The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volumen42Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, John Holmes Agnew, Kinahan Cornwallis 1853 |
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From the Sacristia I was ushered into a small octagonal room, constructed
entirely of polished marble, where I was shown a magnificent silver custodia, six
feet in height, constructed of solid gold and silver, most exquisitely wrought, and
inlaid ...
From the Sacristia I was ushered into a small octagonal room, constructed
entirely of polished marble, where I was shown a magnificent silver custodia, six
feet in height, constructed of solid gold and silver, most exquisitely wrought, and
inlaid ...
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The only convenience for giving warmth is the brasero, a small copper or brass
pan, filled with ignited charcoal, from which one may extract sufficient caloric to
warm the feet and hands. To keep the body comfortable, one is obliged to adopt
the ...
The only convenience for giving warmth is the brasero, a small copper or brass
pan, filled with ignited charcoal, from which one may extract sufficient caloric to
warm the feet and hands. To keep the body comfortable, one is obliged to adopt
the ...
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Every one but myself had complained for days of an increasing weariness , an
inability to move freely or lift their feet from the ground , of a pressure that was
crushing them , of a power that was irresistibly sucking them toward the centre of
the ...
Every one but myself had complained for days of an increasing weariness , an
inability to move freely or lift their feet from the ground , of a pressure that was
crushing them , of a power that was irresistibly sucking them toward the centre of
the ...
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At one time I stood on the shore of the Atlantic. Its surface was waveless—smooth
as polished marble. Thinking to bathe my aching limbs, I stepped forward; but it
yielded not to my feet; it was firm, solid as adamant. Walking out upon it, I looked
...
At one time I stood on the shore of the Atlantic. Its surface was waveless—smooth
as polished marble. Thinking to bathe my aching limbs, I stepped forward; but it
yielded not to my feet; it was firm, solid as adamant. Walking out upon it, I looked
...
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The heaviness of earthy clods was no longer about my feet , but I moved in the
pure ether like a spirit . The novelty of my situation for a time wrapped me in
astonishment : alone , unsupported , floating out in that vague , indefinable space
I had ...
The heaviness of earthy clods was no longer about my feet , but I moved in the
pure ether like a spirit . The novelty of my situation for a time wrapped me in
astonishment : alone , unsupported , floating out in that vague , indefinable space
I had ...
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Página 295 - And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Página 596 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow • warmer among...
Página 128 - BEHOLD, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks : Thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.
Página 197 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Página 130 - The Sundays of man's life, Threaded together on time's string, Make bracelets to adorn the wife Of the eternal glorious King. On Sunday heaven's gate stands ope ; Blessings are plentiful and rife — More plentiful than hope.
Página 451 - Talk not of ruling in this dolorous gloom, Nor think vain words (he cried) can ease my doom. Rather I'd choose laboriously to bear A weight of woes, and breathe the vital air, A slave to some poor hind that toils for bread, Than reign the sceptred monarch of the dead.
Página 129 - Lie not ; but let thy heart be true to God, Thy mouth to it, thy actions to them both : Cowards tell lies, and those that fear the rod ; The stormy working soul spits lies and froth. Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie : A fault, which needs it most, grows two thereby.
Página 197 - Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. "Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
Página 629 - And children coming home from school, Look in at the open door ; They love to see the flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor.
Página 164 - You have just met the most unhappy man on earth ; but on the subject of his wretchedness you must never ask a question.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volumen42 |
| Editores | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, John Holmes Agnew, Kinahan Cornwallis |
| Publicado | 1853 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 15 Sep. 2005 |
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