The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 60Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1862 - American periodicals |
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... remarking that he had never before heard her ' fetch a sigh , except when the Queen of Scots was beheaded , ' he adds : ' I used the best words I could to persuade her from this melancholy humor ; but I found it was too deeply rooted in ...
... remarking that he had never before heard her ' fetch a sigh , except when the Queen of Scots was beheaded , ' he adds : ' I used the best words I could to persuade her from this melancholy humor ; but I found it was too deeply rooted in ...
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... remarked , ' is the only thing for which he can be justly blamed . This he sought all opportunities for scraping together ; he cared not how . He would say and do almost any thing where the hope of money allured him . ' But what did ...
... remarked , ' is the only thing for which he can be justly blamed . This he sought all opportunities for scraping together ; he cared not how . He would say and do almost any thing where the hope of money allured him . ' But what did ...
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... remarked , a neglect similar to that which attended the Conqueror's death was observable in that of the selfish though beloved son who succeeded to his ill - gotten gains in England ; for no sooner was it ascertained that the accident ...
... remarked , a neglect similar to that which attended the Conqueror's death was observable in that of the selfish though beloved son who succeeded to his ill - gotten gains in England ; for no sooner was it ascertained that the accident ...
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... remarked , ' that the Alderman was a self - made man , and knew how to take care of himself , ' and having in- formed the ambassadress that she had nothing more to say , reclined again upon her pillow . In the course of the evening , a ...
... remarked , ' that the Alderman was a self - made man , and knew how to take care of himself , ' and having in- formed the ambassadress that she had nothing more to say , reclined again upon her pillow . In the course of the evening , a ...
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... remarking , that if any man of gentle blood within his jurisdiction should fail to alleviate a fellow - creature in distress , and he should die by his neglect , he should instruct a jury to convict him of felonious homicide , and that ...
... remarking , that if any man of gentle blood within his jurisdiction should fail to alleviate a fellow - creature in distress , and he should die by his neglect , he should instruct a jury to convict him of felonious homicide , and that ...
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Page 435 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Page 434 - ... of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and all laws made in pursuance thereof and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired; that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Page 357 - ON A GIRDLE. That which her slender waist confined, Shall now my joyful temples bind ; No monarch but would give his crown His arms might do what this has done. It was my heaven's extremest sphere, The pale which held that lovely deer, My joy, my grief, my hope, my love, Did all within this circle move. A narrow compass, and yet there Dwelt all that's good and all that's fair; Give me but what this ribband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round.
Page 446 - On the contrary, if war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who are actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors.
Page 147 - Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; 3 till I am known, and do not want it.
Page 553 - It is his great and favourite work — the fruit of years of thought and labour. Victor Hugo is almost the only French imaginative writer of the present century who is entitled to be considered as a man of genius. He has wonderful poetical power, and he has the faculty, which hardly any other French novelist possesses, of drawing beautiful as well as striking pictures. Another feature for which Victor Hugo's book deserves high praise is Its perfect purity. Any one who reads the Bible and Shakspeare...
Page 31 - But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
Page 145 - PENSION [an allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country'].
Page 9 - Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry ; and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword ; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
Page 434 - Congress, banishing all feeling of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country; that this war is not waged, on our part, in any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering...