The North American Miscellany and Dollar Magazine, Volumes 3-4Angell, Engel & Hewitt, 1852 |
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... hand , but it is stained with blood ; the crown may be placed upon his brow , but its weight is uneasy ; its gems have been dearly purchased by reducing to want and wo a laborious and harmless race ; they lose their brightness , for the ...
... hand , but it is stained with blood ; the crown may be placed upon his brow , but its weight is uneasy ; its gems have been dearly purchased by reducing to want and wo a laborious and harmless race ; they lose their brightness , for the ...
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... hand , have been far less scrupulous on this point ; and their descendants of the present day are to be seen of every shade and grade- from the well - clad medical student , to the half - starved , half - naked street - sweeper , or the ...
... hand , have been far less scrupulous on this point ; and their descendants of the present day are to be seen of every shade and grade- from the well - clad medical student , to the half - starved , half - naked street - sweeper , or the ...
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... hand was found , partly roasted upon a sharp stake near the ashes of an old camp fire . The party found other signs of the dreadful repast , and returning with the hand in their possession , the young man confessed that it had formed ...
... hand was found , partly roasted upon a sharp stake near the ashes of an old camp fire . The party found other signs of the dreadful repast , and returning with the hand in their possession , the young man confessed that it had formed ...
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... hand of this man which was found at the old camp . Such is the Indian code ; but the man - eater is nevertheless an object of dread . The terri- ble appetite , of which he is supposed to be possessed , makes every one about him uneasy ...
... hand of this man which was found at the old camp . Such is the Indian code ; but the man - eater is nevertheless an object of dread . The terri- ble appetite , of which he is supposed to be possessed , makes every one about him uneasy ...
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... hand " in his scutcheon , sent round his servant to collect the gratuitous half - crowns from the passengers . Piteous stories were told of feeble- " courts , " half - fainting , laden with bonnet- boxes , and minus their cash , watches ...
... hand " in his scutcheon , sent round his servant to collect the gratuitous half - crowns from the passengers . Piteous stories were told of feeble- " courts , " half - fainting , laden with bonnet- boxes , and minus their cash , watches ...
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Page 55 - There is an old tale goes, that Herne the hunter, Sometime a keeper here in Windsor forest, Doth all the winter time, at still midnight, Walk round about an oak, with great ragg'd horns; And there he blasts the tree, and takes the cattle ; And makes milch-kine yield blood, and shakes a chain In a most hideous and dreadful manner...
Page 153 - But to return to our own institute; besides these constant exercises at home, there is another opportunity of gaining experience to be won from pleasure itself abroad; in those vernal seasons of the year when the air is calm and pleasant, it were an injury and sullenness against nature, not to go out and see her riches, and partake in her rejoicing with heaven and earth.
Page 28 - A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday.
Page 156 - Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill; Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! The river glideth at his own sweet will:...
Page 17 - But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; there is a fire And motion of the soul which will not dwell In its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medium of desire ; And, but once kindled, quenchless evermore, Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire Of aught but rest ; a fever at the core, Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore.
Page 156 - EARTH has not anything to show more fair : Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty : The city now doth like a garment wear The beauty of the morning ; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields and to the sky, ' All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. Never did sun more beautifully steep...
Page 113 - My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.
Page 154 - In the motion of the very leaves of spring, in the blue air, there is then found a secret correspondence with our heart. There is eloquence in the tongueless wind, and a melody in the flowing brooks and the rustling of the reeds beside them, which by their inconceivable relation to something within the soul, awaken the spirits to a dance of breathless rapture, and bring tears of mysterious tenderness to the eyes, like the enthusiasm of patriotic success, or the voice of one beloved singing to you...
Page 240 - ... safety. They keep vigilant watch in a House of Murder. If any part of the frame cracked, if the hinge creaked, I was a lost man! It must have occupied me at least five minutes, reckoning by time — five hours, reckoning by suspense — to open that window. I succeeded in doing it silently — in doing it with all the dexterity of a housebreaker — and then looked down into the street. To leap the distance beneath me would be almost certain destruction! Next, I looked round at the sides of the...
Page 22 - And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.