Southern Literary Messenger, Volume 17Jno. R. Thompson, 1851 - Literature |
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... appearance and characteristics of the devout poet .. Whole Number , CXCIII . ORIGINAL PROSE ARTICLES- ( Continued . ) PAGE . hunting ground - responsible office of the driver , his labors , cares and rewards - Excitement of the Standers ...
... appearance and characteristics of the devout poet .. Whole Number , CXCIII . ORIGINAL PROSE ARTICLES- ( Continued . ) PAGE . hunting ground - responsible office of the driver , his labors , cares and rewards - Excitement of the Standers ...
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... appearance . The flap of a shutter , the rustle of a curtain , makes him start as if he already saw a spectre ; and if the cat upset a tray of crockery , or throw down the fire - irons , in another room , he hears the fall of the castle ...
... appearance . The flap of a shutter , the rustle of a curtain , makes him start as if he already saw a spectre ; and if the cat upset a tray of crockery , or throw down the fire - irons , in another room , he hears the fall of the castle ...
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... appearance on the stage of history as it were unexpectedly to the beholders , and yet suggesting to all minds , as + Ibid , p . 31 . * Foote , pp . 34-35 . lier refugees who came here in the days of the English Commonwealth , some ...
... appearance on the stage of history as it were unexpectedly to the beholders , and yet suggesting to all minds , as + Ibid , p . 31 . * Foote , pp . 34-35 . lier refugees who came here in the days of the English Commonwealth , some ...
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... appearance as their teacher and guide . at you ! -you profess to be a minister of Jesus He appeared before the Governor and Council Christ , and you come and complain of a man , at Williamsburg , in April , 1747 , with a petition and ...
... appearance as their teacher and guide . at you ! -you profess to be a minister of Jesus He appeared before the Governor and Council Christ , and you come and complain of a man , at Williamsburg , in April , 1747 , with a petition and ...
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... appearance of cold- ness and suspicion than is usual among moun- taineers . It behooved me to make myself more decidedly welcome . I had no sooner been seated in the character of a guest , than the dogs came in and smelt at me as if to ...
... appearance of cold- ness and suspicion than is usual among moun- taineers . It behooved me to make myself more decidedly welcome . I had no sooner been seated in the character of a guest , than the dogs came in and smelt at me as if to ...
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Page 278 - The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise. How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks?
Page 189 - Lives of the Queens of Scotland, and English Princesses connected with the Regal Succession of Great Britain. By AGNES STRICKLAND.
Page 354 - Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Page 253 - Which would be worn now in their newest gloss, Not cast aside so soon. Lady M. Was the hope drunk Wherein you dress'd yourself? hath it slept since, And wakes it now, to look so green and pale At what it did so freely ? From this time Such I account thy love. Art thou...
Page 22 - I am a stranger and a sojourner with you : give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
Page 378 - And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the landscape round it measures ; Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray ; Mountains, on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest ; Meadows trim, with daisies pied ; Shallow brooks, and rivers wide ; Towers and battlements it sees Bosomed high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some beauty lies, The cynosure of neighbouring eyes.
Page 280 - If ancient fabrics nod and threat to fall, To patch the flaws and buttress up the wall Thus far 'tis duty; but here fix the mark, For all beyond it is to touch our Ark.
Page 208 - I walked up very near, and, as he was in the act of charging (being in those days under wrong impressions as to the impracticability of bringing down an elephant with a shot in the forehead), stood coolly in his path until he was within fifteen paces of me, and let drive at the hollow of his forehead, in the vain expectation that by so doing I should end his career. The shot only served to increase his fury — an effect which, I had remarked, shots in the head invariably produced ; and, continuing...
Page 171 - On the southern suburb, the houses looking out upon the country showed, by their splintered wood-work, and walls battered to the foundation, that they had lately been the mark of a destructive cannonade. And in and around the splendid Temple, which had been the chief object of my admiration, armed men were barracked, surrounded by their stacks of musketry and pieces of heavy ordnance. These challenged me to render an account of myself, and...
Page 391 - ... the approach of evening brings with it an aching sense of loneliness and desolation which comes down upon the spirit like darkness upon the earth. In this mood his best impulses become a snare to him, and he is led astray because he is social, affectionate, sympathetic and warmhearted.