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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... young , she was exceedingly well developed and womanly in appear- Her features were large , symmetrical and expressive . Few could re- sist her blue eyes , so noticeable for their magnificent pupils , and full of sweet influences , the ...
... young , she was exceedingly well developed and womanly in appear- Her features were large , symmetrical and expressive . Few could re- sist her blue eyes , so noticeable for their magnificent pupils , and full of sweet influences , the ...
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... Young ladies who are to set their caps for young divines are so oblivious . Did n't you read my note inclosed in pa's letter to Uncle Abraham ? ' ' Oh ! I recollect now . ' ' I am glad to see my coz is regaining her memory . ' Herewith ...
... Young ladies who are to set their caps for young divines are so oblivious . Did n't you read my note inclosed in pa's letter to Uncle Abraham ? ' ' Oh ! I recollect now . ' ' I am glad to see my coz is regaining her memory . ' Herewith ...
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... young man , for a while oblivious of the fascination of female society , stands alone on the promenade - deck , trying to realize before him the assembled multitudes whom he shall hereafter address , and premeditating a discourse with ...
... young man , for a while oblivious of the fascination of female society , stands alone on the promenade - deck , trying to realize before him the assembled multitudes whom he shall hereafter address , and premeditating a discourse with ...
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... young lady , or of others , and waited till the next morning , when by clear sunlight , and duly refreshed , he might have gone joyfully on- ward and upward . Festina lenté ! We know that we can work ; nay , we know that industry is ...
... young lady , or of others , and waited till the next morning , when by clear sunlight , and duly refreshed , he might have gone joyfully on- ward and upward . Festina lenté ! We know that we can work ; nay , we know that industry is ...
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... young warrior of the middle ages . One pale - faced but really beautiful - featured young man rushed wildly in , in his full white - ruffled dress of the Polincinello , his hair confined in a close - fitting net , and carrying under his ...
... young warrior of the middle ages . One pale - faced but really beautiful - featured young man rushed wildly in , in his full white - ruffled dress of the Polincinello , his hair confined in a close - fitting net , and carrying under his ...
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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...