Ballou's Monthly Magazine, Volume 60Thomes & Talbot, 1884 |
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Página 147 - With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is full of blessings.
Página 545 - He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small. Who dares not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all.
Página 167 - Some men move through life as a band of music moves down the street, flinging out pleasure on every side through the air to every one, far and near, that can listen.
Página 189 - The victim is tired now; and slowly, and yet dexterously, his blind assailant is feeling and shifting along his side, till he reaches one end of him; and then the black lips expand, and slowly and surely the curved finger begins packing him...
Página 307 - ... American privateers, the inhabitants were reduced to the greatest distress before they could be relieved by the protective measures of the mother country. On the restoration of peace in 1783 the citizens of the United States retained the right to fish as previously, but could cure and dry their fish only in the unsettled bays, harbors, and creeks of Nova Scotia, the Magdalen islands, and Labrador. The population in 1785 was 10,244, and 8,034 acres of land were under cultivation. From this time...
Página 77 - E'en at the shagging of a feather, VOL. II. S s And throw ideas scour like drift, Streaking his wings up to the lift , Then, then, my soul was in a low That gart my numbers safely row : But eild and judgment 'gin to say, Let be your sangs, and learn to pray.
Página 76 - Now wat ye wha I met yestreen, Coming down the street, my jo ? My mistress in her tartan screen, Fu' bonny, braw, and sweet, my jo.
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Página 469 - We may begin the ascent of the Alps, for instance, in the midst of warm vineyards, and pass through a succession of oaks, sweet chestnuts, and beeches, till we gain the elevation of the more hardy pines and stunted birches, and tread on pastures fringed by borders of perpetual snow.
Página 391 - Coffee Milk. Boil a dessert-spoonful of ground coffee, in nearly a pint of milk, a quarter of an hour ; then put into it a shaving or two of isinglass, and clear it ; let it boil a few minutes, and set it on the side of the fire to grow fine.