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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While I was remarking this , I was startled by a sudden touch on the shoulder :
turning round , I found myself vis - à - vis with an Herculeanbuilt fellow , who
doffed his hat , made an attempt at a bow , and without farther preface ,
commenced ...
While I was remarking this , I was startled by a sudden touch on the shoulder :
turning round , I found myself vis - à - vis with an Herculeanbuilt fellow , who
doffed his hat , made an attempt at a bow , and without farther preface ,
commenced ...
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But what causes this meadow to be so bare , while the others round it have such
fine crops ? ' ' Fair and softly , Sir . Do you see that gray rock on the left there ,
with the three pines on its height ? ' • Yes . ' Listen then , to a story about it -
unless ...
But what causes this meadow to be so bare , while the others round it have such
fine crops ? ' ' Fair and softly , Sir . Do you see that gray rock on the left there ,
with the three pines on its height ? ' • Yes . ' Listen then , to a story about it -
unless ...
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The creatures had golden collars , embossed with diamonds , round their necks ,
and to these were fastened long gold chains , which just gave them liberty to
move round the room , being fastened to the walls at each side by golden staples
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The creatures had golden collars , embossed with diamonds , round their necks ,
and to these were fastened long gold chains , which just gave them liberty to
move round the room , being fastened to the walls at each side by golden staples
.
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Sure enough , there was the giant's castle . A little boy was in the court - yard
playing with a golden ball . All round the yard were piles of armor spears and
helmets , swords and shields -all made of pure gold . In dashed the cows , and
with ...
Sure enough , there was the giant's castle . A little boy was in the court - yard
playing with a golden ball . All round the yard were piles of armor spears and
helmets , swords and shields -all made of pure gold . In dashed the cows , and
with ...
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The herdsman told his master , and gave him the golden ball , which Mr.
Jeffereys has to this day . * The hound runs round the lake at day . break , every
first of September , and is to run , year after year , until his silver shoes are worn
out .
The herdsman told his master , and gave him the golden ball , which Mr.
Jeffereys has to this day . * The hound runs round the lake at day . break , every
first of September , and is to run , year after year , until his silver shoes are worn
out .
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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.