American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 8Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew 1836 |
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... kind , and has been attributed to the enfeebled state of the inhabitants , caused by want of nourishment . Contrast with this , a statement made by Dr. Tweedie , physician to the Fever Hospital in London , that , though almost every ...
... kind , and has been attributed to the enfeebled state of the inhabitants , caused by want of nourishment . Contrast with this , a statement made by Dr. Tweedie , physician to the Fever Hospital in London , that , though almost every ...
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... kind . In this he followed the credulous state of the human mind during the pristine ages of society . If he had done otherwise , he might have been more pleasing to philosophical readers ; but he would not have presented us with a ...
... kind . In this he followed the credulous state of the human mind during the pristine ages of society . If he had done otherwise , he might have been more pleasing to philosophical readers ; but he would not have presented us with a ...
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... kind , ancient or modern , in sublimity . The structure of the fable is also , for the most part , regular ; and many por- tions of it are eminent for pathos . The verse is for the most part extremely smooth and musical ; and , in not a ...
... kind , ancient or modern , in sublimity . The structure of the fable is also , for the most part , regular ; and many por- tions of it are eminent for pathos . The verse is for the most part extremely smooth and musical ; and , in not a ...
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... kind and gentle creatures , and she raised off the cover to fill his vessel . While she was doing this , the pilgrim pulled off his gown and false beard , and who was it but her own , own husband ! She sprang off her seat toward him ...
... kind and gentle creatures , and she raised off the cover to fill his vessel . While she was doing this , the pilgrim pulled off his gown and false beard , and who was it but her own , own husband ! She sprang off her seat toward him ...
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... kind of oil out of scraps of pork , that he might have something to cook with in the place of butter ; the smell of this constantly burning , was poison to me ; but after much management and remonstrance , the evil was remedied . Then ...
... kind of oil out of scraps of pork , that he might have something to cook with in the place of butter ; the smell of this constantly burning , was poison to me ; but after much management and remonstrance , the evil was remedied . Then ...
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Page 436 - The cold sweat melted from their limbs, Nor rot nor reek did they: The look with which they looked on me Had never passed away. An orphan's curse would drag to hell A spirit from on high; But oh! more horrible than that Is the curse in a dead man's eye! Seven days, seven nights, I saw that curse, And yet I could not die.
Page 450 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 712 - Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of light, and Fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of truth which he has laid within the reach of their natural faculties. Revelation is natural reason enlarged by a new set of discoveries, communicated by God immediately, which reason vouches the truth of, by the testimony and proofs it gives, that they come from God.
Page 593 - I see the dagger-crest of Mar, I see the Moray's silver star, Wave o'er the cloud of Saxon war, That up the lake comes winding far ! To hero bound for battle-strife, Or bard of martial lay, 'Twere worth ten years of peaceful life, One glance at their array ! XVI.
Page 300 - He who loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how shall he love God whom he hath not seen ? You, Mr.
Page 692 - BLOSSOMS FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree. Why do ye fall so fast? Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here awhile To blush and gently smile, And go at last.
Page 379 - This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to fall: Lord of himself, though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all.
Page 435 - But thou, my country, thou shalt never fall, Save with thy children — thy maternal care, Thy lavish love, thy blessings showered on all — These are thy fetters — seas and stormy air Are the wide barrier of thy borders, where, Among thy gallant sons...
Page 562 - In a word, the almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages...
Page 631 - For my part, I cannot sufficiently bewail the condition of the reformed churches, who are come to a period in religion, and will go at present no farther than the instruments of their reformation.