American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volumen38Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew 1851 |
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... head of their armies , seldom had any permanent fixed residence , worthy of the name of palace . Mahomet the Second , who conquered Constantinople from the degenerate Greeks , may , for some time after his entrance into the city of ...
... head of their armies , seldom had any permanent fixed residence , worthy of the name of palace . Mahomet the Second , who conquered Constantinople from the degenerate Greeks , may , for some time after his entrance into the city of ...
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... head of the government , he may exercise unlimited power : few checks exist to preserve the lives and property of his subjects against an influence which he might exercise over them . His ancestors conquered the country , and subjugated ...
... head of the government , he may exercise unlimited power : few checks exist to preserve the lives and property of his subjects against an influence which he might exercise over them . His ancestors conquered the country , and subjugated ...
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... head , And Want wear looks and weeds of sadness , Where has boasted Friendship fled ? As unsubstantial shadows follow Moving forms in sunny days , Side by side , smooth flatterers hollow Wait on knaves , and sing their praise . VI . Men ...
... head , And Want wear looks and weeds of sadness , Where has boasted Friendship fled ? As unsubstantial shadows follow Moving forms in sunny days , Side by side , smooth flatterers hollow Wait on knaves , and sing their praise . VI . Men ...
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... head and glare for a moment at me with his sparkling eyes , and then glide away at a lazy pace , as if angry at the disturbance , but as though think- ing himself not likely to gain any laurels by an encounter with the knotted club I ...
... head and glare for a moment at me with his sparkling eyes , and then glide away at a lazy pace , as if angry at the disturbance , but as though think- ing himself not likely to gain any laurels by an encounter with the knotted club I ...
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... head slowly and abstractedly . He had evidently not heard a word of our conversation , nor was he aware of the young girl's presence ; but as he rose , he fixed his eyes deeply and earn- estly upon her own , exclaiming in Russian ...
... head slowly and abstractedly . He had evidently not heard a word of our conversation , nor was he aware of the young girl's presence ; but as he rose , he fixed his eyes deeply and earn- estly upon her own , exclaiming in Russian ...
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Página 640 - I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow, The rest is all but leather or prunella.
Página 199 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice ; To be imprisoned in the viewless winds, And blown with restless violence round about The pendent world...
Página 193 - I have the honor to assure your Majesty of their unanimous disposition and 'desire to cultivate the most friendly and liberal intercourse between your Majesty's subjects and their citizens, and of their best wishes for your Majesty's health and happiness, and for that of your royal family.
Página 204 - IN the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress, And when I my sins confess, Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! When I lie within my bed, Sick in heart and sick in head, And with doubts discomforted, Sweet Spirit, comfort me...
Página 204 - If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ; yea, if I prefer not Jerusalem in my mirth.
Página 193 - The King replied, as quick as lightning, "an honest man will never have any other." The King then said a word or two to the secretary of state, which, being between them, I did not hear, and then turned round and bowed to me, as is customary with all kings and princes when they give the signal to retire. I retreated, stepping...
Página 193 - The king then asked me, whether I came last from France ? and upon my answering in the affirmative, he put on an air of familiarity ; and, smiling, or rather laughing, said, " There is an opinion among some people, that you are not the most attached of all your countrymen to the manners of France.
Página 198 - Slow melting strains their Queen's approach declare : Where'er she turns the Graces homage pay. With arms sublime, that float upon the air, In gliding state she wins her easy way : O'er her warm cheek, and rising bosom, move The bloom of young Desire, and purple light of Love.
Página 169 - ... Races of inferior energy have possessed a power of expansion and assimilation to which he is a stranger; and it is this fixed and rigid quality which has proved his ruin. He will not learn the arts of civilization, and he and his forest must perish together. The stern, unchanging features of his mind excite our admiration, from their very immutability; and we look with deep interest on the fate of this irreclaimable son of the wilderness, the child who will not be weaned from the breast of his...
Página 180 - With tears of thoughtful gratitude. My thoughts are with the Dead; with them I live in long-past years, Their virtues love, their faults condemn, Partake their hopes and fears, And from their lessons seek and find Instruction with an humble mind. My hopes are with the Dead; anon My place with them will be, And I with them shall travel on Through all Futurity; Yet leaving here a name, I trust, That will not perish in the dust.