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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... to see ; Then such a form as thine before me towers : Then sense of life and
being seem to flee ; And from her cave , with horrid darkness reeking , The
Sphynx - eternal soul — doth look on me , In low and scornful tones her riddle
speaking .
... to see ; Then such a form as thine before me towers : Then sense of life and
being seem to flee ; And from her cave , with horrid darkness reeking , The
Sphynx - eternal soul — doth look on me , In low and scornful tones her riddle
speaking .
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He returned , bringing intelligence which gave me fresh perplexity . The lot had
shrunk at least twelve inches , and not only that , he found our own had
diminished in a like ratio . He had scarcely finished speaking when a neighbor
rushed in ...
He returned , bringing intelligence which gave me fresh perplexity . The lot had
shrunk at least twelve inches , and not only that , he found our own had
diminished in a like ratio . He had scarcely finished speaking when a neighbor
rushed in ...
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I have heard him frequently speak of the Beys of Caramania as his ancestors ;
and there was in our family a curved sword , beautifully damaskined , bearing an
Arabic inscription and motto , with the name of a Caramanian prince , said to
have ...
I have heard him frequently speak of the Beys of Caramania as his ancestors ;
and there was in our family a curved sword , beautifully damaskined , bearing an
Arabic inscription and motto , with the name of a Caramanian prince , said to
have ...
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I have mentioned each member of our family separately , and will now continue
to speak of myself and them as a family . At the age of sixteen , I left my father ' s
dwelling to serve in the household of the Z . E . who , as usual , promised to take
...
I have mentioned each member of our family separately , and will now continue
to speak of myself and them as a family . At the age of sixteen , I left my father ' s
dwelling to serve in the household of the Z . E . who , as usual , promised to take
...
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I will now speak of my master , with an endeavor to delineate his character such
as it has appeared to me . Perhaps my observations may have been erroneous ,
and when I point out what to my mind seemed errors , to yours they may appear ...
I will now speak of my master , with an endeavor to delineate his character such
as it has appeared to me . Perhaps my observations may have been erroneous ,
and when I point out what to my mind seemed errors , to yours they may appear ...
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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.