The National Magazine: Devoted to Literature, Art, and Religion, Volume 12Abel Stevens, James Floy Carlton & Phillips, 1858 - Periodicals |
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... land of the Franks to do homage to " the king of the world . " The chief personages in the embassy were then provided with suitable dresses where- with to appear in the presence of Noura- jah Shah . The curtain was drawn aside , and on ...
... land of the Franks to do homage to " the king of the world . " The chief personages in the embassy were then provided with suitable dresses where- with to appear in the presence of Noura- jah Shah . The curtain was drawn aside , and on ...
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... land of mist and snow . " And every tongue , through utter drought , Was wither'd at the root ; We could not speak , no more than if We had been choked with soot . " Ah ! well a - day ! what evil looks Had I from old and young ! Instead ...
... land of mist and snow . " And every tongue , through utter drought , Was wither'd at the root ; We could not speak , no more than if We had been choked with soot . " Ah ! well a - day ! what evil looks Had I from old and young ! Instead ...
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... land in the midst of them , with its flowers and its hum- ming bees , that old church and half - wild churchyard alongside of it , and its hang- ing crofts , and little umbrageous valley . To Bothwell Brig you descend the ex- cellent ...
... land in the midst of them , with its flowers and its hum- ming bees , that old church and half - wild churchyard alongside of it , and its hang- ing crofts , and little umbrageous valley . To Bothwell Brig you descend the ex- cellent ...
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... lands of the park beneath , are so planted and wooded , that the pioneers would have much to do before a battle could ... land - ligence of two neighboring families . She scape , rough as the Cameronian insur- gents , and rude as their ...
... lands of the park beneath , are so planted and wooded , that the pioneers would have much to do before a battle could ... land - ligence of two neighboring families . She scape , rough as the Cameronian insur- gents , and rude as their ...
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... Land . " On the left of the engraving appears the rail- road , on the right the old turnpike . So circuitous is the stream and its accompany- Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1856 , by Carlton & Porter , in the Clerk's ...
... Land . " On the left of the engraving appears the rail- road , on the right the old turnpike . So circuitous is the stream and its accompany- Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1856 , by Carlton & Porter , in the Clerk's ...
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Page 155 - A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. I closed my lids, and kept them close, And the balls like pulses beat; For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky Lay like a load on my weary eye, And the dead were at my feet.
Page 157 - But tell me, tell me ! speak again, Thy soft response renewing — What makes that ship drive on so fast? What is the ocean doing?" SECOND VOICE " Still as a slave before his lord, The ocean hath no blast; His great bright eye most silently Up to the Moon is cast — If he may know which way to go; For she guides him smooth or grim. See, brother, see ! how graciously She looketh down on him.
Page 157 - Is it he?' quoth one, 'Is this the man? By him who died on cross, With his cruel bow he laid full low The harmless Albatross. • The spirit who bideth by himself In the land of mist and snow, He loved the bird that loved the man Who shot him with his bow.
Page 428 - See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
Page 353 - That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked : and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee : Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right...
Page 5 - Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere Nor any drop to drink. • The very deep did rot: O Christ! That ever this should be! Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea.
Page 423 - THEE, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
Page 424 - The place of the Scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter ; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth : In his humiliation his judgment was taken away : and who shall declare his generation ? for his life is taken from the earth.
Page 159 - The Pilot and the Pilot's boy, I heard them coming fast: Dear Lord in Heaven ! it was a joy The dead men could not blast. I saw a third — I heard his voice: It is the Hermit good! He singeth loud his godly hymns That he makes in the wood. He'll shrieve my soul, he'll wash away The Albatross's blood.
Page 157 - It ceased; yet still the sails made on A pleasant noise till noon, A noise like of a hidden brook In the leafy month of June, That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune.