American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 59Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1862 |
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Really , over this specimen of the daguerrean art any one would grow enthusithe scene is so true to nature , so life - like ; and it affords such a rare glimpse of connubial bliss and of suburban felicity . There is no mistaking the ...
Really , over this specimen of the daguerrean art any one would grow enthusithe scene is so true to nature , so life - like ; and it affords such a rare glimpse of connubial bliss and of suburban felicity . There is no mistaking the ...
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It is true that Roger Bacon , the learned friar , who died in 1292 , is believed to have been in the habit of using convex glasses to read with ; and it is known that Alexander di Spiner of Pisa , who lived at the same period , and who ...
It is true that Roger Bacon , the learned friar , who died in 1292 , is believed to have been in the habit of using convex glasses to read with ; and it is known that Alexander di Spiner of Pisa , who lived at the same period , and who ...
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There are women who feel a dithyrambic joy in house - cleaning , who revel in true Bacchante fashion among suds and scrubbing - brushes ; but I am not one of them . Whether it be the mental or physical stamina that are lacking , I can't ...
There are women who feel a dithyrambic joy in house - cleaning , who revel in true Bacchante fashion among suds and scrubbing - brushes ; but I am not one of them . Whether it be the mental or physical stamina that are lacking , I can't ...
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I regarded his advent with a little nervousness , since I had given him offence the year before by a skepticism — mildly expressed , ' t is true - concerning the perfection of his skill . He was a gigantic negro , and I was as a ...
I regarded his advent with a little nervousness , since I had given him offence the year before by a skepticism — mildly expressed , ' t is true - concerning the perfection of his skill . He was a gigantic negro , and I was as a ...
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... and faith , and hope , With all that widened the mental scope , And made us able with fortune to cope ; With Mary's smile and Madge's kiss , And hours full maddened with lawless bliss The heart's true summer – good - by to this !
... and faith , and hope , With all that widened the mental scope , And made us able with fortune to cope ; With Mary's smile and Madge's kiss , And hours full maddened with lawless bliss The heart's true summer – good - by to this !
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