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... LITERARY AN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETIES . ORIGINAL POETRY . REMARKABLE INCIDENTS ; DEA WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETC CHEMICAL AND AGRICU IMPROVEMENTS ; & c . & VOL . I. APRIL TO SEPTEMBER , 1817 . MONTHLY MAGAZINES have opened a way for every ...
... LITERARY AN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETIES . ORIGINAL POETRY . REMARKABLE INCIDENTS ; DEA WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETC CHEMICAL AND AGRICU IMPROVEMENTS ; & c . & VOL . I. APRIL TO SEPTEMBER , 1817 . MONTHLY MAGAZINES have opened a way for every ...
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... literary works , as depend on the views and interests of no party , and are ad- dressed to the good feelings and cultivated taste of the community . Boston , September 15 , 1817 . 7 ་ GENERAL INDEX Bread improved by carbonate of ...
... literary works , as depend on the views and interests of no party , and are ad- dressed to the good feelings and cultivated taste of the community . Boston , September 15 , 1817 . 7 ་ GENERAL INDEX Bread improved by carbonate of ...
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... literary 13 , 821 Cowherd , the rev . William , his death 14 Craniology 944 131 223 97 Cross buns , origin of 183 696 Curious knife 911 256 Culprit , explanation of 51 291 Curiosities in France 139 60 Customs and manners in Holland 47 ...
... literary 13 , 821 Cowherd , the rev . William , his death 14 Craniology 944 131 223 97 Cross buns , origin of 183 696 Curious knife 911 256 Culprit , explanation of 51 291 Curiosities in France 139 60 Customs and manners in Holland 47 ...
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... Literary criticism 223 Gordon on the Brain announced - forgeries 746 He is a dab at it Hobson's choice Goupy , Joseph , anecdote of Grain , injured by the season Green paint , new composition for Hair , beauty of the Hamilton , Gerard ...
... Literary criticism 223 Gordon on the Brain announced - forgeries 746 He is a dab at it Hobson's choice Goupy , Joseph , anecdote of Grain , injured by the season Green paint , new composition for Hair , beauty of the Hamilton , Gerard ...
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... LITERARY , CRITICAL , AND FIS- TORICAL 46 , 94 , 175 , 334 , 414 , 587 , 738 , 840 492 Vaucluse , its valley and fountain 658 Veil , modern ceremony of taking the 284 Venus de ' Medici 542 860 482 935 Villemain , the writer and orator ...
... LITERARY , CRITICAL , AND FIS- TORICAL 46 , 94 , 175 , 334 , 414 , 587 , 738 , 840 492 Vaucluse , its valley and fountain 658 Veil , modern ceremony of taking the 284 Venus de ' Medici 542 860 482 935 Villemain , the writer and orator ...
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Page 117 - Twas still some solace, in the dearth Of the pure elements of earth. To hearken to each other's speech, And each turn comforter to each With some new hope, or legend old, Or song heroically bold ; But even these at length grew cold. Our voices took a dreary tone, An echo of the dungeon-stone, A grating sound not full and free As they of yore were wont to be: It might be fancy but to me They never sounded like our own...
Page 195 - But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain breeze, And by it there were waters flowing, And on it there were young flowers growing Of gentle breath and hue.
Page 405 - The rapid progress true science now makes, occasions my regretting sometimes that I was born so soon. It is impossible to imagine the height to which may be carried, in a thousand years, the power of man over matter.
Page 117 - A double dungeon wall and wave Have made and like a living grave. Below the surface of the lake The dark vault lies wherein we lay, We heard it ripple night and day; Sounding o'er our heads it...
Page 119 - The last the sole the dearest link Between me and the eternal brink, Which bound me to my failing race, Was broken in this fatal place.
Page 235 - And though the number of them be perhaps double to what it was formerly, by reason of this present great distress, yet in all times there have been about one hundred thousand of those vagabonds, who have lived without any regard or subjection either to the laws of the land, or even those of God and nature ; fathers incestuously accompanying with their own daughters, the son with the mother, and the brother with the sister.
Page 117 - And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain; That iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away...
Page 445 - The Poetic Genius of my Country found me, as the prophetic bard Elijah did Elisha at the PLOUGH, and threw her inspiring mantle over me.
Page 117 - Lake Leman lies by Chillon's walls, A thousand feet in depth below, Its massy waters meet and flow; Thus much the fathom-line was sent...
Page 195 - Returning where my walk begun, Avoiding only, as I trod, My brothers' graves without a sod; For if I thought with heedless tread My step profaned their lowly bed, My breath came gaspingly and thick, And my crush'd heart fell blind and sick.