Putnam's Magazine: Original Papers on Literature, Science, Art, and National Interests, Volume 5G. P. Putnam & Son., 1855 |
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... appear vast banks of this remarkable fish , two or three miles wide , and twenty to thirty miles long , and so dense are the crowds , so great their depth , that lances and har- poons , even the sounding lead - thrown at random amongst ...
... appear vast banks of this remarkable fish , two or three miles wide , and twenty to thirty miles long , and so dense are the crowds , so great their depth , that lances and har- poons , even the sounding lead - thrown at random amongst ...
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... appear to posterity . On one oc- casion he observed : Some people have said that I ought to have made myself a French Washington . All that I was allowed to be was a crowned Washing- ton . For me to imitate Washington would have been a ...
... appear to posterity . On one oc- casion he observed : Some people have said that I ought to have made myself a French Washington . All that I was allowed to be was a crowned Washing- ton . For me to imitate Washington would have been a ...
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... appear why Alexander was not at least as great as Napoleon , in conceptions as well as in doing comprehensive things with small means . As a captain , was Hannibal not as great ? What , in- deed , makes Mohammed less great than him ? As ...
... appear why Alexander was not at least as great as Napoleon , in conceptions as well as in doing comprehensive things with small means . As a captain , was Hannibal not as great ? What , in- deed , makes Mohammed less great than him ? As ...
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... appear that we no way agree with those who deplore the fall of Napoleon , as an irreparable loss for the people . conduct of the monarchs who dethroned him led the people to sigh for the absent one , for his oppression was not felt when ...
... appear that we no way agree with those who deplore the fall of Napoleon , as an irreparable loss for the people . conduct of the monarchs who dethroned him led the people to sigh for the absent one , for his oppression was not felt when ...
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... appear in the Criminal Investigator of the next week . Poor Major Wherrey was nearly be- side himself , at this palpable conspiracy . He drove to the next town to consult a lawyer ; and came back again to advise with the doctor . He ...
... appear in the Criminal Investigator of the next week . Poor Major Wherrey was nearly be- side himself , at this palpable conspiracy . He drove to the next town to consult a lawyer ; and came back again to advise with the doctor . He ...
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Page 345 - Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
Page 280 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 399 - WHEN beechen buds begin to swell, And woods the blue-bird's warble know, The yellow violet's modest bell Peeps from the last year's leaves below. Ere russet fields their green resume, Sweet flower, I love, in forest bare, To meet thee, when thy faint perfume Alone is in the virgin air. Of all her train, the hands of Spring First plant thee in the watery mould, And I have seen thee blossoming Beside the snow-bank's edges cold.
Page 559 - Soon as the little ones chip the shell, Six wide mouths are open for food; Robert of Lincoln bestirs him well, Gathering seeds for the hungry brood. Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink; This new life is likely to be Hard for a gay young fellow like me. Chee, chee, chee.
Page 298 - My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.
Page 559 - Modest and shy as a nun is she; One weak chirp is her only note. Braggart and prince of braggarts is he, Pouring boasts from his little throat: Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink; Never was I afraid of man; Catch me, cowardly knaves, if you can! Chee, chee, chee.
Page 120 - THE splendor falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story : The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
Page 559 - MERRILY swinging on brier and weed, Near to the nest of his little dame, Over the mountain-side or mead, Robert of Lincoln is telling his name : Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Snug and safe is that nest of ours, Hidden among the summer flowers. Chee, chee, chee.
Page 284 - Bay to the Gulf of Mexico, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Page 283 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.