The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volumen38Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew 1851 |
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The Drapa is a species of heroic ode adapted to festivals and battles , the
dithyrambic measure of which kings loved to hear around them . The Flockr also
possesses a certain solemnity , but is shorter . The Scald Loftunya once chanted
a ...
The Drapa is a species of heroic ode adapted to festivals and battles , the
dithyrambic measure of which kings loved to hear around them . The Flockr also
possesses a certain solemnity , but is shorter . The Scald Loftunya once chanted
a ...
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Hear you the hissing of those flames ? See you those whirling fire - sparks ? To
me they were like a banner of fidelity . The devotion of her I love mounts higher
than the flames . Happy indeed , idol of my heart , have you made me at this ...
Hear you the hissing of those flames ? See you those whirling fire - sparks ? To
me they were like a banner of fidelity . The devotion of her I love mounts higher
than the flames . Happy indeed , idol of my heart , have you made me at this ...
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The sons of Aslagua will hasten , with arms sharpened by the God of battles ,
when they know the torments I endure , and hear of the serpent - girdle that
surrounds me . I have given my sons a mother who has adorned the world with
heroes !
The sons of Aslagua will hasten , with arms sharpened by the God of battles ,
when they know the torments I endure , and hear of the serpent - girdle that
surrounds me . I have given my sons a mother who has adorned the world with
heroes !
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Rage will possess my sons when they hear the destruction of their father , and
the eagerness of youth will allow them no repose . I have combated with the
sword ! Fifty and one times have I led my sons to battle ! and never have I found
one ...
Rage will possess my sons when they hear the destruction of their father , and
the eagerness of youth will allow them no repose . I have combated with the
sword ! Fifty and one times have I led my sons to battle ! and never have I found
one ...
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Toward yon bright vault of heaven I dare not raise The cry of my despair , Lest I
should hear the echo which betrays That all is empty there . IX Yet bas my Soul
within the gift of seeing Beyond this earth and sky ; I feel the immortal instinct of
my ...
Toward yon bright vault of heaven I dare not raise The cry of my despair , Lest I
should hear the echo which betrays That all is empty there . IX Yet bas my Soul
within the gift of seeing Beyond this earth and sky ; I feel the immortal instinct of
my ...
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Página 582 - 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 90 - 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...