The New England Magazine, Volume 6; Volume 12New England Magazine Company, 1892 |
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Page 48
... perhaps an hour later in winter . This was hardly cleared away before , in haying and harvest- ing time , the luncheon had to be prepared and taken to the laborers in the field . A jug of home - made root beer , or mo- lasses and water ...
... perhaps an hour later in winter . This was hardly cleared away before , in haying and harvest- ing time , the luncheon had to be prepared and taken to the laborers in the field . A jug of home - made root beer , or mo- lasses and water ...
Page 49
... perhaps a yard or more square at the top , sloping down to a few inches at the bottom . It was filled with wood ashes , and water put in grad- ually , which dripped through into a trough below . The ley thus obtained was sufficiently ...
... perhaps a yard or more square at the top , sloping down to a few inches at the bottom . It was filled with wood ashes , and water put in grad- ually , which dripped through into a trough below . The ley thus obtained was sufficiently ...
Page 52
... perhaps a little brother or sister , were on the way to school , stopping for a favorite companion as they went . After the first day there were no impedimenta of books ; these were left in the desk until the school was closed for the ...
... perhaps a little brother or sister , were on the way to school , stopping for a favorite companion as they went . After the first day there were no impedimenta of books ; these were left in the desk until the school was closed for the ...
Page 53
... perhaps , for his cheap diet , bread and milk in his room , or , not much better , shared the commons of those days , was physically strengthened by the abundant if somewhat coarse fare at the farmer's table , — for , especially if he ...
... perhaps , for his cheap diet , bread and milk in his room , or , not much better , shared the commons of those days , was physically strengthened by the abundant if somewhat coarse fare at the farmer's table , — for , especially if he ...
Page 54
... perhaps of some new light in literature . There was one lecture on Mnemonics- by whose aid we were soon able to give an incredible number of dates ; but alas ! the formula honorifica ba la tudini - tat a bus que alone remains in my ...
... perhaps of some new light in literature . There was one lecture on Mnemonics- by whose aid we were soon able to give an incredible number of dates ; but alas ! the formula honorifica ba la tudini - tat a bus que alone remains in my ...
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Page 307 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 751 - As ancient is this hostelry As any in the land may be, Built in the old Colonial day, When men lived in a grander way, With ampler hospitality...
Page xiii - Ay! Since the galloping Normans came, England's annals have known her name; And still to the three-hilled rebel town Dear is that ancient name's renown, For many a civic wreath they won, The youthful sire and the gray-haired son.
Page 505 - Puritan anthem, She, the Puritan girl, in the solitude of the forest, Making the humble house and the modest apparel of home-spun Beautiful with her beauty, and rich with the wealth of her being!
Page 131 - We don't want to fight, but by jingo if we do, We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money too.
Page 674 - In which sad progress, passing along by the rest of the army where his uncle the general was and being thirsty with excess of bleeding, he called for drink, which was presently brought him, but as he was putting the bottle to his mouth, he saw a poor soldier carried along who had eaten his last at die same feast, ghastly casting up his eyes at the bottle.
Page 631 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Page xiii - Stately and slow, with thoughtful air, His black cap hiding his whitened hair, Walks the Judge of the great Assize, Samuel Sewall the good and wise. His face with lines of firmness wrought, He wears the look of a man unbought, Who swears to his hurt and changes not; Yet, touched and softened nevertheless With the grace of Christian gentleness, The face that a child would climb to kiss! True and tender and brave and just, That man might honor and woman trust.
Page 812 - The direct trial of him who would be the greatest poet is today. If he does not flood himself with the immediate age as with vast oceanic tides and...
Page 262 - Where'er a human heart doth wear Joy's myrtle-wreath or sorrow's gyves, Where'er a human spirit strives After a life more true and fair, There is the true man's birthplace grand, His is a world-wide fatherland ! Where'er a single slave doth pine, Where'er one man may help another, — Thank God for such a birthright, brother, — That spot of earth is thine and mine ! There is the true man's birthplace grand, His is a world-wide fatherland...