The National Magazine, Volume 12Abel Stevens, James Floy Carlton & Phillips, 1858 |
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... heard me call : Gramercy ! they for joy did grin , And all at once their breath drew in , As they were drinking all . " See ! see ! ( I cried , ) she tacks no more ! Hither to work us weal ; Without a breeze , without a tide , She ...
... heard me call : Gramercy ! they for joy did grin , And all at once their breath drew in , As they were drinking all . " See ! see ! ( I cried , ) she tacks no more ! Hither to work us weal ; Without a breeze , without a tide , She ...
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... heard nor sigh nor groan , ) With heavy thump , a lifeless lump , They dropp'd down one by one . " The souls did from their bodies fly , They fled to bliss or woe ! And every soul , it pass'd me by , Like the whizz of my cross - bow ...
... heard nor sigh nor groan , ) With heavy thump , a lifeless lump , They dropp'd down one by one . " The souls did from their bodies fly , They fled to bliss or woe ! And every soul , it pass'd me by , Like the whizz of my cross - bow ...
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... heard distinctly his father's voice in the room above inquiring for him , but he was threatened that if he spoke or made the least noise to acquaint the party of his place of concealment , that he should be instantly killed . There was ...
... heard distinctly his father's voice in the room above inquiring for him , but he was threatened that if he spoke or made the least noise to acquaint the party of his place of concealment , that he should be instantly killed . There was ...
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... heard distinctly his father's voice in the room above inquiring for him , but he was threatened that if he spoke or made the least noise to acquaint the party of his place of concealment , that he should be instantly killed . There was ...
... heard distinctly his father's voice in the room above inquiring for him , but he was threatened that if he spoke or made the least noise to acquaint the party of his place of concealment , that he should be instantly killed . There was ...
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... heard the tumult in the house , not knowing into whose hands he might now fall , and was so frightened and confused that he shouted lustily , " God save the king . " The parties connected with this affair at Guntown were tried ; one was ...
... heard the tumult in the house , not knowing into whose hands he might now fall , and was so frightened and confused that he shouted lustily , " God save the king . " The parties connected with this affair at Guntown were tried ; one was ...
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Page 415 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 424 - See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
Page 124 - It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Page 150 - The upper air burst into life, And a hundred fire-flags sheen, To and fro they were hurried about ; And to and fro, and in and out The wan stars danced between.
Page 157 - THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms. Loud from its rocky caverns, the deep-voiced neighboring ocean Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest.
Page 149 - The many men so beautiful! And they all dead did lie: And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on; and so did I.
Page 151 - If he may know which way to go; For she guides him smooth or grim. See, brother, see! how graciously She looketh down on him. FIRST VOICE But why drives on that ship so fast, Without or wave or wind?
Page 174 - there is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance.
Page 154 - O sweeter than the marriage-feast, Tis sweeter far to me, To walk together to the kirk With a goodly company! — To walk together to the kirk, And all together pray, While each to his great Father bends, Old men, and babes, and loving friends, And youths and maidens gay!
Page 3 - He holds him with his glittering eye — The Wedding-Guest stood still, And listens like a three years' child: The Mariner hath his will.