The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review, Volume 1H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley H. Bigelow, Esq., editor and proprietor, 1817 - American literature |
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... miles , principally on horseback . As it is fully written out , and ready for the press , we hope it will soon be given to the world . ' President Dwight's powers of con- versation are well known : thousands in his country , and not a ...
... miles , principally on horseback . As it is fully written out , and ready for the press , we hope it will soon be given to the world . ' President Dwight's powers of con- versation are well known : thousands in his country , and not a ...
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... miles , en- from that circumstance , to inspire the tirely naked , and wasted to the bone reader with greater confidence in the with hunger , thirst , and every species of truth of the story , than if recourse had suffering . been had ...
... miles , en- from that circumstance , to inspire the tirely naked , and wasted to the bone reader with greater confidence in the with hunger , thirst , and every species of truth of the story , than if recourse had suffering . been had ...
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... miles from the city in a deep val- town ; which must contain nearly as ley , and the negroes do not molest many people as there are altogether in them they bring their merchandise Swearah . " near the walls of the city , where the in ...
... miles from the city in a deep val- town ; which must contain nearly as ley , and the negroes do not molest many people as there are altogether in them they bring their merchandise Swearah . " near the walls of the city , where the in ...
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... miles a day , which own observations ) than the surrounding is the least we can give them with so country , and consequently that its strong a current ; it makes a distance whole surface is much higher than the from hence to the sea of ...
... miles a day , which own observations ) than the surrounding is the least we can give them with so country , and consequently that its strong a current ; it makes a distance whole surface is much higher than the from hence to the sea of ...
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... mile of the heads of General Washing- Jersey at some point east of the Rari- ton's first official letter , dated at Cam- ton , and perhaps at Perackness . The bridge , July 10th , 1775 , to the Presi- General was just mounting his horse ...
... mile of the heads of General Washing- Jersey at some point east of the Rari- ton's first official letter , dated at Cam- ton , and perhaps at Perackness . The bridge , July 10th , 1775 , to the Presi- General was just mounting his horse ...
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Page 10 - At intervals, some bird from out the brakes Starts into voice a moment, then is still. There seems a floating whisper on the hill, But that is fancy, for the starlight dews All silently their tears of love instil, Weeping themselves away, till they infuse Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues.
Page 296 - No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Page 296 - We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him.
Page 296 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak around him.
Page 296 - Oh ! when a Mother meets on high The Babe she lost in infancy, Hath she not then, for pains and fears, The day of woe, the watchful night, For all her sorrow, all her tears, An over-payment of delight...
Page 349 - Nor look'd upon the earth with human eyes ; The thirst of their ambition was not mine, The aim of their existence was not mine ; My joys, my griefs, my passions, and my powers, Made me a stranger ; though I wore the form, I had no sympathy with breathing flesh, Nor midst the creatures of clay that girded me Was there but one who but of her anon.
Page 9 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet But hark!
Page 296 - Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.
Page 349 - Or to look, list'ning, on the scattered leaves, While Autumn winds were at their evening song. These were my pastimes, and to be alone ; For if the beings, of whom I was one, — Hating to be so, — cross'd me in my path, I felt myself degraded back to them, And was all clay again.
Page 422 - I stoop not to despair; For I have battled with mine agony, And made me wings wherewith to overfly The narrow circus of my dungeon wall...