American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 421853 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 5
... play - thing , which art , luxury , and taste have com- bined to beautify and render attractive . The stair - cases are of marble and jasper , the floors in beautiful mosaic , and the walls hung in white satin , covered with landscapes ...
... play - thing , which art , luxury , and taste have com- bined to beautify and render attractive . The stair - cases are of marble and jasper , the floors in beautiful mosaic , and the walls hung in white satin , covered with landscapes ...
Page 11
... play on the golden harp , To play on the golden ha - arp , To play on the golden harp . ' The chorus was caught up again and again by the excited multitude , and flung up to the sky in most passionate tones . It was a band of Mil ...
... play on the golden harp , To play on the golden ha - arp , To play on the golden harp . ' The chorus was caught up again and again by the excited multitude , and flung up to the sky in most passionate tones . It was a band of Mil ...
Page 19
... play on the golden harp , To play on the golden ha - arp , To play on the golden harp . ' The chorus was caught up again and again by the excited multitude , and flung up to the sky in most passionate tones . It was a band of Mil ...
... play on the golden harp , To play on the golden ha - arp , To play on the golden harp . ' The chorus was caught up again and again by the excited multitude , and flung up to the sky in most passionate tones . It was a band of Mil ...
Page 20
... play . ' N. B. Any person attempting to read or write verses will be immediately handed over to the police . ' N. B. 2d . - - Gentlemen are requested not to pocket the candle - ends . ' Two days after , copies of this invitation were ...
... play . ' N. B. Any person attempting to read or write verses will be immediately handed over to the police . ' N. B. 2d . - - Gentlemen are requested not to pocket the candle - ends . ' Two days after , copies of this invitation were ...
Page 23
... playing at pitch - and - toss with five - franc pieces to the number of three . At first he was ready to reject his friend's offered hand , thinking he must have committed a crime to get the money . 6 Make haste ! make haste ! ' cried ...
... playing at pitch - and - toss with five - franc pieces to the number of three . At first he was ready to reject his friend's offered hand , thinking he must have committed a crime to get the money . 6 Make haste ! make haste ! ' cried ...
Contents
331 | |
353 | |
359 | |
381 | |
402 | |
404 | |
412 | |
441 | |
47 | |
61 | |
68 | |
82 | |
111 | |
159 | |
175 | |
181 | |
190 | |
221 | |
245 | |
273 | |
292 | |
298 | |
467 | |
489 | |
490 | |
495 | |
501 | |
517 | |
528 | |
551 | |
595 | |
613 | |
621 | |
622 | |
628 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abencerrages appeared artist Baden Barry Cornwall Bayton beautiful beneath better BLIMMER Budha called character charming clouds daguerreotype daguerreotypist dark dear delight diablerie Doem door dream earth eyes face father fear feel feet flowers francs gaze gentleman give grave Hades hand head heard heart heaven hour Hudson River John Biggs KNICKERBOCKER lady leaves light live look Marcel MARY DYER Millerites mind Moorish morning mother nature never New-York night o'er once passed Piermont pleasant pleasure poem poor present Puritans Quaker reader replied river Rodolphe rose round scene seemed Shanghai Simeon smile song soon soul Spain spirit stars stood sweet tears tell thee thing thou thought tion took trees turned Valdepeñas Venison voice volume walk wonder words young
Popular passages
Page 307 - And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Page 608 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow • warmer among...
Page 140 - BEHOLD, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks : Thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.
Page 209 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 142 - The Sundays of man's life, Threaded together on time's string, Make bracelets to adorn the wife Of the eternal glorious King. On Sunday heaven's gate stands ope ; Blessings are plentiful and rife — More plentiful than hope.
Page 463 - Talk not of ruling in this dolorous gloom, Nor think vain words (he cried) can ease my doom. Rather I'd choose laboriously to bear A weight of woes, and breathe the vital air, A slave to some poor hind that toils for bread, Than reign the sceptred monarch of the dead.
Page 141 - Lie not ; but let thy heart be true to God, Thy mouth to it, thy actions to them both : Cowards tell lies, and those that fear the rod ; The stormy working soul spits lies and froth. Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie : A fault, which needs it most, grows two thereby.
Page 209 - Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. "Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
Page 641 - And children coming home from school, Look in at the open door ; They love to see the flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor.
Page 176 - You have just met the most unhappy man on earth ; but on the subject of his wretchedness you must never ask a question.