The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 59Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1862 |
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... who with his original scowl , aboriginal visage , and unaboriginal ' imperial ' and side - whiskers , looks like positively the last of the noble Mohican family , succumbing gloomily to the inflexible sway of the tailor and barber ...
... who with his original scowl , aboriginal visage , and unaboriginal ' imperial ' and side - whiskers , looks like positively the last of the noble Mohican family , succumbing gloomily to the inflexible sway of the tailor and barber ...
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... and two rills of gold of questionable chastity , we are sorry to think , rise on either side of her slender , if not graceful neck , and meander gently downward to her fragile waist , and there are lost sight of at her watchpocket .
... and two rills of gold of questionable chastity , we are sorry to think , rise on either side of her slender , if not graceful neck , and meander gently downward to her fragile waist , and there are lost sight of at her watchpocket .
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... and his body is neatly balanced by his left hand , which rests gracefully and lightly on the verge of a table by his side ; in his right hand are a pair of kid gloves , and the ivory - headed and classical caduceus of the gentleman ...
... and his body is neatly balanced by his left hand , which rests gracefully and lightly on the verge of a table by his side ; in his right hand are a pair of kid gloves , and the ivory - headed and classical caduceus of the gentleman ...
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Of the sarcasms touching Berlin , and the Spree , ( the little river on which Berlin is situated , ) we find this : ' It dives in like a swan in order to come out on the other side like a swine . ' Among the most interesting literary ...
Of the sarcasms touching Berlin , and the Spree , ( the little river on which Berlin is situated , ) we find this : ' It dives in like a swan in order to come out on the other side like a swine . ' Among the most interesting literary ...
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Tradition says , the children of Israel , during their wanderings , set fire to a forest which grew upon a hill - side , and that the nitre and silica which chanced to be present were fused together and ran down the hill in the form of ...
Tradition says , the children of Israel , during their wanderings , set fire to a forest which grew upon a hill - side , and that the nitre and silica which chanced to be present were fused together and ran down the hill in the form of ...
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| Title | The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 59 The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Charles Fenno Hoffman |
| Editors | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew |
| Published | 1862 |
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