The Atlantic Monthly, 6. köideAtlantic Monthly Company, 1860 |
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... ness , his dwelling - place , and the climate where he perpetuates his race , have at- tracted the profound attention of the greatest philosophers . To the rarefaction of the air at the equator , and the daily revolution of the earth ...
... ness , his dwelling - place , and the climate where he perpetuates his race , have at- tracted the profound attention of the greatest philosophers . To the rarefaction of the air at the equator , and the daily revolution of the earth ...
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... ness on the Susquehanna , where he found this cave , and used it for concealment and defence for some time , - how long , the tra- dition does not say . This region was then inhabited by a fierce tribe of Indians , who are described on ...
... ness on the Susquehanna , where he found this cave , and used it for concealment and defence for some time , - how long , the tra- dition does not say . This region was then inhabited by a fierce tribe of Indians , who are described on ...
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... ness of " Hunting a Pass . " To reach the valley of the Goascoran , on the ex- tent and character of which so much depended , it was necessary to go round the head of the Bay of La Union . For several miles our route coincided with that ...
... ness of " Hunting a Pass . " To reach the valley of the Goascoran , on the ex- tent and character of which so much depended , it was necessary to go round the head of the Bay of La Union . For several miles our route coincided with that ...
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... ness of the group . I burst into a roar of laughter , in which the Teniente could not resist joining , but which seemed to be in- comprehensible to the alguazil , whose face assumed an expression which I can only describe as that of ...
... ness of the group . I burst into a roar of laughter , in which the Teniente could not resist joining , but which seemed to be in- comprehensible to the alguazil , whose face assumed an expression which I can only describe as that of ...
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... ness , but which he evidently intended should be understood as but little lower than that of commander . A glass of brandy made him eloquent , and he took a position in the middle of the cabildo , and gave us an oration on the people of ...
... ness , but which he evidently intended should be understood as but little lower than that of commander . A glass of brandy made him eloquent , and he took a position in the middle of the cabildo , and gave us an oration on the people of ...
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Page 355 - They climb up into my turret O'er the arms and back of my chair; If I' try to escape, they surround me; They seem to be everywhere.
Page 355 - HOUR. BETWEEN the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the day's occupations, That is known as the Children's Hour.
Page 69 - Sit, worthy friends : — my lord is often thus, And hath been from his youth : pray you, keep seat ; The fit is momentary ; upon a...
Page 291 - With those that I saw suffer: a brave vessel, Who had, no doubt, some noble creature in her, Dash'd all to pieces.
Page 389 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Page 355 - I have you fast in my fortress, And will not let you depart, But put you down into the dungeon In the round-tower of my heart. And there will I keep you forever, Yes, forever and a day, Till the walls shall crumble to ruin, And moulder in dust away...
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Page 137 - She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love : A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye! Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky.
Page 355 - I hear in the chamber above me • The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet. From my study I see in the lamplight, Descending the broad hall stair, Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair. A whisper, and then a silence: Yet I know by their merry eyes They are plotting and planning together To take me by surprise.
Page 230 - I can entertain no doubt, after the most deliberate study and dispassionate judgment of which I am capable, that the view which most naturalists until recently entertained, and which I formerly entertained, namely, that each species has been independently created, is erroneous. I am fully convinced that species are not immutable...