American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 12Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1838 |
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... gaze of Robert Fleming , urged me along . ' Like most young advocates , I was unusually explicit ; touching on the various points minuted on my ample brief , drawing the in- tended inferences , and commenting on the opposing testimony ...
... gaze of Robert Fleming , urged me along . ' Like most young advocates , I was unusually explicit ; touching on the various points minuted on my ample brief , drawing the in- tended inferences , and commenting on the opposing testimony ...
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... gaze on a remembrance of better and happier days . ' Several neighbors came to offer congratulations - some in igno- rance , and some for form . Several were happy I had been so for- tunate in my profession and connexions , and others ...
... gaze on a remembrance of better and happier days . ' Several neighbors came to offer congratulations - some in igno- rance , and some for form . Several were happy I had been so for- tunate in my profession and connexions , and others ...
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... gaze is given , A fruitful soil , a glowing heaven ; Contentment all the valley fills , While peace is piping from the hills . And here , where hearth nor home might bless , Once , in the woody wilderness , Like spring , young Love now ...
... gaze is given , A fruitful soil , a glowing heaven ; Contentment all the valley fills , While peace is piping from the hills . And here , where hearth nor home might bless , Once , in the woody wilderness , Like spring , young Love now ...
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... gaze , and loose disordered air , of the unfortunate ; and turning to her friends Modesty and Propriety , whose faces were as red as her own , she cried , in tones that sounded like knells of death in the ears of the guilty : ' Aid me ...
... gaze , and loose disordered air , of the unfortunate ; and turning to her friends Modesty and Propriety , whose faces were as red as her own , she cried , in tones that sounded like knells of death in the ears of the guilty : ' Aid me ...
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... gaze upon the surpassing loveli- ness of that hour . But a far brighter sight met his eye , as he gazed upward , and saw the consecrated folds of the sacred banner floating in triumph over the walls and battlements of Jerusalem . Yes ...
... gaze upon the surpassing loveli- ness of that hour . But a far brighter sight met his eye , as he gazed upward , and saw the consecrated folds of the sacred banner floating in triumph over the walls and battlements of Jerusalem . Yes ...
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Page 522 - 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 183 - 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 523 - 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 253 - 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 514 - 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 523 - 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 217 - 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 183 - 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 183 - 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 110 - 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.