The Metropolitan, Volume 36James Cochrane, 1843 |
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... march , pointing to heaven - an invocation and an admonition . Still on the invader passed - came ra- ther ; pass he did not ; for as he came , down upon him in that narrow way , down upon his serried files , from the ambuscade above ...
... march , pointing to heaven - an invocation and an admonition . Still on the invader passed - came ra- ther ; pass he did not ; for as he came , down upon him in that narrow way , down upon his serried files , from the ambuscade above ...
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... march of life is it . From Hofer , in his heroism , to the humblest man that wrestles against fortune , in the resolute resistance , the awakened will , the constant purpose , and the onward aim , are , in the end , the victory and the ...
... march of life is it . From Hofer , in his heroism , to the humblest man that wrestles against fortune , in the resolute resistance , the awakened will , the constant purpose , and the onward aim , are , in the end , the victory and the ...
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... March 28th . HAVING already been in the seven - hilled city - the capital of the anciently known world- " CAPUT ORBIS TERRARUM " -for above two months , and having seen so much ancient and modern , that I find it a difficult task to ...
... March 28th . HAVING already been in the seven - hilled city - the capital of the anciently known world- " CAPUT ORBIS TERRARUM " -for above two months , and having seen so much ancient and modern , that I find it a difficult task to ...
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... march of intellect retrograde- the tables are turned , he would rank with the great neglected , or flatters himself he has been beat in a conflict - he's a perpetual mono- dist , and a dismal tune he sings to , the screech - owl's ...
... march of intellect retrograde- the tables are turned , he would rank with the great neglected , or flatters himself he has been beat in a conflict - he's a perpetual mono- dist , and a dismal tune he sings to , the screech - owl's ...
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... March the judges , at the close of the spring circuit , made their entry into Gloucester . Great was the excitement in the old town when the day was fixed for Mary Palmer's trial . Broadsides and ballads were cried about the streets in ...
... March the judges , at the close of the spring circuit , made their entry into Gloucester . Great was the excitement in the old town when the day was fixed for Mary Palmer's trial . Broadsides and ballads were cried about the streets in ...
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Page 115 - PRACTICAL MERCANTILE CORRESPONDENCE. A Collection of Modern Letters of Business, with Notes, Critical and Explanatory, and an Appendix, containing a Dictionary of Commercial Technicalities, pro forma Invoices, Account Sales, Bills of Lading, and Bills of Exchange ; also an Explanation of the German Chain Rule.
Page 319 - ... the appellation of benevolence, these actions have been performed in so free and so kind a manner, that if I was dry I drank the sweet draught, and if hungry ate the coarse morsel, with a double relish.
Page 80 - ... when such a man would speak, his words, like so many nimble and airy servitors, trip about him at command, and in well ordered files, as he would wish, fall aptly into their own places.
Page 54 - Ah me! for aught that ever I could read. Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth: But, either it was different in blood; Her.
Page 254 - twas, but it express'd her fortune, And she died singing it : that song to-night Will not go from my mind ; I have much to do, But to go hang my head all at one side, And sing it like poor Barbara.
Page 320 - The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her. She will do him good, and not evil, all the days of her life.
Page 7 - that the Christian religion should become universal amongst us. I look at the wisdom of these worshippers of Jehovah, and see how superior they are to us in every respect. Their ships are like floating houses, so that they can traverse the tempest-driven ocean for months with perfect safety...
Page 318 - There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.
Page 101 - On these thy spirit loved to dwell Untainted by the world's control. My brother, those were happy days When thou and I were children yet ; How fondly memory still surveys Those scenes the heart can ne'er forget...
Page 319 - I never addressed myself in the language of decency and friendship to a woman, whether civilized or savage, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise. In wandering over the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark, through honest Sweden, frozen Lapland, rude and...