Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 9Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells Harper's Magazine Company, 1854 - Literature Important American periodical dating back to 1850. |
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... arms toward their officers who pass and repass continually . Grim batteries frown every where ; and the only variety of prospect is obtained by gazing now into the mouth of a forty - worm , wondering how it manages to work its two and ...
... arms toward their officers who pass and repass continually . Grim batteries frown every where ; and the only variety of prospect is obtained by gazing now into the mouth of a forty - worm , wondering how it manages to work its two and ...
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... arm sixty years old is , without doubt , but little . But I thought that the exam- ple of a soldier , whose patriotic ... arms , and en- treated that they might be led against the invading foe . The leaders of the Jacobin clubs in Paris ...
... arm sixty years old is , without doubt , but little . But I thought that the exam- ple of a soldier , whose patriotic ... arms , and en- treated that they might be led against the invading foe . The leaders of the Jacobin clubs in Paris ...
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... arms cordial hospitality , to warm and nourish these in his hands , endeavoring to defend his country , last defenders of the soil of France . " Napoleon , should be shot as a brigand ; and that every vil- in the midst of a column of ...
... arms cordial hospitality , to warm and nourish these in his hands , endeavoring to defend his country , last defenders of the soil of France . " Napoleon , should be shot as a brigand ; and that every vil- in the midst of a column of ...
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... arm severely the town . He immediately assembled the mag - wounded , the hand of the other shattered by a istrates , and ... arms for twen- ty - four hours ; during which we will treat in or- der to save Paris from the horrors of a siege ...
... arm severely the town . He immediately assembled the mag - wounded , the hand of the other shattered by a istrates , and ... arms for twen- ty - four hours ; during which we will treat in or- der to save Paris from the horrors of a siege ...
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... arms as gently as his awkwardness will admit , and restoring " Time's noblest offspring " to awaiting nurse , handle ... arm from the ban- quette of a French diligence for what we sup- posed to be a basket of eggs , and consequently drew ...
... arms as gently as his awkwardness will admit , and restoring " Time's noblest offspring " to awaiting nurse , handle ... arm from the ban- quette of a French diligence for what we sup- posed to be a basket of eggs , and consequently drew ...
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Page 256 - And surely your blood of your lives will I require ; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man ; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed : for in the image of God made he man.
Page 489 - May the great God whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it, and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet!
Page 599 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Page 599 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell...
Page 443 - He was exactly five feet six inches in height and six feet five inches in circumference. His head was a perfect sphere, and of such stupendous dimensions that Dame Nature, with all her sex's ingenuity, would have been puzzled to construct a neck capable of supporting it; wherefore she wisely declined the attempt, and settled it firmly on the top of his backbone, just between the shoulders.
Page 56 - It grew up without the lullaby of nurses, it was a stranger to the patient fondle, the hushing caress, the attracting novelty, the costlier plaything, or the cheaper off-hand contrivance to divert the child...
Page 272 - ... into the vault. The spirit was solemnly required to perform its promise, but nothing more than silence ensued : the person supposed to be accused by the spirit, then went down with several others, but no effect was perceived. Upon their return they examined the girl, but could draw no confession from her. Between two and three she desired and was permitted to go home with her father. " It is, therefore, the opinion of the whole assembly, that the child has some art of making or counterfeiting...
Page 389 - And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
Page 389 - Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess ; but be filled with the spirit...
Page 389 - Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright: at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.