American Monthly Knickerbocker, Том 18Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1841 |
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... remarks in relation to myrio- logues , that they constitute the most valuable portion of the popular Modern Greek Poetry , but from the nature of the case it is also that portion of which it is least easy to procure specimens wherewith ...
... remarks in relation to myrio- logues , that they constitute the most valuable portion of the popular Modern Greek Poetry , but from the nature of the case it is also that portion of which it is least easy to procure specimens wherewith ...
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... remarked when he is seated . Though nearly sixty - five years of age , his brown wig curled into a graceful top - knot of the old school , and sparse gray whiskers , brushed jauntily forward , gave to his bronzed and furrowed features ...
... remarked when he is seated . Though nearly sixty - five years of age , his brown wig curled into a graceful top - knot of the old school , and sparse gray whiskers , brushed jauntily forward , gave to his bronzed and furrowed features ...
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... remark . For my part , though I am but a moderate man , I say with Cassio , ' I could well wish courtesy would invent some other custom of entertainment . ' The drink of the ancients was wines , sometimes spiced or drugged . Alcohol was ...
... remark . For my part , though I am but a moderate man , I say with Cassio , ' I could well wish courtesy would invent some other custom of entertainment . ' The drink of the ancients was wines , sometimes spiced or drugged . Alcohol was ...
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... remark , and with a solemnity that struck awe even to the hardened heart of the man who incited him , Wilkins knelt down , and with uplifted hands , and eyes turned toward the throne of the great Omnipotent , called down upon himself ...
... remark , and with a solemnity that struck awe even to the hardened heart of the man who incited him , Wilkins knelt down , and with uplifted hands , and eyes turned toward the throne of the great Omnipotent , called down upon himself ...
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... remarks of the passers - by , and sometimes brooding over his own plans . The street through which he was passing was that great artery of the city called the Bowery ; and just above where it empties itself into the triangular opening ...
... remarks of the passers - by , and sometimes brooding over his own plans . The street through which he was passing was that great artery of the city called the Bowery ; and just above where it empties itself into the triangular opening ...
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Стр. 253 - The white people had now found our country. Tidings were carried back and more came amongst us. Yet, we did not fear them. We took them to be friends. They called us brothers. We believed them and gave them a larger seat. At length, their numbers had greatly increased. They wanted more land; they wanted our country. Our eyes were opened and our minds became uneasy.
Стр. 253 - ... come here to enjoy their religion. They asked for a small seat; we took pity on them, granted their request, and they sat down amongst us ; we gave them corn and meat; they gave us poison* in return.
Стр. 367 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Стр. 22 - Eurus and Auster, and the dreadful force Of Boreas, that congeals the Cronian waves, Tumultuous enter with dire chilling blasts, Portending agues. Thus a well-fraught ship, Long sail'd secure, or through th...
Стр. 353 - I was stared at, hooted at, grinned at, chattered at, by monkeys, by paroquets, by cockatoos. I ran into pagodas; and was fixed for centuries at the summit, or in secret rooms; I was the idol; I was the priest; I was worshipped; I was sacrificed.
Стр. 89 - Landscape Gardening, adapted to North America; with a View to the Improvement of Country Residences. Comprising Historical Notices and general Principles of the Art, Directions for laying out Grounds and arranging Plantations, the Description and Cultivation of Hardy Trees, decorative Accompaniments of the House and Grounds, the formation of Pieces of Artificial Water, Flower Gardens, etc. With Remarks on Rural Architecture.
Стр. 93 - Having groped his passage to the horizontal part of the den, the most terrifying darkness appeared in front of the dim circle of light afforded by his torch. It was silent as the house of death. None but monsters of the desert had ever before explored this solitary mansion of horror.
Стр. 254 - You then told us that we were in your hand, and that by closing it you could crush us to nothing, and you demanded from us a great country, as the price of that peace which you had offered us ; — as if our want of strength had destroyed our rights.
Стр. 255 - Brother: Continue to listen. You say that you are sent to instruct us how to worship the Great Spirit agreeably to his mind; and, if we do not take hold of the religion which you white people teach, we shall be unhappy hereafter.
Стр. 77 - To meet thee in that hollow vale. And think not much of my delay ; I am already on the way, And follow thee with all the speed Desire can make, or sorrows breed. Each minute is a short degree, And every hour a step towards thee. At night when I betake to rest, Next morn I rise nearer my west Of life, almost by eight hours' sail, Than when sleep breathed his drowsy gale.