Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 6Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith Richard Bentley, 1839 |
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... land- ing , Jack placed his ear to the key - hole , and listened intently . Having ascertained by the breathing which room Thames oc- cupied , he speedily contrived to fasten him in . He then tried the door of Mr. Wood's bedchamber it ...
... land- ing , Jack placed his ear to the key - hole , and listened intently . Having ascertained by the breathing which room Thames oc- cupied , he speedily contrived to fasten him in . He then tried the door of Mr. Wood's bedchamber it ...
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... lands . But , let me check my proneness to dilate upon this favourite theme ; I may recur to it hereafter . Suffice it to say , the intimacy thus formed continued for a considerable time ; and , in company with the worthy Diedrich , I ...
... lands . But , let me check my proneness to dilate upon this favourite theme ; I may recur to it hereafter . Suffice it to say , the intimacy thus formed continued for a considerable time ; and , in company with the worthy Diedrich , I ...
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... land among the distant mountains , nor a peerless beauty in every villa gleaming among the trees ; but though the illusions of youth have faded from the landscape , the recollections of departed years and departed pleasures shed over it ...
... land among the distant mountains , nor a peerless beauty in every villa gleaming among the trees ; but though the illusions of youth have faded from the landscape , the recollections of departed years and departed pleasures shed over it ...
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... lands , acre by acre , for aquavitæ ; by which means the Roost and all its domains , from Yonkers to Sleepy Hollow , came , in the regu- lar course of trade , and , by right of purchase , into the possession of the Dutchmen . Never has ...
... lands , acre by acre , for aquavitæ ; by which means the Roost and all its domains , from Yonkers to Sleepy Hollow , came , in the regu- lar course of trade , and , by right of purchase , into the possession of the Dutchmen . Never has ...
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... lands : one of these border holds was the Roost , being accessible from New Amsterdam by water , and easily kept supplied . The Yankees , however , had too great a hankering after this delectable region to give it up entirely . Some ...
... lands : one of these border holds was the Roost , being accessible from New Amsterdam by water , and easily kept supplied . The Yankees , however , had too great a hankering after this delectable region to give it up entirely . Some ...
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Page 85 - Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope ; to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy Prince's grace, yet want her peers...
Page 478 - He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. "My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled; "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 270 - Knowledge before — a discovery that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in our philosophy.
Page 133 - Close to those walls where Folly holds her throne, And laughs to think Monroe would take her down, Where o'er the gates, by his famed father's hand Great Gibber's brazen, brainless brothers stand ; One cell there is, conceal'd from vulgar eye, The cave of Poverty and Poetry. Keen hollow winds howl thro' the bleak recess, Emblem of music caus'd by emptiness.
Page 478 - 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." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. "My...
Page 607 - And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him : and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand ; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
Page 616 - Rialto shoot along, By night and day, all paces, swift or slow, And round the theatres, a sable throng, They wait in their dusk livery of woe ; But not to them do...
Page 84 - Enchanting vale ! beyond whate'er the Muse Has of Achaia or Hesperia sung! O vale of bliss ! O softly-swelling hills ! On which the Power of Cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonders of his toil.
Page 79 - Remembrance oft shall haunt the shore When Thames in summer wreaths is drest, And oft suspend the dashing oar, To bid his gentle spirit rest!
Page 125 - Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death : but he shall be surely put to death.