American Monthly Knickerbocker, Band 30Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew, Kinahan Cornwallis 1847 |
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... things were left to take care of themselves , ' and pell - mell tumbled sick and well up the ladders to the spar ... thing where a foot - hold could be obtained crowded with human beings , clustered like swarming bees in mid - summer ...
... things were left to take care of themselves , ' and pell - mell tumbled sick and well up the ladders to the spar ... thing where a foot - hold could be obtained crowded with human beings , clustered like swarming bees in mid - summer ...
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... thing that could be brought to bear upon the enemy , were sent in and commenced blazing away ; a steady stream of fire , like the red glare of a volcano ! This state of things continued until sun - set , when the small vessels were ...
... thing that could be brought to bear upon the enemy , were sent in and commenced blazing away ; a steady stream of fire , like the red glare of a volcano ! This state of things continued until sun - set , when the small vessels were ...
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... thing is true , without proof of its truth , as when he says a thing is true which he knows to be false . Above all others , a minister should be truthful . He preaches the great truths of the Gospel , insists on their acceptance , and ...
... thing is true , without proof of its truth , as when he says a thing is true which he knows to be false . Above all others , a minister should be truthful . He preaches the great truths of the Gospel , insists on their acceptance , and ...
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... thing from the pulpit except falsehood . Even coarseness itself is the more acceptable . By the way , I recollect an instance of coarseness in the pulpit which at the time shocked me not a little . I am not over fastidious , but this ...
... thing from the pulpit except falsehood . Even coarseness itself is the more acceptable . By the way , I recollect an instance of coarseness in the pulpit which at the time shocked me not a little . I am not over fastidious , but this ...
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... thing in your sermons hereafter , and be a little careful not to draw conclusions hastily . ' ' You are right ... thing is true , without proof of its truth , as when he says a thing is true which he knows to be false . Above all others ...
... thing in your sermons hereafter , and be a little careful not to draw conclusions hastily . ' ' You are right ... thing is true , without proof of its truth , as when he says a thing is true which he knows to be false . Above all others ...
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Seite 87 - And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead?
Seite 310 - I call therefore a complete and generous Education that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully and magnanimously all the offices both private and public of peace and war.
Seite 87 - And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
Seite 324 - One part of his dress only remains, but it is too remarkable to be suppressed; it was a brass ring, resembling a dog's collar, but without any opening, and soldered fast round his neck, so loose as to form no impediment to his breathing, yet so tight as to be incapable of being removed, excepting by the use of the file. On this singular gorget was engraved in Saxon characters, an inscription of the following purport:—" Gurth, the son of Beowulph, is the born thrall of Cedric of Rotherwood.
Seite 325 - Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No; Men, high-minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain ; These constitute a State; And sovereign law, that State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.
Seite 273 - ... defiance to the giddy wheel of fortune. She doth all things with so sweet a grace, it seems ignorance will not suffer her to do ill, being her mind is to do well.
Seite 17 - For league after league, a plain as level as a lake was outspread beneath us ; here and there the Platte, divided into a dozen thread-like sluices, was traversing it, and an occasional clump of wood, rising in the midst like a shadowy island, relieved the monotony of the waste. No living thing was moving throughout the vast landscape, except the lizards that darted over the sand and through the rank grass and prickly pears at our feet.
Seite 8 - Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
Seite 210 - ... and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below"; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly, it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Seite 77 - ... motion, shouldering each other along at a clumsy gallop. We followed, spurring our horses to full speed; and as the herd rushed, crowding and trampling in terror through an opening in the hills, we were close at their heels, half suffocated by the clouds of dust. But as we drew near, their alarm and speed increased; our horses...