American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 51Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, John Holmes Agnew, Kinahan Cornwallis 1858 |
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... become short of ' grub , a committee of ways and means had been called to devise measures of relief ; the which committee , after a long debate , deemed it expedient to appoint one of their number , Hart , a commissioner , with plenary ...
... become short of ' grub , a committee of ways and means had been called to devise measures of relief ; the which committee , after a long debate , deemed it expedient to appoint one of their number , Hart , a commissioner , with plenary ...
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... approached the ladies , and apprising them of the fact of my being a stranger , respectfully requested permission to become a participator with them in the Moor's narration ; which privilege 8 [ January The Life of a Midshipman .
... approached the ladies , and apprising them of the fact of my being a stranger , respectfully requested permission to become a participator with them in the Moor's narration ; which privilege 8 [ January The Life of a Midshipman .
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... become dark , and I reëntered the palace . To avoid questioning , I immediately retired not to sleep , but to think . - And now let me trace the conclusions to which I came . I argued that the thief was one of those to whom the treasure ...
... become dark , and I reëntered the palace . To avoid questioning , I immediately retired not to sleep , but to think . - And now let me trace the conclusions to which I came . I argued that the thief was one of those to whom the treasure ...
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... become revivified , and crawl about the table ; and , as he de- sired , when he had seen the end of the Revolution , and the firm estab- lishment of our government , had been placed in a puncheon of New- England rum , and could come to ...
... become revivified , and crawl about the table ; and , as he de- sired , when he had seen the end of the Revolution , and the firm estab- lishment of our government , had been placed in a puncheon of New- England rum , and could come to ...
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... become so used to adulation and admiration by my morning's experience , that I half - expected to be greeted with similar demonstra- tions aboard the train ; and half wondered whether the city bells would strike up a peal of welcome in ...
... become so used to adulation and admiration by my morning's experience , that I half - expected to be greeted with similar demonstra- tions aboard the train ; and half wondered whether the city bells would strike up a peal of welcome in ...
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Page 548 - The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods, rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
Page 411 - Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of Hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
Page 165 - Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
Page 55 - Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.
Page 282 - But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropped manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels...
Page 159 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths : their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Page 411 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings ! and ye would not...
Page 324 - I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, — but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
Page 291 - Egypt's evil day, waved round the coast, up called a pitchy cloud of locusts, warping on the eastern wind that o'er the realm of impious Pharaoh hung like night and darkened all the land of Nile...
Page 205 - And is there nothing yet unsaid, Before the change appears? Remember, all their gifts have fled With those dissolving years.