The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volumen8Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew 1836 |
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They come in and act before us , each in his appropriate character , so that we
seem to have lived for years in intimacy with ... There appears in his writings a
vast variety of characters , and they all act their part with the utmost propriety and
...
They come in and act before us , each in his appropriate character , so that we
seem to have lived for years in intimacy with ... There appears in his writings a
vast variety of characters , and they all act their part with the utmost propriety and
...
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In all other departments of poetry , the writer entertains no doubt of creating
interest , if he can only succeed in bringing forward apt descriptions of natural
scenes , of human passion , and human feeling and character . He limits his
invention to ...
In all other departments of poetry , the writer entertains no doubt of creating
interest , if he can only succeed in bringing forward apt descriptions of natural
scenes , of human passion , and human feeling and character . He limits his
invention to ...
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We are not satisfied to appear in the true glory of the American character — its
republican simplicity and independence – but we hanker after the leeks and
onions of Egypt . As a people , we have vanity - inordinate vanity . Like
Goldsmith's ...
We are not satisfied to appear in the true glory of the American character — its
republican simplicity and independence – but we hanker after the leeks and
onions of Egypt . As a people , we have vanity - inordinate vanity . Like
Goldsmith's ...
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Few of her sex were gifted with a mind of higher order , or more accurately
cultivated . Obedient to the waywardness and contrarieties of her character , she
was at one moment a Hebe , charming by her grace and vivacity , heightened by
the ...
Few of her sex were gifted with a mind of higher order , or more accurately
cultivated . Obedient to the waywardness and contrarieties of her character , she
was at one moment a Hebe , charming by her grace and vivacity , heightened by
the ...
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Here we took the Roanoke rail - road , twenty - four miles across the Dismal
Swamp — a section of country whose title does not belie its character . Here I first
saw the cypress tree ; ( I have seen enough since , to satisfy me for a life - time . )
...
Here we took the Roanoke rail - road , twenty - four miles across the Dismal
Swamp — a section of country whose title does not belie its character . Here I first
saw the cypress tree ; ( I have seen enough since , to satisfy me for a life - time . )
...
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American appear arms bear beautiful become believe better body called cause character Christian close course dark death deep doubt earth effect evidence expression face fact fall father fear feelings give hand happy head heard heart Heaven hope hour human interest kind lady land learned leave less light live look manner means mind moral nature never night object observed once opinion passed perhaps persons present reach reader reason received remains replied respect rest round scene seemed seen side soon soul sound spirit stand tell thee thing thou thought tion true truth turned voice volume whole wind writer young
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Página 434 - The cold sweat melted from their limbs, Nor rot nor reek did they: The look with which they looked on me Had never passed away. An orphan's curse would drag to hell A spirit from on high; But oh! more horrible than that Is the curse in a dead man's eye! Seven days, seven nights, I saw that curse, And yet I could not die.
Página 448 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Página 710 - Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of light, and Fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of truth which he has laid within the reach of their natural faculties. Revelation is natural reason enlarged by a new set of discoveries, communicated by God immediately, which reason vouches the truth of, by the testimony and proofs it gives, that they come from God.
Página 591 - I see the dagger-crest of Mar, I see the Moray's silver star, Wave o'er the cloud of Saxon war, That up the lake comes winding far ! To hero bound for battle-strife, Or bard of martial lay, 'Twere worth ten years of peaceful life, One glance at their array ! XVI.
Página 300 - He who loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how shall he love God whom he hath not seen ? You, Mr.
Página 690 - BLOSSOMS FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree. Why do ye fall so fast? Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here awhile To blush and gently smile, And go at last.
Página 379 - This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to fall: Lord of himself, though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all.
Página 433 - But thou, my country, thou shalt never fall, Save with thy children — thy maternal care, Thy lavish love, thy blessings showered on all — These are thy fetters — seas and stormy air Are the wide barrier of thy borders, where, Among thy gallant sons...
Página 560 - In a word, the almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages...
Página 629 - For my part, I cannot sufficiently bewail the condition of the reformed churches, who are come to a period in religion, and will go at present no farther than the instruments of their reformation.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volumen8 |
| Editores | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew |
| Colaborador | Washington Irving |
| Publicado | 1836 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 7 Sep. 2005 |
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