Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 10J. M Lewer, 1842 |
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... believe , the poorest state in the Union : the part of it through which we travelled should seem to indicate as much . From Suffolk to Wilmington we did not pass a single town , -scarcely anything deserving the name of a village . The ...
... believe , the poorest state in the Union : the part of it through which we travelled should seem to indicate as much . From Suffolk to Wilmington we did not pass a single town , -scarcely anything deserving the name of a village . The ...
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... believe only three , -though the young negro girl , whose loquacity made us aware of the fact , added , with a burst of commendable pride and gratitude , Indeed , he is a father to us all ! ' Whether she spoke figuratively , or ...
... believe only three , -though the young negro girl , whose loquacity made us aware of the fact , added , with a burst of commendable pride and gratitude , Indeed , he is a father to us all ! ' Whether she spoke figuratively , or ...
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... believe she is my wife , and has been so ever since we were married . ' ' Wife , and married indeed ! I would not have it known you brought her to this house for any money you could offer me . A pretty thing for a widow to countenance ...
... believe she is my wife , and has been so ever since we were married . ' ' Wife , and married indeed ! I would not have it known you brought her to this house for any money you could offer me . A pretty thing for a widow to countenance ...
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... believe , was mutually cordial and permanent . Mr. and Mrs. Brown having arrived at Broadstairs , were met at the entrance of the Albion Hotel by Mr Ballard himself , the civil , attentive , obliging young landlord of the house ; who ...
... believe , was mutually cordial and permanent . Mr. and Mrs. Brown having arrived at Broadstairs , were met at the entrance of the Albion Hotel by Mr Ballard himself , the civil , attentive , obliging young landlord of the house ; who ...
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... believe a story which he scarcely could be- lieve himself ? No ; he must die upon the scaffold , innocent as he was , by the hands of the common hangman , amidst the execrations of thousands , who would rejoice at the death of the ...
... believe a story which he scarcely could be- lieve himself ? No ; he must die upon the scaffold , innocent as he was , by the hands of the common hangman , amidst the execrations of thousands , who would rejoice at the death of the ...
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Page 89 - That never set a squadron in the field, Nor the division of a battle knows More than a spinster...
Page 36 - Excelsior! ,O stay,' the maiden said, ,and rest Thy weary head upon this breast!' A tear stood in his bright blue eye, But still he answered with a sigh, Excelsior! ,Beware the pine-tree's withered branch! Beware the awful avalanche!
Page 269 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made, When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! — Scarce were the piteous accents said, When, with the Baron's casque, the maid To the nigh streamlet ran.
Page 193 - Treason, treason!" echoed from every part of the house. Henry faltered not for an instant, but, taking a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye of fire, he added " may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it...
Page 36 - The shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior ! His brow was sad ; his eye beneath, Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior...
Page 183 - God with all my Heart, with all my Soul, and with all my Strength; and honour the King, and all good Men in Authority under him.
Page 36 - A traveller, by the faithful hound, Half-buried in the snow was found, Still grasping in his hand of ice That banner with the strange device Excelsior ! There in the twilight cold and gray, Lifeless, but beautiful, he lay, And from the sky, serene and far, A voice fell, like a falling star, Excelsior ! POEMS ON SLAVERY.
Page 36 - Dark lowers the tempest overhead, The roaring torrent is deep and wide!' And loud that clarion voice replied. Excelsior! 'O stay,' the maiden said, 'and rest Thy weary head upon this breast!
Page 197 - I SAW thee, Netley, as the sun Across the western wave Was sinking slow, And a golden glow To thy roofless towers he gave ; And the ivy sheen, With its mantle of green, That wrapt thy walls around, Shone lovelily bright, In that glorious light, And I felt 'twas holy ground. Then...
Page 78 - ... I, gentlemen of the jury ; that he wears very fine clothes, much finer clothes than you or I, gentlemen of the jury ; that he has abundance of money in his pocket, much more money than you or I, gentlemen of the jury ; but, gentlemen of the jury, is it not a very hard case.