The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 13 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 7
... perhaps reads a newspaper , perchance converses with the bar ; but more
probably , is industriously doing chamber business , and running up scores of
lucrative fees ; the crier holds the Bible ; the clerk the while does the machine
business ...
... perhaps reads a newspaper , perchance converses with the bar ; but more
probably , is industriously doing chamber business , and running up scores of
lucrative fees ; the crier holds the Bible ; the clerk the while does the machine
business ...
Page 12
... and transacting other chamber business ; in the mean while , the clerk is
perhaps drawing a jury , taking inquests , and the like formal , unnecessary , and
therefore undignified , occupations ; while some forty to fifty attorneys and
counsellors ...
... and transacting other chamber business ; in the mean while , the clerk is
perhaps drawing a jury , taking inquests , and the like formal , unnecessary , and
therefore undignified , occupations ; while some forty to fifty attorneys and
counsellors ...
Page 16
... might have been that the people were poor , or the churches mostly without
turrets , or perhaps the sound of the hell did not accord with Puritan ideas . At any
rate , the following curious memorandum is found in the records of Jemaico : ' At
a ...
... might have been that the people were poor , or the churches mostly without
turrets , or perhaps the sound of the hell did not accord with Puritan ideas . At any
rate , the following curious memorandum is found in the records of Jemaico : ' At
a ...
Page 23
The votary of ease and personal comfort would perhaps find little to admire in the
quaint and unpolished appearance of this sea - girt isle , with its rude
assemblage of low houses , or huts , covered with bark in lieu of shingles , many
in a state ...
The votary of ease and personal comfort would perhaps find little to admire in the
quaint and unpolished appearance of this sea - girt isle , with its rude
assemblage of low houses , or huts , covered with bark in lieu of shingles , many
in a state ...
Page 31
Yet in that moment of triumphant emotion , when he felt the wreath of victory
pressing his flushed brow , and heard , perhaps , the greeting of her whose smile
would be the sweetest flower in his garland of renown , the fatal ball entered his ...
Yet in that moment of triumphant emotion , when he felt the wreath of victory
pressing his flushed brow , and heard , perhaps , the greeting of her whose smile
would be the sweetest flower in his garland of renown , the fatal ball entered his ...
What people are saying - Write a review
User Review - Flag as inappropriate
Previous review noting missing pages 380 and 381 is not correct. There are not duplicated scanned pages and I found both missing pages to be intact and included.
User Review - Flag as inappropriate
pp. 380 and 381, in the middle of "Mocha Dick," are missing. pp. 377 and then 376 appear to have been scanned twice instead
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
American appeared arms beautiful become believe better body breath bright brought called cause character continued course court dark death deep earth effect face fear feel give half hand happy head heard heart hope hour human hundred interest Italy kind land leave less light live look means mind morning nature never night o'er object observed once passed perhaps person picture present reached reader remain remark respect rest round scene seemed seen shore side smile soon soul speak spirit stand stood sweet thee thing thou thought town true turned voice volume whole wild wind young
Popular passages
Page 11 - I have nought that is fair?" saith he; "Have nought but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again.
Page 362 - Uttered not, yet comprehended, Is the spirit's voiceless prayer, Soft rebukes, in blessings ended, Breathing from her lips of air. O, though oft depressed and lonely, All my fears are laid aside, If I but remember only Such as these have lived and died ! FLOWERS.
Page 75 - THE night is come, but not too soon ; And sinking silently, All silently, the little moon Drops down behind the sky. There is no light in earth or heaven, But the cold light of stars ; And the first watch of night is given To the red planet Mars.
Page 11 - Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. "They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear.
Page 414 - Further observation and experience have given me a different idea of this little feathered voluptuary, which I will venture to impart, for the benefit of my schoolboy readers, who may regard him with the same unqualified envy and admiration which I once indulged. I have shown him only as I saw him at first, in what I may call the poetical part of his career, when...
Page 278 - THE time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves ; whether they are to have any property they can call their own ; whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them. The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army.
Page 362 - And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more...
Page 75 - And earnest thoughts within me rise, When I behold afar, Suspended in the evening skies The shield of that red star. 0 star of strength! I see thee stand And smile upon my pain; Thou beckonest with thy mailed hand, And I am strong again.
Page 115 - On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires; Even from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, Even in our ashes live their wonted fires.
Page 208 - The rising mist of day. Hark ! hark ! I hear yon whistling shroud, I see yon quivering mast ; The black throat of the hunted cloud Is panting forth the blast ! An hour, and, whirled like winnowing chaff, The giant surge shall fling His tresses o'er yon...