American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 18Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1841 |
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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 ...
... 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 ...
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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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Page 253 - The white people had now found our country. Tidings were carried back and more came amongst us. Yet, we did not fear them. We took them to be friends. They called us brothers. We believed them and gave them a larger seat. At length, their numbers had greatly increased. They wanted more land; they wanted our country. Our eyes were opened and our minds became uneasy.
Page 253 - ... come here to enjoy their religion. They asked for a small seat; we took pity on them, granted their request, and they sat down amongst us ; we gave them corn and meat; they gave us poison* in return.
Page 367 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Page 22 - Eurus and Auster, and the dreadful force Of Boreas, that congeals the Cronian waves, Tumultuous enter with dire chilling blasts, Portending agues. Thus a well-fraught ship, Long sail'd secure, or through th...
Page 353 - I was stared at, hooted at, grinned at, chattered at, by monkeys, by paroquets, by cockatoos. I ran into pagodas; and was fixed for centuries at the summit, or in secret rooms; I was the idol; I was the priest; I was worshipped; I was sacrificed.
Page 89 - Landscape Gardening, adapted to North America; with a View to the Improvement of Country Residences. Comprising Historical Notices and general Principles of the Art, Directions for laying out Grounds and arranging Plantations, the Description and Cultivation of Hardy Trees, decorative Accompaniments of the House and Grounds, the formation of Pieces of Artificial Water, Flower Gardens, etc. With Remarks on Rural Architecture.
Page 93 - Having groped his passage to the horizontal part of the den, the most terrifying darkness appeared in front of the dim circle of light afforded by his torch. It was silent as the house of death. None but monsters of the desert had ever before explored this solitary mansion of horror.
Page 254 - You then told us that we were in your hand, and that by closing it you could crush us to nothing, and you demanded from us a great country, as the price of that peace which you had offered us ; — as if our want of strength had destroyed our rights.
Page 255 - Brother: Continue to listen. You say that you are sent to instruct us how to worship the Great Spirit agreeably to his mind; and, if we do not take hold of the religion which you white people teach, we shall be unhappy hereafter.
Page 77 - To meet thee in that hollow vale. And think not much of my delay ; I am already on the way, And follow thee with all the speed Desire can make, or sorrows breed. Each minute is a short degree, And every hour a step towards thee. At night when I betake to rest, Next morn I rise nearer my west Of life, almost by eight hours' sail, Than when sleep breathed his drowsy gale.