Supplement to the Connecticut Courant: Containing Tales, Travels, History, Biography, Poetry, and a Great Variety of Miscellaneous Articles, المجلد 3J.L. Boswell., 1832 |
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... wind , he heard the latch of the door cautiously raised , and the foot- steps of a man were heard in the direction of the settee . He waited a moment , and the same stealthy footsteps approached his bed- the object was quite near ...
... wind , he heard the latch of the door cautiously raised , and the foot- steps of a man were heard in the direction of the settee . He waited a moment , and the same stealthy footsteps approached his bed- the object was quite near ...
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... wind , whirling the leaves from the ground ; but it increased so rapidly , and approached so near the spot where 1 sat , that I instinctively seized my rifle , ready in a moment to meet any emer- gency which might offer . by jurups ...
... wind , whirling the leaves from the ground ; but it increased so rapidly , and approached so near the spot where 1 sat , that I instinctively seized my rifle , ready in a moment to meet any emer- gency which might offer . by jurups ...
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... wind to rove-- government of the senses , and not a recogui- In vain , lost thing ! in vain ! I pity thee for thy wasted bloom , For thy glory's fleeting hour , For the desert place , thy living tomb →→ O lonely , loneliest flower ...
... wind to rove-- government of the senses , and not a recogui- In vain , lost thing ! in vain ! I pity thee for thy wasted bloom , For thy glory's fleeting hour , For the desert place , thy living tomb →→ O lonely , loneliest flower ...
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... wind being fair , and the I was for a moment at a loss what to do vessel lying well up the harbor , a canoe man- however , having no time for deliberation , Í ned by two negroes , which we hired , soon sprang into a small punt lying ...
... wind being fair , and the I was for a moment at a loss what to do vessel lying well up the harbor , a canoe man- however , having no time for deliberation , Í ned by two negroes , which we hired , soon sprang into a small punt lying ...
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... wind , and a pure sky . I say a pure sky , because not a cloud interrupted the rich blue of the heavens in this generally favored latitude . We mean- dered down a creek for about eleven miles- the water nearly torpid yet clear - the ...
... wind , and a pure sky . I say a pure sky , because not a cloud interrupted the rich blue of the heavens in this generally favored latitude . We mean- dered down a creek for about eleven miles- the water nearly torpid yet clear - the ...
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الصفحة 378 - They mount up to the heaven, They go down again to the depths : Their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits
الصفحة 392 - There are many more' shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the person who is possesed of them.
الصفحة 473 - Ah little think the gay licentious proud, Whom pleasure, power, and affluence surround ; They, who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth, And wanton, often cruel, riot waste ; Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death, And all the sad variety of pain.
الصفحة 129 - They loved, but the story we cannot unfold; They scorned, but the heart of the haughty is cold ; They grieved, but no wail from their slumbers will come; They joyed, but the tongue of their gladness is dumb.
الصفحة 432 - Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
الصفحة 169 - He proved them all — the doubt, the strife, The faint perplexing dread, The mists that hang o'er parting life, All...
الصفحة 129 - The saint who enjoyed the communion of heaven, The sinner who dared to remain unforgiven, The wise and the foolish, the guilty and just, Have quietly mingled their bones in the dust. So the multitude goes, like the flower and the weed That wither away to let others succeed; So the multitude comes, even those we behold, To repeat every tale that has often been told.
الصفحة 129 - tis the draught of a breath — From the blossom of health to the paleness of death, From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud : — Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
الصفحة 56 - Eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of reaching his opponent, when, with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish : the Eagle, poising himself for a moment, as if to take a more certain aim, descends like a whirlwind, snatches it in his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods.
الصفحة 385 - t is given To wake sweet Nature's untaught lays; Beneath the arch of heaven To chirp away a life of praise. Then spread each wing Far, far above, o'er lakes and lands, And join the choirs that sing In yon blue dome not reared with hands.