The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 8Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew 1836 |
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I was brought up among the highlands , and hilly parts of Connecticut , and was
never kept on the high pressure plan of instruction . It was not then the fashion . I
went to school , and studied in the easy , careless way , until I went to college .
I was brought up among the highlands , and hilly parts of Connecticut , and was
never kept on the high pressure plan of instruction . It was not then the fashion . I
went to school , and studied in the easy , careless way , until I went to college .
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... in smoothness , polish , and correctness ; but never have , and in all probability
never will be excelled , in grandeur of conception , in matchless simplicity of
diction , as well as several others of the inost essential qualities of a great poet .
... in smoothness , polish , and correctness ; but never have , and in all probability
never will be excelled , in grandeur of conception , in matchless simplicity of
diction , as well as several others of the inost essential qualities of a great poet .
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He limits his invention to probable and possible situations ; and never dreams
that he can increase the interest of his piece , by travelling beyond the bounds of
probability , and introducing his hero into scenes that never could exist . Above
all ...
He limits his invention to probable and possible situations ; and never dreams
that he can increase the interest of his piece , by travelling beyond the bounds of
probability , and introducing his hero into scenes that never could exist . Above
all ...
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May be never once heard of the great Cronin , that does all the questions and
answers in the Lady's Diary ? ... Mighty curious , altogether , Sir , that you never
heard of me , that keeps one of the finest schools , under a hedge , in Munster !
May be never once heard of the great Cronin , that does all the questions and
answers in the Lady's Diary ? ... Mighty curious , altogether , Sir , that you never
heard of me , that keeps one of the finest schools , under a hedge , in Munster !
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... and said that he never would mind what the women prayed for , but it was
greatly against his health to be obliged to drink his wine and whiskey raw , and
he'd a longing desire for a little of the creature neatly mixed up with lemon and
sugar ...
... and said that he never would mind what the women prayed for , but it was
greatly against his health to be obliged to drink his wine and whiskey raw , and
he'd a longing desire for a little of the creature neatly mixed up with lemon and
sugar ...
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Página 434 - The cold sweat melted from their limbs, Nor rot nor reek did they: The look with which they looked on me Had never passed away. An orphan's curse would drag to hell A spirit from on high; But oh! more horrible than that Is the curse in a dead man's eye! Seven days, seven nights, I saw that curse, And yet I could not die.
Página 448 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Página 710 - Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of light, and Fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of truth which he has laid within the reach of their natural faculties. Revelation is natural reason enlarged by a new set of discoveries, communicated by God immediately, which reason vouches the truth of, by the testimony and proofs it gives, that they come from God.
Página 591 - I see the dagger-crest of Mar, I see the Moray's silver star, Wave o'er the cloud of Saxon war, That up the lake comes winding far ! To hero bound for battle-strife, Or bard of martial lay, 'Twere worth ten years of peaceful life, One glance at their array ! XVI.
Página 300 - He who loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how shall he love God whom he hath not seen ? You, Mr.
Página 690 - BLOSSOMS FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree. Why do ye fall so fast? Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here awhile To blush and gently smile, And go at last.
Página 379 - This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to fall: Lord of himself, though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all.
Página 433 - But thou, my country, thou shalt never fall, Save with thy children — thy maternal care, Thy lavish love, thy blessings showered on all — These are thy fetters — seas and stormy air Are the wide barrier of thy borders, where, Among thy gallant sons...
Página 560 - In a word, the almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages...
Página 629 - For my part, I cannot sufficiently bewail the condition of the reformed churches, who are come to a period in religion, and will go at present no farther than the instruments of their reformation.
Informações bibliográficas
| Título | The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 8 |
| Editores | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew |
| Colaborador | Washington Irving |
| Publicado | 1836 |
| Original de | Universidade de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 7 set. 2005 |
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