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Page 39
... arches were lying in the bed of the river . The unfortunate wretch who fired the train was killed by the explosion , and lay buried hard by , his hands sticking out of the shallow grave into which he had been huddled . This was the ...
... arches were lying in the bed of the river . The unfortunate wretch who fired the train was killed by the explosion , and lay buried hard by , his hands sticking out of the shallow grave into which he had been huddled . This was the ...
Page 102
... arches of his funeral monument . What are the poor dips which flare and flicker on the crowns of spikes that stand at the corners of St. Gene- vieve's filigree - cased sarcophagus to this per- petual offering of sacrifice ? Ten o'clock ...
... arches of his funeral monument . What are the poor dips which flare and flicker on the crowns of spikes that stand at the corners of St. Gene- vieve's filigree - cased sarcophagus to this per- petual offering of sacrifice ? Ten o'clock ...
Page 113
... arch used to leap the river at a single bound , — an arch H of greater span , as they loved to tell us MY HUNT AFTER " THE CAPTAIN . " 113.
... arch used to leap the river at a single bound , — an arch H of greater span , as they loved to tell us MY HUNT AFTER " THE CAPTAIN . " 113.
Page 150
... Boston . We are near enough to an edifice to see it well , when we can easily read an inscription . upon it . The stereoscopic views of the arches of Constantine and of Titus give not only every letter 150 THE STEREOSCOPE.
... Boston . We are near enough to an edifice to see it well , when we can easily read an inscription . upon it . The stereoscopic views of the arches of Constantine and of Titus give not only every letter 150 THE STEREOSCOPE.
Page 154
... arches , I walk the streets of once buried cities , I look into the chasms of Alpine glaciers , and on the rush of wasteful cataracts . I pass , in a moment , from the banks of the Charles to the ford of the Jordan , and leave my ...
... arches , I walk the streets of once buried cities , I look into the chasms of Alpine glaciers , and on the rush of wasteful cataracts . I pass , in a moment , from the banks of the Charles to the ford of the Jordan , and leave my ...
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Page 377 - Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet.
Page 175 - At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
Page 461 - I should advise persisting in our struggle for liberty, though it were revealed from heaven that nine hundred and ninety-nine were to perish, and only one of a thousand were to survive, and retain his liberty ! One such free man must possess more virtue, and enjoy more happiness, than a thousand slaves ; and let him propagate his like, and transmit to them what he hath so nobly preserved.
Page 413 - Every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. They bring the judgment of Heaven on a country. As nations cannot be rewarded or punished in the next world, they must be in this. By an inevitable chain of causes and effects, Providence punishes national sins by national calamities.
Page 267 - It was so nearly like visiting the battle-field to look over these views, that all the emotions excited by the actual sight of the stained and sordid scene, strewed with rags and wrecks, came back to us, and we buried them in the recesses of our cabinet as we would have buried the mutilated remains of the dead they too vividly represented.
Page 266 - Let him who wishes to know what war is look at this series of illustrations.
Page 358 - Go to the head of the Class, Josselyn," said the venerable Patriarch. The successful Inmate did as he was told, but in a very rough way, pushing against two or three of the Class. "How is this?" said the Patriarch. "You told me to go up jostlin',