The Southern literary messenger, Volume 131847 |
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... leave in it a would have advanced in different ages , and perhaps clear outline of the course of events on which it the consequences at this day would have been wholly And we hope that it may be greatly instru- different from what they ...
... leave in it a would have advanced in different ages , and perhaps clear outline of the course of events on which it the consequences at this day would have been wholly And we hope that it may be greatly instru- different from what they ...
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... leave your dear stone mug ; you Leave all the folks , and all the Ale ? " I do not know that the following characteristic and most engaging tale has ever been published in America . A sin- gle copy , dated 1800 , and elegantly printed ...
... leave your dear stone mug ; you Leave all the folks , and all the Ale ? " I do not know that the following characteristic and most engaging tale has ever been published in America . A sin- gle copy , dated 1800 , and elegantly printed ...
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... leave the Scottish weaver , Thom , to Scottish eulogium , and to rescue from oblivion the performances of as brave a man as Maryland ever gave to the nation ? [ See Note . ] Hon . J. P. Kennedy , of Baltimore . saying , Note . The ...
... leave the Scottish weaver , Thom , to Scottish eulogium , and to rescue from oblivion the performances of as brave a man as Maryland ever gave to the nation ? [ See Note . ] Hon . J. P. Kennedy , of Baltimore . saying , Note . The ...
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... leave him to himself . Meanwhile , Traverse seated himself at his wri - whom he had loved for her very weakness ... leaves as the fierce blast sweeps from the rest , and laying it on the desk before him , by , yet rises unbroken in its ...
... leave him to himself . Meanwhile , Traverse seated himself at his wri - whom he had loved for her very weakness ... leaves as the fierce blast sweeps from the rest , and laying it on the desk before him , by , yet rises unbroken in its ...
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... leave Rome to - morrow , and I should like to hear the vesper service once more in St. Peter's before we go ; let us hasten there , for the hour is already striking and we shall be late . " but most remarkable of all were the eyes ...
... leave Rome to - morrow , and I should like to hear the vesper service once more in St. Peter's before we go ; let us hasten there , for the hour is already striking and we shall be late . " but most remarkable of all were the eyes ...
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Page 298 - A made a finer end, and went away an it had been any christom child. A parted even just between twelve and one, even at the turning o' the tide. For after I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers, and smile upon his fingers...
Page 415 - BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Page 161 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face ; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
Page 160 - But midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess, And roam along, the world's tired denizen, With none who bless us, none whom we can bless; Minions of splendour shrinking from distress!
Page 64 - Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men...
Page 407 - Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
Page 202 - I that was wont to behold her riding like Alexander, hunting like Diana, walking like Venus, the gentle wind blowing her fair hair about her pure cheeks, like a nymph; sometime sitting in the shade like a Goddess; sometime singing like an angel; sometime playing like Orpheus. Behold the sorrow of this world! Once amiss, hath bereaved me of all.
Page 64 - There's freedom at thy gates and rest For Earth's down-trodden and opprest, A shelter for the hunted head, For the starved laborer toil and bread. Power, at thy bounds, Stops and calls back his baffled hounds.
Page 161 - And through their lucid veil his softened force Shed o'er the peaceful world. Then is the time For those whom wisdom and whom nature charm To steal themselves from the degenerate crowd, And soar above this little scene of things ; To tread low-thoughted vice beneath their feet, To soothe the throbbing passions into peace, And woo lone quiet in her silent walks.
Page 64 - Ay, let them rail, those haughty ones. While safe thou dwellest with thy sons, They do not know how loved thou art, How many a fond and fearless heart Would rise to throw Its life between thee and the foe.