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... once so grateful and even so necessary to the existence , health , and comfort of the whole animal and vegeta- ble creation . The air , as before remarked , is made elastic , pure , and salubrious , imparting fresh spirits and vigor to ...
... once so grateful and even so necessary to the existence , health , and comfort of the whole animal and vegeta- ble creation . The air , as before remarked , is made elastic , pure , and salubrious , imparting fresh spirits and vigor to ...
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... once heard a gentleman , who lost his wife in the second year of his marriage , declare , that were he to become a Calebs , he would not seek for the light accomplishments so unduly valued by many , but he should look for a lady who ...
... once heard a gentleman , who lost his wife in the second year of his marriage , declare , that were he to become a Calebs , he would not seek for the light accomplishments so unduly valued by many , but he should look for a lady who ...
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... once loved in a former heaven , and now that they meet , the remembrance of each other arises dimly , like the con- fused recollection of a dream , of which naught but an indefinite though agreeable idea can be realized . Perchance Fate ...
... once loved in a former heaven , and now that they meet , the remembrance of each other arises dimly , like the con- fused recollection of a dream , of which naught but an indefinite though agreeable idea can be realized . Perchance Fate ...
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... once feared her , would then , attracted by your charms , view her more closely , and consent to worship at her shrine ! How would the mere rarity of the sight attract attention ! The world would believe that it was an angel appearing ...
... once feared her , would then , attracted by your charms , view her more closely , and consent to worship at her shrine ! How would the mere rarity of the sight attract attention ! The world would believe that it was an angel appearing ...
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... once illumined your her- mitage in solitude , and flattered your pride in the season of success . * WE had opened , late one evening , our port - folio , for ' copy , ' at the instance of an ambassador- imp from that hazy cave of ...
... once illumined your her- mitage in solitude , and flattered your pride in the season of success . * WE had opened , late one evening , our port - folio , for ' copy , ' at the instance of an ambassador- imp from that hazy cave of ...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 8 Charles Fenno Hoffman,Lewis Gaylord Clark,Kinahan Cornwallis,Timothy Flint,John Holmes Agnew Visualização completa - 1836 |
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Página 266 - twere anew, the gaps of centuries ; Leaving that beautiful which still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old — The dead...
Página 567 - Fire!" is given: and they blow the souls out of one another: and in place of sixty brisk, useful craftsmen, the world has sixty dead carcasses, which it must bury, and anew shed tears for. Had these men any quarrel? Busy as the Devil is, not the smallest! They lived far enough apart: were the entirest strangers: nay. in so wide a Universe, there was even, unconsciously, by Commerce, some mutual helpfulness between them. How then? Simpleton! Their governors had fallen out: and instead of shooting...
Página 370 - I've met him, faced him, scorned him, when the fight was raging hot; — I'll try his might, I'll brave his power; — defy, and fear him not. "Ho! sound the tocsin from my tower, and fire the culverin ; Bid each retainer arm with speed; call every vassal in ! Up with my banner on the wall! — The banquetboard prepare; Throw wide the portal of my hall, and bring my armor there!
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Página 504 - Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth ; and having on the breast-plate of righteousness ; and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace ; above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God...