Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 16. köideHarper's Magazine Company, 1858 |
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... Poor " were here , might not and radiant with fine intellectual expression . this vast swarm of people , this sea of human The tears stood in his eyes as he expressed the cares and passions and sufferings , this chaos of disappointment ...
... Poor " were here , might not and radiant with fine intellectual expression . this vast swarm of people , this sea of human The tears stood in his eyes as he expressed the cares and passions and sufferings , this chaos of disappointment ...
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... poor knowledge of these coun- tries and their inhabitants would be of any serv- ice , said the gallant Bombshell , bowing and twirling his huge mustache with a smile , he begged that the ladies would command him . The captain was a ...
... poor knowledge of these coun- tries and their inhabitants would be of any serv- ice , said the gallant Bombshell , bowing and twirling his huge mustache with a smile , he begged that the ladies would command him . The captain was a ...
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... poor ; and how she had sacrificed her own pleasures for the sake of prolonging his collegiate edu- cation . Secluded as I was from the gentle in- fluences of female society , these conversations produced a profound impression upon my ...
... poor ; and how she had sacrificed her own pleasures for the sake of prolonging his collegiate edu- cation . Secluded as I was from the gentle in- fluences of female society , these conversations produced a profound impression upon my ...
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... poor , poor Whittles , now cold in his grave ! " . - a speech usually followed by a long silence , and a mur- muring round the table of the words , " Poor , poor Whittles ! " In the summer of 1830 , being then at the ripe age of five ...
... poor , poor Whittles , now cold in his grave ! " . - a speech usually followed by a long silence , and a mur- muring round the table of the words , " Poor , poor Whittles ! " In the summer of 1830 , being then at the ripe age of five ...
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... poor , poor Whittles , now ( luckily ) cold in his grave . " OUR DAUGHTERS . OUR daughters - what is to be their lot in life ? Our misgiv- This is a question that thousands of parents are now asking with peculiar solicitude . In one ...
... poor , poor Whittles , now ( luckily ) cold in his grave . " OUR DAUGHTERS . OUR daughters - what is to be their lot in life ? Our misgiv- This is a question that thousands of parents are now asking with peculiar solicitude . In one ...
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Page 10 - His brow was sad ; his eye beneath, Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior...
Page 14 - We know the forest round us, As seamen know the sea; We know its walls of thorny vines. Its glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Woe to the English soldiery That little dread us near! On them shall light at midnight A strange and sudden fear; . When, waking to their tents on fire They grasp their arms in vain, And they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again...
Page 2 - As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle mount to the sky, So up to the housetop the coursers they flew, With a sleigh full of toys — and St.
Page 11 - Maud forgot her brier-torn gown, And her graceful ankles bare and brown; And listened, while a pleased surprise Looked from her long-lashed hazel eyes. At last, like one who for delay Seeks a vain excuse, he rode away. Maud Muller looked and sighed: "Ah me! That I the Judge's bride might be! "He would dress me up in silks so fine, And praise and toast me at his wine.
Page 12 - But care and sorrow, and childbirth pain, Left their traces on heart and brain. And oft, when the summer sun shone hot On the new-mown hay in the meadow lot, And...
Page 11 - A wish, that she hardly dared to own, For something better than she had known. The Judge rode slowly down the lane, Smoothing his horse's chestnut mane. He drew his bridle in the shade Of the apple-trees, to greet the maid, And ask a draught from the spring that flowed Through the meadow across the road.
Page 1 - Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse ; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there...
Page 2 - And mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap — When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.
Page 14 - Wo talk the battle over, And share the battle's spoil. The woodland rings with laugh and shout. As if a hunt were up, And woodland flowers are gathered To crown the soldier's cup. With merry songs we mock the wind That in the pine-top grieves, And slumber long and sweetly On beds of oaken leaves.
Page 12 - ... cold, And his mother, vain of her rank and gold. So, closing his heart, the Judge rode on, And Maud was left in the field alone. *" But the lawyers smiled that afternoon, When he hummed in court an old lovetune; And the young girl mused beside the well Till the rain on the unraked clover fell.