The National Magazine: Devoted to Literature, Art, and Religion, Volume 5Abel Stevens, James Floy Carlton & Phillips, 1854 |
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... called by her designs , her interests , and her necessi- ties . These knowing ones have also asserted that if ever the Czar succeeds in sending his fleets beyond the Bospo- rus , ( which a good Providence forfend ! ) if ever he places ...
... called by her designs , her interests , and her necessi- ties . These knowing ones have also asserted that if ever the Czar succeeds in sending his fleets beyond the Bospo- rus , ( which a good Providence forfend ! ) if ever he places ...
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... called the Grandfather | city , temples and palaces extend as far as of the Russian Navy . Tapers and lamps are kept burning day and night , on a kind of altar in the dining - room , and the entire building is completely tapestried with ...
... called the Grandfather | city , temples and palaces extend as far as of the Russian Navy . Tapers and lamps are kept burning day and night , on a kind of altar in the dining - room , and the entire building is completely tapestried with ...
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... called the Street of Toleration . The most important as well as the most splendid of the edifices of St. Petersburgh , is the Imperial Palace , distinguished as the Winter Palace from the former royal residence , built by the Emperor ...
... called the Street of Toleration . The most important as well as the most splendid of the edifices of St. Petersburgh , is the Imperial Palace , distinguished as the Winter Palace from the former royal residence , built by the Emperor ...
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... called moujiks . The superior classes have no character peculiarly their own , aside from the uniforms which dis- tinguish them ; but the moujiks , who wear the national costume , are the true type of Russian character . To see one is ...
... called moujiks . The superior classes have no character peculiarly their own , aside from the uniforms which dis- tinguish them ; but the moujiks , who wear the national costume , are the true type of Russian character . To see one is ...
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... called , when his habits were more fully those of a Methodist , and his ordination and settle- ment in a fixed abode had not made him altogether an Independent minister , he had often said that if he were ever settled , he would give ...
... called , when his habits were more fully those of a Methodist , and his ordination and settle- ment in a fixed abode had not made him altogether an Independent minister , he had often said that if he were ever settled , he would give ...
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Page 53 - Perhaps the Christian volume is the theme: How guiltless blood for guilty man was shed; How He, who bore in heaven the second name, Had not on earth whereon to lay His head; How his first followers and servants sped — The precepts sage they wrote to many a land; How he, who, lone in Patmos banished, Saw in the sun a mighty angel stand, And heard great Bab'lon's doom pronounced by Heaven's command. Then kneeling down to Heaven's eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays: Hope "...
Page 62 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind?
Page 84 - Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple : and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters : and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Page 52 - Again ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not, forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths...
Page 112 - I say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it...
Page 559 - Christ was the word that spake it; He took the bread and brake it; And what the word did make it, That I believe, and take it.
Page 73 - After the sun's remove. I see them walking in an air of glory, Whose light doth trample on my days; My days, which are at best but dull and hoary, Mere glimmerings and decays. 0 holy hope! and high humility! High as the heavens above ; These are your walks, and you have showed them me, To kindle my cold love.
Page 553 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 486 - own exceeding great reward;' it has soothed my afflictions; it has multiplied and refined my enjoyments ; it has endeared solitude ; and it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and the beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me.
Page 52 - I shall bid an eternal adieu to all the pains, and uneasiness, and disquietudes of this weary life ; for I assure you, I am heartily tired of it, and if I do not very much deceive myself, I could contentedly and gladly resign it. " The soul uneasy and confined at home, " Rests and expatiates in a life to come.