The Stranger's Gift: A Christmas and New Year's PresentHermann Bokum Light and Horton, 1836 - 103 páginas |
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Página 43
... to throw all poetical associations into shade . This was at least the case with me when I was passing on from the spot , where the traitor's plans were frustrated by the capture of Andre , to the important post where THE AMERICAN DUTCH .
... to throw all poetical associations into shade . This was at least the case with me when I was passing on from the spot , where the traitor's plans were frustrated by the capture of Andre , to the important post where THE AMERICAN DUTCH .
Página 44
... important post where these plans had been conceived and developed . I lingered for some time near this beautiful though sombre retreat of the Polish patriot , amid the ruins of the past — so rare an enjoyment in this youthful land , and ...
... important post where these plans had been conceived and developed . I lingered for some time near this beautiful though sombre retreat of the Polish patriot , amid the ruins of the past — so rare an enjoyment in this youthful land , and ...
Página 48
... importance . " My horse and wagon are engaged , " said he , when we had been informed that the domine of Saugerties was not at home , " but our neighbor will , no doubt , accommodate me , and I will carry you to the next domine . " I ...
... importance . " My horse and wagon are engaged , " said he , when we had been informed that the domine of Saugerties was not at home , " but our neighbor will , no doubt , accommodate me , and I will carry you to the next domine . " I ...
Página 54
... important modifications of opinions and views which he thought established . If it should be out of the power of an intelligent and cultivated American to keep pace with the rapid changes which succeed each other in the different and ...
... important modifications of opinions and views which he thought established . If it should be out of the power of an intelligent and cultivated American to keep pace with the rapid changes which succeed each other in the different and ...
Página 58
... important sense of that term . A minute discussion , however , of this important subject , is as little suited to the narrow limits of this volume , as it is in harmony with the spirit of hope and joy , which we would endeavor to ...
... important sense of that term . A minute discussion , however , of this important subject , is as little suited to the narrow limits of this volume , as it is in harmony with the spirit of hope and joy , which we would endeavor to ...
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The Stranger's Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present (Classic Reprint) Hermann Bokum Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
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Términos y frases comunes
American Germans Americo-German arrived beautiful become acquainted blessed boat Boston character children of God Christmas Congregational churches countrymen course cultivated descendants dialects Dutch language endeavor England English enjoy enter Evangelical excite exclaimed express favor feeling flock fluence foreign forest friends German emigrants German language habits hear heart heaven High Dutch hope host Hudson indulge influence instruction intercourse intimately acquainted John Adams labors land language Light & Horton likewise Lord lost Church Low Dutch Low German Lutheran church means meet minister Mohawk morning native native Americans nature neighbors once owing partly peculiar pedestrian perhaps pilgrim fathers poet population portion prayer preaching present preserve reader regard religious and intellectual remind Sabbath Saratoga Springs Saugerties scenes seems settlers social society soul sound speak spirit stranger STRANGER'S GIFT synod thought tion Trenton Falls United States Bank views voice worship
Pasajes populares
Página 27 - Vice is a monster of such frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; But seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Página 64 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears; soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold.
Página 73 - Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday ; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth. Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab ; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler : for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
Página 69 - But, howsoever thou pursu'st this act, Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive Against thy mother aught; leave her to heaven, And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge To prick and sting her. Fare thee well at once. The glow-worm shows the matin to be near, And 'gins to pale his uneffectual fire; Adieu, adieu, adieu, remember me.
Página 67 - The judges shall determine controversies without a jury. " No one shall be a freeman, or give a vote, unless he be converted, and a member in full communion of one of the Churches allowed in this Dominion.
Página 93 - Lutheran, as found in the United States. This, in reference to the systems before mentioned, is Eclectic in its nature. It embraces all those principles and precepts, of permanent obligation, which are contained in the New Testament, and such other regulations dictated by reason, best adapted to the genius of our free republican institutions, and calculated most successfully to advance the cause of Christ. The fundamental features of this system are the following, viz. 1 . Parity of ministers, 2....
Página 88 - As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : when shall I come and appear before God...
Página 42 - Sir, he hath never fed of the dainties that are bred in a book ; he hath not eat paper, as it were ; he hath not drunk ink : his intellect is not replenished ; he is only an animal, only sensible in the duller parts...
Página 65 - Nature reserves to herself the prerogative of giving to her visitors the rapturous impression. The view of these falls varies exceedingly, according to the plenitude or paucity of the waters. In the autumnal floods, and particularly the spring freshets, arising from the sudden liquefaction of snow in the northern country, the river is swelled a hundred-fold, and comes rushing in a vast body of tumultuous foam from the summit rock into the broad basin at the bottom. It is at this time tremendous indeed,...
Página 96 - For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof fadeth away ; but the word of the Lord endureth for ever.