The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 61835 |
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Page 96
... called up the shades of the past , —and was soon delighted , and not a little astonished , at the distinctness of the vision , and the accuracy of the scenes that arose at my bidding . The first recollection carried me back to my very ...
... called up the shades of the past , —and was soon delighted , and not a little astonished , at the distinctness of the vision , and the accuracy of the scenes that arose at my bidding . The first recollection carried me back to my very ...
Page 97
... called from the grave of bankruptcy the buried credit of the nation . He was then in the zenith of his fame , only just turned of forty years of age , in the full possession of his corporeal as well as mental faculties . His personal ...
... called from the grave of bankruptcy the buried credit of the nation . He was then in the zenith of his fame , only just turned of forty years of age , in the full possession of his corporeal as well as mental faculties . His personal ...
Page 98
... called to fight . The campaigns of Egypt were subjects of frequent conversation among the American officers , and the characters of the generals were discussed . Buonaparte had now risen as a star of the first magnitude . His glories ...
... called to fight . The campaigns of Egypt were subjects of frequent conversation among the American officers , and the characters of the generals were discussed . Buonaparte had now risen as a star of the first magnitude . His glories ...
Page 102
... called prosperous . The last six vears had been ill - favored and lean as the second herd of Pharaoh's kine that came up from the waters of the Nile , —and if they had not quite consumed the good favored of former times , they had done ...
... called prosperous . The last six vears had been ill - favored and lean as the second herd of Pharaoh's kine that came up from the waters of the Nile , —and if they had not quite consumed the good favored of former times , they had done ...
Page 103
... called all the inmates of the house around me to listen . The letter was short and pithy : Dear FRIEND : • Perry has met the enemy , and taken him ! The slaughter has been great . The gallant Brooks is dead . Many a poor fellow has ...
... called all the inmates of the house around me to listen . The letter was short and pithy : Dear FRIEND : • Perry has met the enemy , and taken him ! The slaughter has been great . The gallant Brooks is dead . Many a poor fellow has ...
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Page 484 - D'avenant K* Consisting of Those which were formerly Printed, and Those which he design'd for the Press: Now Published Out of the Authors Originall Copies. London: Printed by TN for Henry Herringman, at the Sign of the Blew Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange. 1673.
Page 139 - He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits led.
Page 186 - Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Page 189 - In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Page 360 - ... for nothing can sweeten felicity itself, but love ;" but when a man dwells in love, then the breasts of his wife are pleasant as the droppings upon the hill of Hermon, her eyes are fair as the light of heaven, she is a fountain sealed, and he can quench his thirst, and ease his cares, and lay his...
Page 143 - The heart is like the sky, a part of heaven, But changes night and day too, like the sky ; Now o'er it clouds and thunder must be driven...
Page 186 - The sun shall be no more thy light by day, neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee; but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Page 360 - No man can tell but he that loves his children, how many delicious accents make a man's heart dance in the pretty conversation of those dear pledges; their childishness, their stammering, their little angers, their innocence, their imperfections, their necessities, are so many little emanations of joy and comfort to him that delights in their persons and society.
Page 188 - I have trodden the vat alone ; And of the peoples there was not a man with me. And I trod them in mine anger ; And I trampled them in mine indignation : And their life-blood was sprinkled upon my garments ; And I have stained all mine apparel.
Page 189 - Olympus' lofty tops descends. Bent was his bow, the Grecian hearts to wound; Fierce as he moved, his silver shafts resound. Breathing revenge, a sudden night he spread, And gloomy darkness roll'd about his head.