Putnam's Monthly, Volume 2G.P. Putnam & Company, 1853 - American literature |
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... ment , his springy gait . Then the white waistcoat flashes in the sun . " Go on , happy youth , " I exclaim aloud , to the great alarm of the nursery maids , who suppose me to be an innocent insane person , suffered to go at large ...
... ment , his springy gait . Then the white waistcoat flashes in the sun . " Go on , happy youth , " I exclaim aloud , to the great alarm of the nursery maids , who suppose me to be an innocent insane person , suffered to go at large ...
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... ment in your head . You are elegant , undoubtedly , but it seems as if you might break and fall to pieces , like a porcelain vase , if you were roughly shaken . Now , here , I have the advantage of you . My fancy quietly surveying the ...
... ment in your head . You are elegant , undoubtedly , but it seems as if you might break and fall to pieces , like a porcelain vase , if you were roughly shaken . Now , here , I have the advantage of you . My fancy quietly surveying the ...
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... ment of that exquisite toilette of Aurelia's ? In going down stairs , for instance , why should not heavy old Mr. Carbuncle , who is coming close behind with Mrs. Peony , both very eager for dinner , tread upon the hem of that garment ...
... ment of that exquisite toilette of Aurelia's ? In going down stairs , for instance , why should not heavy old Mr. Carbuncle , who is coming close behind with Mrs. Peony , both very eager for dinner , tread upon the hem of that garment ...
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... ment at the expense of truth , or to at- tempt to elevate and embellish his sub- ject beyond the plain realities of nature . On this account , he cannot assent to the assertion , however eloquently made in the celebrated parallel drawn ...
... ment at the expense of truth , or to at- tempt to elevate and embellish his sub- ject beyond the plain realities of nature . On this account , he cannot assent to the assertion , however eloquently made in the celebrated parallel drawn ...
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... ment , when a short inspection of out - of- window appearances left hope of nothing better than a cessation of the drizzle then and there obscuring the landscape . " I knew how that fog last night would end , " she said lachrymosely ...
... ment , when a short inspection of out - of- window appearances left hope of nothing better than a cessation of the drizzle then and there obscuring the landscape . " I knew how that fog last night would end , " she said lachrymosely ...
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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; And pity, like a naked new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubim horsed Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind.
Page 392 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
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 - 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 534 - Then hate me when thou wilt; if ever, now; Now, while the world is bent my deeds to cross, Join with the spite of fortune...
Page 250 - The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute.
Page 96 - That rises upward always higher, And onward drags a laboring breast, And topples round the dreary west, A looming bastion fringed with fire.
Page 73 - And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
Page 547 - ... went further and was rather noisy. At such times, too, his face flamed with augmented blazonry, as if cannel coal had been heaped on anthracite. He made an unpleasant racket with his chair; spilled his sandbox; in mending his pens, impatiently split them all to pieces and threw them on the floor in a sudden passion; stood up and leaned over his table, boxing his papers about in a most indecorous manner, very sad to behold in an elderly man like him.
Page 433 - Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? Shall the companions make a banquet of him? Shall they part him among the merchants? Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? Or his head with fish spears?