American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volumen38Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew 1851 |
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... speak of the heavens , it is invariably as the cover of the mountains , ' ' the house of the sun , ' or ' the path of stars ; if of the earth , they address her as ' the daughter of night , ' ' the flesh of Ymer , ' ' the vessel ...
... speak of the heavens , it is invariably as the cover of the mountains , ' ' the house of the sun , ' or ' the path of stars ; if of the earth , they address her as ' the daughter of night , ' ' the flesh of Ymer , ' ' the vessel ...
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... speaking prose , expressed himself with the greatest facility when he sung in verse . A portion of the Scald songs which we know were composed in Den- mark ; others in Sweden or Norway ; and perhaps the most in Iceland . But from the ...
... speaking prose , expressed himself with the greatest facility when he sung in verse . A portion of the Scald songs which we know were composed in Den- mark ; others in Sweden or Norway ; and perhaps the most in Iceland . But from the ...
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... speaking , he bounded toward the assas- sins of Froddr , whom he trampled under foot , and departed to his warrior- life in Sweden . If , by his natural vocation , the Scald occupied the front rank in the mansions of the great , it is ...
... speaking , he bounded toward the assas- sins of Froddr , whom he trampled under foot , and departed to his warrior- life in Sweden . If , by his natural vocation , the Scald occupied the front rank in the mansions of the great , it is ...
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... speak no word of fear as I tread the courts of Vidar . I have combated with the sword ! The sons of Aslagua will hasten , with arms sharpened by the GOD of battles , when they know the tor- ments I endure , and hear of the serpent ...
... speak no word of fear as I tread the courts of Vidar . I have combated with the sword ! The sons of Aslagua will hasten , with arms sharpened by the GOD of battles , when they know the tor- ments I endure , and hear of the serpent ...
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... speak of it only in reference to the present period . It is nevertheless necessary to state that the Turks themselves call the Turkish Empire Mémâliki - Oth- manich , or the ' Ottoman States , ' ( kingdoms , ) in consequence of their ...
... speak of it only in reference to the present period . It is nevertheless necessary to state that the Turks themselves call the Turkish Empire Mémâliki - Oth- manich , or the ' Ottoman States , ' ( kingdoms , ) in consequence of their ...
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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...