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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Not to speak of the two former , Kinkel took a violent part in the revolution of 1848 , which threatened to shake the Prussian throne . Captured by Prussian troops , in Baden , in 1849 , he was liable to the punishment of death ...
Not to speak of the two former , Kinkel took a violent part in the revolution of 1848 , which threatened to shake the Prussian throne . Captured by Prussian troops , in Baden , in 1849 , he was liable to the punishment of death ...
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Brutus says of Coriolanus : ' All tongues speak of him , and the bleared sights are spectacled to see him . ' This must be considered one of Shakspeare's convenient anachronisms . It is quite as likely that the Romans used spectacles as ...
Brutus says of Coriolanus : ' All tongues speak of him , and the bleared sights are spectacled to see him . ' This must be considered one of Shakspeare's convenient anachronisms . It is quite as likely that the Romans used spectacles as ...
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I am not aware whether fresh or salt water has the honor of giving it birth ; its ori . gin , its orthography , its habits , are all unknown to me ; but of its flavor and consistence I can speak authoritatively .
I am not aware whether fresh or salt water has the honor of giving it birth ; its ori . gin , its orthography , its habits , are all unknown to me ; but of its flavor and consistence I can speak authoritatively .
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I'll speak aloud and dispel this foolish terror . In a clear voice I exclaimed : u ? ' My words rang in echoes through the house , and , merciful heavens ! what horror crept over me as this answer came , I could not tell from where .
I'll speak aloud and dispel this foolish terror . In a clear voice I exclaimed : u ? ' My words rang in echoes through the house , and , merciful heavens ! what horror crept over me as this answer came , I could not tell from where .
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Summers ago , in a half - affright , I shrank away from their piercing sight , Even as I am shrinking to - night . Summers ago , they bade me do Something I missed , if I ever knew ; And they speak the same to - night , in the blue .
Summers ago , in a half - affright , I shrank away from their piercing sight , Even as I am shrinking to - night . Summers ago , they bade me do Something I missed , if I ever knew ; And they speak the same to - night , in the blue .
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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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