Country Margins and Rambles of a JournalistJ. C. Derby, 1855 - 356 páginas |
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Country Margins and Rambles of a Journalist Samuel H. Hammond,Lewis William Mansfield Vista completa - 1855 |
Country Margins and Rambles of a Journalist Samuel H. Hammond,Lewis William Mansfield Vista completa - 1855 |
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Página 283 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Página 77 - Say, shall we yield Him, in costly devotion, Odors of Edom and offerings Divine, Gems of the mountain and pearls of the ocean, Myrrh from the forest, or gold from the mine?
Página 77 - Say, shall we yield Him, in costly devotion, Odours of Edom, and offerings divine, Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean, Myrrh from the forest...
Página 141 - I sit among the leaves here, When evening zephyrs sigh, And those that listen to my voice I love to mystify. I never tell them all I know, Altho' I 'm often hid, I laugh at curiosity, And chirrup Katy did.
Página 141 - But never fear me, gentle one, nor waste a thought or tear, Lest I should whisper what I heard in any mortal ear; I only sport among the boughs, and, like a spirit hid, I think on what I saw and heard, and laugh out
Página 65 - ... superior was a surer passport still to his affections. On a Christmas day, long ago, when we were younger by many, many years, than we are now, we went to a gathering, known among the border villages as a shooting match. Turkeys were the prizes contended for. A plank was placed at some five and twenty rods distance, with a hole in it, through which was thrust the head of the turkey, while his body was secured behind it. At this mark the sportsmen fired. If blood was drawn, the marksman was entitled...
Página ii - Clerk's office of the District Court of the United Stales for the Southern District of New York.
Página 118 - O, so lovely and so loving. The Saviour clasped him in his arms, and spoke words of endearment, assuring him that he would be ever with him ; would never forsake him, but love him freely, as the bridegroom loves the bride, and cherish him as his beloved forever. He awoke, and behold it was a dream, and yet not all a dream.
Página 152 - God of hosts, heaven and earth " are full of the majesty of thy glory...
Página 185 - blind man's buff," or " pussy wants a corner," or " hurly burly," or any of the games with which childhood disports itself. How blank their age must have been, wherein no memories of early youth came welling up in their hearts, no visions of childhood floating back from the long past, no mother's voice chanting a lullaby to the ear of fancy in the still hours of the night, no father's words of kindness speaking from the churchyard where he sleeps. Adam and Eve, and they alone, of all the countless...
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Keeping Hearth and Home in Old Colorado: A Practical Primer for Daily Living Carol Padgett Sin vista previa disponible - 2002 |