American Monthly Knickerbocker, Zväzok 18Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1841 |
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Strana 18
... took off his shoes because he was on holy ground . He was , as it were , in the company of innumerable spirits ; the purest essence of their essential ' was around him . His was the true spirit of a scholar , who will never open a dusty ...
... took off his shoes because he was on holy ground . He was , as it were , in the company of innumerable spirits ; the purest essence of their essential ' was around him . His was the true spirit of a scholar , who will never open a dusty ...
Strana 24
... took a long free breath , wiped the dust from his face , and fearlessly hopped over to the pile of boots on the other side . Imme- diately there was a raising of ears , then a stirring , and a peeping up of dusty faces . But there was ...
... took a long free breath , wiped the dust from his face , and fearlessly hopped over to the pile of boots on the other side . Imme- diately there was a raising of ears , then a stirring , and a peeping up of dusty faces . But there was ...
Strana 39
... took the paper from my hand , replaced it in his pocket - book , which he carefully deposited in the bottom of his breeches pocket ; and then giving me a compassionate glance , he tapped his forehead , and nodding to himself , as if to ...
... took the paper from my hand , replaced it in his pocket - book , which he carefully deposited in the bottom of his breeches pocket ; and then giving me a compassionate glance , he tapped his forehead , and nodding to himself , as if to ...
Strana 40
... took from a drawer a large brass key , and drew from an iron safe in the wall a bundle of papers , from which he selected one , and re- placing the others , seated himself at the table . He then unfolded the paper , and held it up to ...
... took from a drawer a large brass key , and drew from an iron safe in the wall a bundle of papers , from which he selected one , and re- placing the others , seated himself at the table . He then unfolded the paper , and held it up to ...
Strana 43
... took it and read : ' Two thousand dollars down , and five thousand more when you get the widow . ' ' Bolton ! ' said he , in a choked voice , this is too bad . Two thou- sand dollars ! I have not ten dollars in the world . I do ' nt ...
... took it and read : ' Two thousand dollars down , and five thousand more when you get the widow . ' ' Bolton ! ' said he , in a choked voice , this is too bad . Two thou- sand dollars ! I have not ten dollars in the world . I do ' nt ...
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Strana 251 - But an evil day came upon us. Your forefathers crossed the great water and landed on this island. Their numbers were small. They found friends, and not enemies. They told us they had fled from their own country for fear of wicked men and had come here to enjoy their religion. They asked for a small seat. We took pity on them, granted their request, and they sat down amongst us. We gave them corn and meat.
Strana 365 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Strana 387 - Which, from the stilly twilight of the place, And from the gray old trunks, that high in heaven Mingled their mossy boughs, and from the sound Of the invisible breath, that swayed at once All their green tops, stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power, And inaccessible majesty.
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Strana 458 - ... bar; others were breaking the apparition of a horse; and multitudes employing themselves upon ingenious handicrafts with the souls of departed utensils, for that is the name which in the Indian language they give their tools when they are burnt or broken.
Strana 93 - With this apparatus several unsuccessful efforts were made to force her from the den. The hounds came back badly wounded, and refused to return. The smoke of blazing straw had no effect; nor did the fumes of burnt brimstone, with which the cavern was filled, compel her to quit the retirement.
Strana 93 - ... a coward in his family, resolved himself to destroy the ferocious beast, lest she should escape through some unknown fissure of the rock. His...