American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 12Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1838 |
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... reader . A single paragraph , culled with doubt and misgiving from many similar passages , must serve our purpose for the present . It occurs in one of the best and most comprehensive descriptions of the character and general aspect of ...
... reader . A single paragraph , culled with doubt and misgiving from many similar passages , must serve our purpose for the present . It occurs in one of the best and most comprehensive descriptions of the character and general aspect of ...
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... reader , desiring not to ' hestow all our tediousness ' upon him , in the excerpta of our note - book , we shall here transcribe , and liberally intersperse , from a few blank leaves of that salmagundish receptacle , certain records of ...
... reader , desiring not to ' hestow all our tediousness ' upon him , in the excerpta of our note - book , we shall here transcribe , and liberally intersperse , from a few blank leaves of that salmagundish receptacle , certain records of ...
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... reader . We com- mend the volume , with all cheerfulness , to the public acceptance , as one capable of being made eminently fruitful of good . MRS . SHERWOOD'S WORKS . - The volume before us contains Henry Milner , Part IV . , and is ...
... reader . We com- mend the volume , with all cheerfulness , to the public acceptance , as one capable of being made eminently fruitful of good . MRS . SHERWOOD'S WORKS . - The volume before us contains Henry Milner , Part IV . , and is ...
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... reader some idea of a performance which grapples with several difficult topics , and if it does not master them entirely , at least shows the ability to guide to the proper sources of reflection and analysis . It gives a suffi- cient ...
... reader some idea of a performance which grapples with several difficult topics , and if it does not master them entirely , at least shows the ability to guide to the proper sources of reflection and analysis . It gives a suffi- cient ...
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... reader , if you remember . Well - as we reached from the east , by a level road , the natural basin in which the town reposes , its rim a narrow horizon all around , the coup dœil was imposing , by reason of the gloomy , cas- tellated ...
... reader , if you remember . Well - as we reached from the east , by a level road , the natural basin in which the town reposes , its rim a narrow horizon all around , the coup dœil was imposing , by reason of the gloomy , cas- tellated ...
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Page 520 - The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together.
Page 185 - Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act, that each to-morrow Find us farther than to-day.
Page 521 - Ichabod was a suitable figure for such a steed. He rode with short stirrups, which brought his knees nearly up to the pommel of the saddle ; his sharp elbows stuck out like grasshoppers...
Page 255 - There are at the present time, two great nations in the world which seem to tend towards the same end, although they started from different points; I allude to the Russians and the Americans.
Page 512 - She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies ; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes : Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
Page 521 - He was gaunt and shagged, with a ewe neck and a head like a hammer; his rusty mane and tail were tangled and knotted with burrs; one eye had lost its pupil, and was glaring and spectral; but the other had the gleam of a genuine devil in it.
Page 219 - Here the free spirit of mankind, at length, Throws its last fetters off; and who shall place A limit to the giant's unchained strength, Or curb his swiftness in the forward race...
Page 185 - Trust no future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act, act in the living present! Heart within and God o'erhead ! Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime.
Page 185 - In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife!
Page 112 - Thus when the Christian pilgrim views, By faith, his mansion in the skies, The sight his fainting strength renews, And wings his speed to reach the prize.