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Page 39
I am also reading every day the visitation of the sick , and try to feel that my
present affliction is direct from God . And may God sanctify all his dealings to me ,
that I may become more humble and meek . I know that I deserve far more than
this .
I am also reading every day the visitation of the sick , and try to feel that my
present affliction is direct from God . And may God sanctify all his dealings to me ,
that I may become more humble and meek . I know that I deserve far more than
this .
Page 50
The lawyer hurries home , and if for once he has a good dinner , in the ecstacy of
the moment , gobbles it down , becomes sick , and has an attack of dyspepsia :
calls in a doctor , who by forcible entry turns the disease out of his stomach , and
...
The lawyer hurries home , and if for once he has a good dinner , in the ecstacy of
the moment , gobbles it down , becomes sick , and has an attack of dyspepsia :
calls in a doctor , who by forcible entry turns the disease out of his stomach , and
...
Page 52
As the season advanced , the peculiarities of this district may be supposed to
have become common to a larger portion of the city ; and their extension to the
whole only prevented by the setting in of winter . To the district alluded to , the
East ...
As the season advanced , the peculiarities of this district may be supposed to
have become common to a larger portion of the city ; and their extension to the
whole only prevented by the setting in of winter . To the district alluded to , the
East ...
Page 75
So light and agile is he , that he appears not human , but , as he flies round the
ring with a daring rapidity , and his snow - white trowsers and gemmed vest
mingle their colors , and become indistinct , he seems like an apple - blossom
floating ...
So light and agile is he , that he appears not human , but , as he flies round the
ring with a daring rapidity , and his snow - white trowsers and gemmed vest
mingle their colors , and become indistinct , he seems like an apple - blossom
floating ...
Page 78
At the same time , with all this indefiniteness in our knowledge of this part of
South America , a train of singular circumstances , connected with its peculiar
government , has created the most eager curiosity among us , to become
acquainted ...
At the same time , with all this indefiniteness in our knowledge of this part of
South America , a train of singular circumstances , connected with its peculiar
government , has created the most eager curiosity among us , to become
acquainted ...
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Page 11 - 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.
Page 362 - Uttered not, yet comprehended, Is the spirit's voiceless prayer, Soft rebukes, in blessings ended, Breathing from her lips of air. O, though oft depressed and lonely, All my fears are laid aside, If I but remember only Such as these have lived and died ! FLOWERS.
Page 75 - THE night is come, but not too soon ; And sinking silently, All silently, the little moon Drops down behind the sky. There is no light in earth or heaven, But the cold light of stars ; And the first watch of night is given To the red planet Mars.
Page 11 - 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 414 - Further observation and experience have given me a different idea of this little feathered voluptuary, which I will venture to impart, for the benefit of my schoolboy readers, who may regard him with the same unqualified envy and admiration which I once indulged. I have shown him only as I saw him at first, in what I may call the poetical part of his career, when...
Page 278 - THE time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves ; whether they are to have any property they can call their own ; whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them. The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army.
Page 362 - And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more...
Page 75 - And earnest thoughts within me rise, When I behold afar, Suspended in the evening skies The shield of that red star. 0 star of strength! I see thee stand And smile upon my pain; Thou beckonest with thy mailed hand, And I am strong again.
Page 115 - On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires; Even from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, Even in our ashes live their wonted fires.
Page 208 - The rising mist of day. Hark ! hark ! I hear yon whistling shroud, I see yon quivering mast ; The black throat of the hunted cloud Is panting forth the blast ! An hour, and, whirled like winnowing chaff, The giant surge shall fling His tresses o'er yon...