The Knickerbocker: Or, New York Monthly Magazine, Volumen46 |
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George Isham was an unexceptionable youth , whose person , prospects , and
attainments gave him unmitigated satisfaction . His character had no marked
traits to distinguish him . He had no exuberant animal life , and his taste led him
to ...
George Isham was an unexceptionable youth , whose person , prospects , and
attainments gave him unmitigated satisfaction . His character had no marked
traits to distinguish him . He had no exuberant animal life , and his taste led him
to ...
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Louise Raymond was a cousin of the Ishams . They always called her cousin ,
but the relationship was in reality more distant . She was of the same age as Ada
, one - and - twenty , but in person and spirit she was four or five years younger .
Louise Raymond was a cousin of the Ishams . They always called her cousin ,
but the relationship was in reality more distant . She was of the same age as Ada
, one - and - twenty , but in person and spirit she was four or five years younger .
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In person they seemed reproductions of their elder sisters , so close was the
resemblance they bore to them . But they had been differently trained ; for from
the day of Lucretia ' s and Ada ' s marriage , Everett had kept them in his thought
...
In person they seemed reproductions of their elder sisters , so close was the
resemblance they bore to them . But they had been differently trained ; for from
the day of Lucretia ' s and Ada ' s marriage , Everett had kept them in his thought
...
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PISCATOR : We will bestow this , and that fish of thine upon some poor person .
What dost thou with that book , Poeta ? POETA : Huzza ! my brave comrades . Is
this not a bait for a whale ? ' t is my pocket Milton . Leviathan himself will nibble at
...
PISCATOR : We will bestow this , and that fish of thine upon some poor person .
What dost thou with that book , Poeta ? POETA : Huzza ! my brave comrades . Is
this not a bait for a whale ? ' t is my pocket Milton . Leviathan himself will nibble at
...
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With his disdain of his inferiors , his showy person and accomplishments , he was
not likely to leave as an inheritance to his children the stern virtues or intolerance
of the Puritan . His fair descendant has been born graceful and handsome ...
With his disdain of his inferiors , his showy person and accomplishments , he was
not likely to leave as an inheritance to his children the stern virtues or intolerance
of the Puritan . His fair descendant has been born graceful and handsome ...
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Página 25 - Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
Página 624 - Ye who love a nation's legends, Love the ballads of a people, That like voices from afar off Call to us to pause and listen, Speak in tones so plain and childlike, Scarcely can the ear distinguish Whether they are sung or spoken...
Página 625 - Hiawatha!" And the rabbit from his pathway Leaped aside, and at a distance Sat erect upon his haunches, Half in fear and half in frolic, Saying to the little hunter, "Do not shoot me, Hiawatha!" But he heeded not, nor heard them, For his thoughts were with the red deer^ On their tracks his eyes were fastened, Leading downward to the river, To the ford across the river, And as one in slumber walked he.
Página 625 - There he waited till the deer came, Till he saw two antlers lifted, Saw two eyes look from the thicket, Saw two nostrils point to windward, And a deer came down the pathway, Flecked with leafy light and shadow.
Página 623 - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?
Página 528 - Some might lament that I were cold, As I when this sweet day is gone, Which my lost heart, too soon grown old, Insults with this untimely moan ; They might lament — for I am one Whom men love not — and yet regret, Unlike this day, which, when the sun Shall on its stainless glory set, Will linger, though enjoyed, like joy, in memory yet ODE TO THE WEST WIND.
Página 396 - Ye are furrowed all o'er; Strength of my youth, All your vigor is gone; Thoughts of my youth, Your gay visions are flown.
Página 112 - There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul...
Página 263 - Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes; At every word a reputation dies. Snuff, or the fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that.
Página 20 - We resolve to have nothing more to do with it ; for "there is a point beyond which forbearance ceases to be a virtue," and we conceive that point to be thirty-two degrees above zero 4 at the very least.