...
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... sweet a shrine to shame and sin , As woman's heart . VOL . XVIII . I. SAY , what is woman's heart ? -a thing Where all the deepest feelings spring ; A harp , whose tender chords reply Unto the touch , in harmony ; A world , whose fairy ...
... sweet a shrine to shame and sin , As woman's heart . VOL . XVIII . I. SAY , what is woman's heart ? -a thing Where all the deepest feelings spring ; A harp , whose tender chords reply Unto the touch , in harmony ; A world , whose fairy ...
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... sweet with bursting buds , and vocal with the songs of birds . In midsummer we used to find shelter in it from the rays of heat that steeped its canopy . In autumn , its long shadows pointed far eastward into the village , while its ...
... sweet with bursting buds , and vocal with the songs of birds . In midsummer we used to find shelter in it from the rays of heat that steeped its canopy . In autumn , its long shadows pointed far eastward into the village , while its ...
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