Putnam's Monthly, Volumes 1-2G.P. Putnam & Company, 1853 - American literature |
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... learned Hebraists , as the occupant of its chair of Biblical litera- ture . The General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States , was first established by the General Convention , May , 1817 , in the ...
... learned Hebraists , as the occupant of its chair of Biblical litera- ture . The General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States , was first established by the General Convention , May , 1817 , in the ...
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... learned by the world , and ma- chinery , & c . , of commensurate capacity supplied ? With the discoveries of the fourteenth century the world had to gauge its conception of distances by sea to a new scale . Twas no longer a trip to ...
... learned by the world , and ma- chinery , & c . , of commensurate capacity supplied ? With the discoveries of the fourteenth century the world had to gauge its conception of distances by sea to a new scale . Twas no longer a trip to ...
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... learned to know their habits , almost as of a barndoor chuckie . On the other hand , having rambled and roved over the United States , from the Penobscot to the Potomac , from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the tributaries of Lake Superior ...
... learned to know their habits , almost as of a barndoor chuckie . On the other hand , having rambled and roved over the United States , from the Penobscot to the Potomac , from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the tributaries of Lake Superior ...
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... learned these particulars of what he called the " toonament , " from Rutridge , and expressed his intense appre- ciation of the fun . By George ! " he said , " I'd rather be in the galleries , though , or some other safe place , when ...
... learned these particulars of what he called the " toonament , " from Rutridge , and expressed his intense appre- ciation of the fun . By George ! " he said , " I'd rather be in the galleries , though , or some other safe place , when ...
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... learned a great deal from him of the points of most interest in the city , and how they could best be e seen o He even offered to accom- pany us in a a stroll , which we declined , because we were unwilling to put his kindness to that ...
... learned a great deal from him of the points of most interest in the city , and how they could best be e seen o He even offered to accom- pany us in a a stroll , which we declined , because we were unwilling to put his kindness to that ...
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Page 389 - He's here in double trust: First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host. Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself.
Page 510 - God gives us love. Something to love He lends us ; but, when love is grown To ripeness, that on which it throve Falls off, and love is left alone.
Page 389 - Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success : that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We'd jump the life to come. But in these cases We still have judgment here ; that we but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return To plague the inventor ; this even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice To our own lips.
Page 393 - Seems, madam ! nay, it is ; I know not 'seems.' 'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother, Nor customary suits of solemn black...
Page 167 - The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
Page 391 - Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world : now could I drink hot blood, And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on.
Page 389 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking- off...
Page 389 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly; if the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success : that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We'd jump the life to come.
Page 379 - It had bene a thing, we confesse, worthie to have bene wished, that the Author himselfe had liv'd to have set forth, and overseen his owne writings; But since it hath bin ordain'd otherwise, and he by death departed from that right, we pray you do not envie his Friends, the office of their care, and paine...
Page 548 - ... in short, he need not come to my chambers after twelve o'clock, but, dinner over, had best go home to his, lodgings and rest himself till teatime. But no; he insisted upon his afternoon devotions. His countenance became intolerably fervid, as he oratorically assured me — gesticulating with a long ruler at the other end of the room — that if his services in the morning were useful, how indispensable, then, in the afternoon? "With submission, sir," said Turkey, on this occasion, "I consider...