The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 44Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Century Company, 1892 - American literature |
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... morning , he heard a timid knock at his door . " Come in ! " said he , in that big , gruff voice of his , scarcely calculated to encourage shy visitors . A young fellow , slightly deformed , dressed like a well - to - do countryman ...
... morning , he heard a timid knock at his door . " Come in ! " said he , in that big , gruff voice of his , scarcely calculated to encourage shy visitors . A young fellow , slightly deformed , dressed like a well - to - do countryman ...
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... morning he was exalted by the thought . " My little babe - my Flaxen ! " he said with unutterable love and pity . Again his mind ran over the line of his life- the cabin , the dead woman , the baby face nes- tling at his throat , the ...
... morning he was exalted by the thought . " My little babe - my Flaxen ! " he said with unutterable love and pity . Again his mind ran over the line of his life- the cabin , the dead woman , the baby face nes- tling at his throat , the ...
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... morning an officer came to the door to inquire if he were in . On being told that he was not at home , and that they did not know where he was , the sheriff said to his companion : " Skipped between two days . " And so it came out that ...
... morning an officer came to the door to inquire if he were in . On being told that he was not at home , and that they did not know where he was , the sheriff said to his companion : " Skipped between two days . " And so it came out that ...
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... morning , even , you might have seen a slight girl trip covertly out to the little cotton - patch in one corner of the inclosure , and , blushing crimson over the snowy cotton- bolls , pick the wherewithal to spin her bridal dress ; for ...
... morning , even , you might have seen a slight girl trip covertly out to the little cotton - patch in one corner of the inclosure , and , blushing crimson over the snowy cotton- bolls , pick the wherewithal to spin her bridal dress ; for ...
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... morning , and by afternoon fifteen new subscribers had handed in their names at the office of the " Telepheme . " One or two enthu- siasts even paid up long - overdue subscriptions , and ordered the paper sent them for the follow- ing ...
... morning , and by afternoon fifteen new subscribers had handed in their names at the office of the " Telepheme . " One or two enthu- siasts even paid up long - overdue subscriptions , and ordered the paper sent them for the follow- ing ...
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Page 144 - I pass, like night, from land to land; I have strange power of speech; That moment that his face I see, I know the man that must hear me: To him my tale I teach.
Page 185 - The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity: Himself from God he could not free; He builded better than he knew : The conscious stone to beauty grew.
Page 181 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 470 - ... duties or other exactions upon the agricultural or other products of the United States, which in view of the free introduction of such sugar, molasses, coffee, tea, and hides into the United States he may deem to be reciprocally unequal and unreasonable, he shall have the power, and it shall be his duty...
Page 182 - I thought of Chatterton, the marvellous Boy, The sleepless Soul that perished in his pride; Of Him who walked in glory and in joy Following his plough, along the mountain-side...
Page 610 - But I have sinuous shells, of pearly hue Within, and they that lustre have imbibed In the sun's palace porch; where when unyoked His chariot wheel stands midway in the wave. Shake one, and it awakens, then apply Its polished lips to your attentive ear, And it remembers its august abodes, And murmurs as the ocean murmurs there.
Page 469 - January, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, whenever, and so often as the President shall be satisfied that the government of any country producing and exporting sugars, molasses, coffee. tea and hides, raw and uncurcd. or any of such articles, imposes duties or other exactions upon the agricultural or other products of the United States...
Page 203 - That whenever the summit of the mountains which extend in a direction parallel to the coast from the 56th degree of north latitude to the point of intersection of the 141st degree of west longitude shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia as above mentioned...
Page 186 - IF thou indeed derive thy light from Heaven, Then, to the measure of that heaven-born light, Shine, Poet ! in thy place, and be content : — The stars pre-eminent in magnitude, And they that from the zenith dart their beams, (Visible though they be to half the earth, Though half a sphere be conscious of their brightness) Are yet of no diviner origin, No purer essence, than the one that burns, Like an untended watch-fire on the ridge...
Page 369 - All passes. ART alone Enduring stays to us ; The Bust out-lasts the throne, The Coin, Tiberius ; Even the gods must go ; Only the lofty Rhyme Not countless years o'erthrow,— Not long array of time.