The Literary Emporium, Volumes 3-4J.K. Wellman, 1846 - American literature |
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... manner . But how uncertain are all human calculations ! How easily may the foundations of our joy be swept away from us ! When the war of the Revolution had com- menced - when the united force of the lovers of Freedom flocked to the ...
... manner . But how uncertain are all human calculations ! How easily may the foundations of our joy be swept away from us ! When the war of the Revolution had com- menced - when the united force of the lovers of Freedom flocked to the ...
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... manners ; nor a well dressed head for quality ; nor a fashionable coat for an estate ; servile cringing for true love ; nor a smooth tongue for sense . Above all , do not mis- take wit for wisdom ; but cast a tender eye on him who has ...
... manners ; nor a well dressed head for quality ; nor a fashionable coat for an estate ; servile cringing for true love ; nor a smooth tongue for sense . Above all , do not mis- take wit for wisdom ; but cast a tender eye on him who has ...
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... manner even still more wonderful ; and scenes , deeds , and beings , which never existed , are called up in long and harmonious succession , invested with all the characters of truth , and all the vividness of present ex- istence . The ...
... manner even still more wonderful ; and scenes , deeds , and beings , which never existed , are called up in long and harmonious succession , invested with all the characters of truth , and all the vividness of present ex- istence . The ...
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... manner . Only moral greatness is truly sublime . The gladiator may discipline his sinews , and almost compete in strength even , with his maddened adversary . And there are modern as well as ancient names , which awaken pity , if not ...
... manner . Only moral greatness is truly sublime . The gladiator may discipline his sinews , and almost compete in strength even , with his maddened adversary . And there are modern as well as ancient names , which awaken pity , if not ...
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... manner , that sometimes appeared like sternness . He had , what probably was thought by many , a fas- tidious idea of female delicacy ; and his views of female education and intellectual culture were far in advance of his time . All ...
... manner , that sometimes appeared like sternness . He had , what probably was thought by many , a fas- tidious idea of female delicacy ; and his views of female education and intellectual culture were far in advance of his time . All ...
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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.