The Literary Emporium, Volumes 3-4J.K. Wellman, 1846 - American literature |
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... bright associates . Shall we undertake to describe the distress of the family who lost in Mr. W. an invaluable blessing ? It would be useless , for whose conceptions are so vivid - whose pen is so ready , as to pour- tray the feeling ...
... bright associates . Shall we undertake to describe the distress of the family who lost in Mr. W. an invaluable blessing ? It would be useless , for whose conceptions are so vivid - whose pen is so ready , as to pour- tray the feeling ...
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... bright , On the jewelled crown of night- All whereon the eye can rest , Shows it legibly imprest . All things earthly , like a dream , Pass , and are not what they seem ; O'er their features , while we gaze , Swiftly sweeps some varying ...
... bright , On the jewelled crown of night- All whereon the eye can rest , Shows it legibly imprest . All things earthly , like a dream , Pass , and are not what they seem ; O'er their features , while we gaze , Swiftly sweeps some varying ...
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... bright and holy fountain of certain thought and elevated feeling , flows the stream of just and beneficent action . Flowing over the same , from a perennial spring , it diffuses life and beauty along its borders . But action ...
... bright and holy fountain of certain thought and elevated feeling , flows the stream of just and beneficent action . Flowing over the same , from a perennial spring , it diffuses life and beauty along its borders . But action ...
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... bright , The regions of eternal day . Translated to thy native sphere , Where pure and kindred spirits shine , Though nature claims the falling tear , O ! it were sinful to repine . On earth we miss one priceless gem , But hope , this ...
... bright , The regions of eternal day . Translated to thy native sphere , Where pure and kindred spirits shine , Though nature claims the falling tear , O ! it were sinful to repine . On earth we miss one priceless gem , But hope , this ...
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... that solemn night of the na- tions , asking for help , or wandering they knew not whither , they gladly turned to the bright star that came forth from the bosom of darkness to bless and guide them . And as the 56 The Mind .
... that solemn night of the na- tions , asking for help , or wandering they knew not whither , they gladly turned to the bright star that came forth from the bosom of darkness to bless and guide them . And as the 56 The Mind .
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Page 1 - And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. 18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons
Page 351 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep Sea, and music in its roar...
Page 2 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 104 - Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.
Page 7 - And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
Page 2 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Page 292 - Brother! We do not understand these things. We are told that your religion was given to your forefathers, and has been handed down from father to son. We also have a religion which was given to our forefathers, and has been handed down to us their children. We worship that way. It teaches us to be thankful for all the favors we receive, to love each other, and to be united. We never quarrel about religion.
Page 373 - A blank, my lord. She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought And with a green and yellow melancholy She sat, like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
Page 75 - And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again ; as it is also written in the second Psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
Page 1 - And of every living thing of all flesh two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark to keep them alive with thee ; they shall be male and female.