Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 3Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells Harper's Magazine Company, 1852 - Literature Important American periodical dating back to 1850. |
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... means , Sincerely loves , by that best language shown Of cordial glances and obliging deeds . Onward they pass , o'er many a panting height , And valley sunk , and unfrequented ; where At fall of eve the fairy people throng , In various ...
... means , Sincerely loves , by that best language shown Of cordial glances and obliging deeds . Onward they pass , o'er many a panting height , And valley sunk , and unfrequented ; where At fall of eve the fairy people throng , In various ...
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... means I gained the mast , which floated alongside of the yawl as she now lay keel uppermost . With what energy did I struggle to reach her . The space was scarcely a dozen feet , and yet it cost me what seemed an age to traverse ...
... means I gained the mast , which floated alongside of the yawl as she now lay keel uppermost . With what energy did I struggle to reach her . The space was scarcely a dozen feet , and yet it cost me what seemed an age to traverse ...
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... mean to be a general of divi- sion one of these days , and so will you too , lad , if there's any spirit left in you ... means confined to his wonderful powers as a musician . On other subjects he was well - informed , acute , and con ...
... mean to be a general of divi- sion one of these days , and so will you too , lad , if there's any spirit left in you ... means confined to his wonderful powers as a musician . On other subjects he was well - informed , acute , and con ...
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... means unusual to encounter a well de- veloped Italian , whiskered to the eye - brows , and " bearded like the pard , " who tells you , to your utter astonishment , that he is scarcely seventeen , when you have set him down from . his ...
... means unusual to encounter a well de- veloped Italian , whiskered to the eye - brows , and " bearded like the pard , " who tells you , to your utter astonishment , that he is scarcely seventeen , when you have set him down from . his ...
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... means of placing the new one in a more alluring shape , except by offering him the entire produce of the engagement . After I had dispatched my letter , I repented bitterly , and was terrified lest he should think me serious , and hold ...
... means of placing the new one in a more alluring shape , except by offering him the entire produce of the engagement . After I had dispatched my letter , I repented bitterly , and was terrified lest he should think me serious , and hold ...
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Page 156 - He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy, scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
Page 156 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise; the State remaining, in the meantime, exposed to all the danger of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 147 - Then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there the child Independence was born.
Page 2 - Falsely luxurious ! will not man awake ; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due and sacred song...
Page 16 - Tis listening fear, and dumb amazement all: When to the startled eye the sudden glance Appears far south, eruptive through the cloud; And following slower, in explosion vast, The Thunder raises his tremendous voice.
Page 10 - Smooth to the shelving brink a copious Flood Rolls fair and placid ; where, collected all In one impetuous torrent, down the steep It thundering shoots, and shakes the country round.
Page 13 - The godlike wisdom of the tempered breast, Progressive truth, the patient force of thought, Investigation calm whose silent powers Command the world, the light that leads to Heaven, Kind equal rule, the government of laws, 881 And all-protecting freedom which alone Sustains the name and dignity of man — These are not theirs.
Page 7 - Tis raging noon ; and, vertical, the sun Darts on the head direct his forceful rays. O'er heaven and earth, far as the ranging eye Can sweep, a dazzling deluge reigns ; and all From pole to pole is undistinguish'd blaze.
Page 152 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs, has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America In general.
Page 155 - Agreeably to the order of the day, the Congress resolved itself into a committee of the whole, to take into their further consideration the Declaration ; and, after some time, the president resumed the chair, and Mr. Harrison reported that the committee have agreed to a Declaration, which they desired him to report. The Declaration being read, was agreed to as follows : " A DECLARATION BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED.