American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volumen38Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew 1851 |
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... arms in hand , to the front rank of the conflict . While perishing , he smiles at death as it ap- proaches ; and even then , should the memory of early love steal over him , he utters it in poetry ! The Scald Gisle , when pursued by his ...
... arms in hand , to the front rank of the conflict . While perishing , he smiles at death as it ap- proaches ; and even then , should the memory of early love steal over him , he utters it in poetry ! The Scald Gisle , when pursued by his ...
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... arms sharpened by the GOD of battles , when they know the tor- ments I endure , and hear of the serpent - girdle that surrounds me . have given my sons a mother who has adorned the world with heroes ! I have combated with the sword ...
... arms sharpened by the GOD of battles , when they know the tor- ments I endure , and hear of the serpent - girdle that surrounds me . have given my sons a mother who has adorned the world with heroes ! I have combated with the sword ...
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... arms against you if you will give me , within your kingdom , as much ground as I can cover with a bull's hide . ' The king , who knew not the story of Dido , smiled as he ac- corded so humble a request . Ivar cut the hide into minute ...
... arms against you if you will give me , within your kingdom , as much ground as I can cover with a bull's hide . ' The king , who knew not the story of Dido , smiled as he ac- corded so humble a request . Ivar cut the hide into minute ...
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... arms , and exercised ; thus offering a force of some 300,000 , which may at any time be called into active service . In the marine of the Sultan there are now 15,000 sea- men , all under strict organization and regular instruction ...
... arms , and exercised ; thus offering a force of some 300,000 , which may at any time be called into active service . In the marine of the Sultan there are now 15,000 sea- men , all under strict organization and regular instruction ...
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... arm , and before I knew what he was about to do , drew me toward his former position in the middle of the apartment . ' Now , ' he exclaimed gaily , ' I am reinforced , and will set you all at defiance . I can prove my innocence by my ...
... arm , and before I knew what he was about to do , drew me toward his former position in the middle of the apartment . ' Now , ' he exclaimed gaily , ' I am reinforced , and will set you all at defiance . I can prove my innocence by my ...
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Página 602 - I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow, The rest is all but leather or prunella.
Página 614 - As soon as the sermon is finished, nobody presumes to stir till Sir Roger is gone out of the church. The knight walks down from his seat in the chancel between a double row of his tenants, that stand bowing to him on each side : and every now and then inquires...
Página 106 - In the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress, And when I my sins confess, Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! When I lie within my bed, Sick in heart and sick in head, And with doubts discomforted, Sweet Spirit, comfort me...
Página 432 - It is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage, and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
Página 174 - To aid thy mind's development, to watch Thy dawn of little joys, to sit and see Almost thy very growth, to view thee catch Knowledge of objects, — wonders yet to thee ! To hold thee lightly on a gentle knee, And print on thy soft cheek a parent's kiss, — This, it should seem, was not reserved for me ; Yet this was in my nature : as it is, I know not what is there, yet something like to this.
Página 92 - Rain falls, suns rise and set, Earth whirls, and all but to prosper A poor little violet. This child is not mine as the first was, I cannot sing it to rest, I cannot lift it up fatherly And...
Página 491 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made, When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! — Scarce were the piteous accents said, When, with the Baron's casque, the maid To the nigh streamlet ran.
Página 82 - With them I take delight in weal And seek relief in woe; And while I understand and feel How much to them I owe, My cheeks have often been bedew'd With tears of thoughtful gratitude.
Página 614 - squire has made all his tenants atheists and tithe-stealers, while the parson instructs them every Sunday in the dignity of his order, and insinuates to them, in almost every sermon, that he is a better man than his patron. In short, matters are come to such an extremity, that the 'squire has not said his prayers, either in public or private, this half year; and that the parson threatens him, if he does not mend his manners, to pray for him in the face of the whole congregation.
Página 92 - A tutor should not be continually thundering instruction into the ears of his pupil, as if he were pouring it through a funnel, but, after having put the lad, like a young horse, on a trot, before him, to observe his paces, and see what he is able to perform, should, according to the extent of his capacity, induce him to taste, to distinguish, and to find out things for himself; sometimes opening the way, at other times leaving it for him to open ; and by abating or increasing his own pace, accommodate...