The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 1Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1833 - American periodicals |
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Didst thou never read , my son , ” said the ancient , shaking his head , “ of a
usage they have in the Nicobar islands , when they wish to get rid of a restless
spirit , of provisioning a little raft for a few days , towing it out to sea , and turning
the frail ...
Didst thou never read , my son , ” said the ancient , shaking his head , “ of a
usage they have in the Nicobar islands , when they wish to get rid of a restless
spirit , of provisioning a little raft for a few days , towing it out to sea , and turning
the frail ...
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That such a measure is now actually pending in negotiation between these two
great nations , with a likelihood of success , will scarcely perhaps be believed in
this country , but every patriot , understanding the subject , must cordially wish
that ...
That such a measure is now actually pending in negotiation between these two
great nations , with a likelihood of success , will scarcely perhaps be believed in
this country , but every patriot , understanding the subject , must cordially wish
that ...
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... of the doctor and his tempter are faithful to the ancient letter . The devil is “
proportioned as one's heart could wish a ” devilhis cloven foot is not forgotten ,
and the superstitions of the 11 magic powers of the number three , and of the 34 [
Jan.
... of the doctor and his tempter are faithful to the ancient letter . The devil is “
proportioned as one's heart could wish a ” devilhis cloven foot is not forgotten ,
and the superstitions of the 11 magic powers of the number three , and of the 34 [
Jan.
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They who are ignorant and wish to be witty on this subject , may be witty if they
can , or failing that , they may resort to the old story of the emperor who thought
the German a fit language for his horse - fitter no doubt than for himself . But the ...
They who are ignorant and wish to be witty on this subject , may be witty if they
can , or failing that , they may resort to the old story of the emperor who thought
the German a fit language for his horse - fitter no doubt than for himself . But the ...
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We like “ LJON " so much as to wish to keep him for the present in our menag .
erie , but as yet do not know what use to make of him . Hogan Mogan's “ Vision "
is received . But Hogan Mogan has forgotten that though a man may dream when
...
We like “ LJON " so much as to wish to keep him for the present in our menag .
erie , but as yet do not know what use to make of him . Hogan Mogan's “ Vision "
is received . But Hogan Mogan has forgotten that though a man may dream when
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p. 163-177 (cont in next volume-look for it) Story of a Student Stapps (1833);
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Page 210 - For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Page 209 - And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. It shall not be quenched night nor day : the smoke thereof shall go up for ever : from generation to generation it shall lie waste : none shall pass through it for ever and ever...
Page 209 - Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
Page 209 - Chaldees" excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there ; but wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures ; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Page 333 - While you are engaged in the field, many will repair to the closet, many to the sanctuary; the faithful of every name will employ that prayer which has power with God; the feeble hands which are unequal to any other weapon, will grasp the sword of the Spirit; and from myriads of humble, contrite hearts, the voice of intercession, supplication, and weeping, will mingle in its ascent to heaven with the shouts of battle and the shock of arms.
Page 210 - Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Page 105 - YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied by the morrow ; attend to the history of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia.
Page 210 - O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
Page 333 - ... in eternal gloom. It is not necessary to await your determination. In the solicitude you feel to approve yourselves worthy of such a trust, every thought of what is afflicting in warfare, every apprehension of danger must vanish, and you are impatient to mingle in the battle of the civilized world.
Page 275 - What a singular destiny has been that of this remarkable man! To be regarded in his own age as a classic, and in ours as a companion. To receive from his contemporaries that full homage which men of genius have in general received only from posterity 1 To be more intimately known to posterity than other men are known to their contemporaries!