New England Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, Volume 30; Volume 36New England Magazine Company, 1904 - New England |
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... leave the gloomy palaces , with their vaulted ceilings and bare floors , and hasten out into the numerous gardens and parks with which the city has been from time immemorial SO abundantly supplied . When one thinks of the glories of ...
... leave the gloomy palaces , with their vaulted ceilings and bare floors , and hasten out into the numerous gardens and parks with which the city has been from time immemorial SO abundantly supplied . When one thinks of the glories of ...
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... is concerned , is too plainly fore- shadowed to leave the slightest room for doubt . one . There seems to be some concert of action on the part of the afflicted Sarracenia Purpurea By INA LORD MCDAVITT As some old castle DARKEST AMERICA.
... is concerned , is too plainly fore- shadowed to leave the slightest room for doubt . one . There seems to be some concert of action on the part of the afflicted Sarracenia Purpurea By INA LORD MCDAVITT As some old castle DARKEST AMERICA.
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... leave the controlling power in the hands . of those best qualified to wield it . This is the desideratum devoutly to be wished . The amiable African can be ruled much more effectively by the wand of kindness than by a rod of iron ...
... leave the controlling power in the hands . of those best qualified to wield it . This is the desideratum devoutly to be wished . The amiable African can be ruled much more effectively by the wand of kindness than by a rod of iron ...
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... leaving upon it the kiss of the morning dew . They were old friends , Miss Lu- crece and the roses . Years ago , when she was a little girl , their tallest sprays had hung just a span's breadth above the golden glint in her dark curls ...
... leaving upon it the kiss of the morning dew . They were old friends , Miss Lu- crece and the roses . Years ago , when she was a little girl , their tallest sprays had hung just a span's breadth above the golden glint in her dark curls ...
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... leaves , since in them lay all its beauty . She was standing there this morn- ing in the shadow flecked sunlight . The basket at her feet was a pink puff of bloom , but she turned away from its mass of musky fragrance and touched the ...
... leaves , since in them lay all its beauty . She was standing there this morn- ing in the shadow flecked sunlight . The basket at her feet was a pink puff of bloom , but she turned away from its mass of musky fragrance and touched the ...
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Page 243 - The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade or any other pretence whatever...
Page 244 - Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as well on situation and circumstance as on the object to be obtained. It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights which must be surrendered and those which may be reserved; and on the present occasion this difficulty was increased by a difference among the several States as to their situation, extent, habits, and particular interests.
Page 371 - Sound mind and memory, do make, publish and declare, this my last will and testament, in manner following, that is to say...
Page 520 - I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of His wrath. He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
Page 244 - That it will meet the full and entire approbation of every state is not perhaps to be expected ; but each will doubtless consider, that had her interest been alone consulted, the consequences might have been particularly disagreeable or injurious to others ; that it is liable to as few exceptions as could reasonably have been expected, we hope and believe ; that it may promote the lasting welfare of that country so dear to us all, and secure her freedom and happiness, is our most ardent wish...
Page 243 - We have now the honor to submit to the consideration of the United States in Congress assembled, that Constitution which has appeared to us the most advisable.
Page 282 - Unhappy it is, though, to reflect, that a brother's sword has been sheathed in a brother's breast, and that the once happy and peaceful plains of America are either to be drenched with blood, or inhabited by slaves. Sad alternative ! But can a virtuous man hesitate in his choice ? I am with sincere regard, and affectionate compliments to Mrs.
Page 689 - And now was acknowledged the presence of the Red Death. He had come like a thief in the night. And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall. And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.
Page 61 - ... that would never see us want what he either had, or could by any means get us; that would rather want than borrow, or starve than not pay; that loved actions more than words, and hated falsehood and cozenage worse than death; whose adventures were our lives, and whose loss our deaths.
Page 62 - You did promise Powhatan what was yours should bee his, and he the like to you; you called him father being in his land a stranger, and by the same reason so must I doe you...