The National Magazine, Volume 2Abel Stevens, James Floy Carlton & Phillips, 1858 - American essays |
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... appeared to him as the focus of literature , yet from the beginning he saw and pointed out its defects , and proposed measures for their removal . Nevertheless , as seen in the distance , there was something of impressive great- ness in ...
... appeared to him as the focus of literature , yet from the beginning he saw and pointed out its defects , and proposed measures for their removal . Nevertheless , as seen in the distance , there was something of impressive great- ness in ...
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... appeared anonymously , the question was everywhere current : " Who is this unknown poet , who surpasses even Pope ? " The first impres- sion was exhausted , and a second ordered in the course of a week . It is said that General ...
... appeared anonymously , the question was everywhere current : " Who is this unknown poet , who surpasses even Pope ? " The first impres- sion was exhausted , and a second ordered in the course of a week . It is said that General ...
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... appeared " The Twice - told Tales , " Mr. Hawthorne's first acknowledged volume . " The Twice- told Tales " was a collection of essays , allegories , and stories contributed to various magazines and periodicals . In 1842 was added a ...
... appeared " The Twice - told Tales , " Mr. Hawthorne's first acknowledged volume . " The Twice- told Tales " was a collection of essays , allegories , and stories contributed to various magazines and periodicals . In 1842 was added a ...
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... appeared like a prickly crown , the space in the center being quite free from ice , although on a subsequent morning it was covered with a smooth layer , not foliated . On the outside of the circular space , that is , parallel with the ...
... appeared like a prickly crown , the space in the center being quite free from ice , although on a subsequent morning it was covered with a smooth layer , not foliated . On the outside of the circular space , that is , parallel with the ...
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... appeared to me to be nearly an hour in length . I listened to it with great interest , and shall never for- get the solemn impression it made upon my mind . After this , a procession of carriages was formed , and the deceased preacher ...
... appeared to me to be nearly an hour in length . I listened to it with great interest , and shall never for- get the solemn impression it made upon my mind . After this , a procession of carriages was formed , and the deceased preacher ...
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Page 447 - For the love of Christ constraineth us ; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead ; and that He died for all, that they who live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him who died for them, and rose again.
Page 216 - In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened...
Page 471 - ... it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a Patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Page 424 - ... But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea : and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judea, 8 And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him. 9 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him, because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. 10 For he had healed many ; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch...
Page 423 - Now the names of the twelve apostles are these ; the first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother ; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother ; Philip and Bartholomew ; Thomas, and Matthew the publican ; James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose surname was Thaddeus, Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot who also betrayed him.
Page 471 - When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment...
Page 329 - Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone ; if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Page 74 - What a horror they outpour On the bosom of the palpitating air! Yet the ear it fully knows, By the twanging, And the clanging, How the danger ebbs...
Page 425 - And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.
Page 424 - When JESUS, therefore, saw his mother, and the disciple standing by whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son. Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother. And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.