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... believe it is duly appreciated by those whose favour it is our study to deserve and interest to secure . The aim of the publisher has been to establish a literary organ of communication amongst his numerous Subscribers and Friends , by ...
... believe it is duly appreciated by those whose favour it is our study to deserve and interest to secure . The aim of the publisher has been to establish a literary organ of communication amongst his numerous Subscribers and Friends , by ...
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... believe they were of a classical nature ; and he was living in 1825 . 66 Jan. 2 , 1852 , Yours truly , A. K. A TRAVELLING NAME . - I have heard or read some- where of a story about one of the authors of the Rejected Addresses " -indeed ...
... believe they were of a classical nature ; and he was living in 1825 . 66 Jan. 2 , 1852 , Yours truly , A. K. A TRAVELLING NAME . - I have heard or read some- where of a story about one of the authors of the Rejected Addresses " -indeed ...
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... believe often met with , but I doubt much its having been written for the gratification of particular friends , to whom copies of the work were presented . I have two ( the title pages only ) in my possession . ROBERT COLE . 52 , Upper ...
... believe often met with , but I doubt much its having been written for the gratification of particular friends , to whom copies of the work were presented . I have two ( the title pages only ) in my possession . ROBERT COLE . 52 , Upper ...
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... believe he was author of some two or three works published by Baldwin and Cradock many years since . Yours truly , SHOVEL BOARD . H. K. New York , 14th January , 1852 . SIR , -It may possibly be amusing to some of your antiquarian ...
... believe he was author of some two or three works published by Baldwin and Cradock many years since . Yours truly , SHOVEL BOARD . H. K. New York , 14th January , 1852 . SIR , -It may possibly be amusing to some of your antiquarian ...
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... believe there are no given rules as to its proportion . This appears to be the best , viz . the breadth three - fourths of the length . But the inclosed , forwarded to H. M. , will suffice for all . * W. addressed to him at the ...
... believe there are no given rules as to its proportion . This appears to be the best , viz . the breadth three - fourths of the length . But the inclosed , forwarded to H. M. , will suffice for all . * W. addressed to him at the ...
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Page 59 - Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began...
Page 87 - shall thy arm, unconquer'd steam, afar Drag the slow barge or drive the rapid car; Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear ; The flying chariot through the fields of air...
Page 60 - And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull. 54 Then he called hastily unto the young man his armour-bearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him.
Page 27 - No matter how we rhyme the words, the music speaks them handy, And where's the fair can't sing the air of " Yankee Doodle Dandy ? " Yankee doodle, firm and true, Yankee doodle dandy, Yankee doodle, doodle, doo, Yankee doodle dandy.
Page 78 - oh ! gallant stranger, For hapless Adelgitha's love. ' For he is in a foreign far land Whose arms should now have set me free : And I must wear the willow garland For him that's dead or false to me.
Page 101 - And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.
Page 49 - If you disappoint me, attend to my curse :—May the hatred of all the young, beautiful, and virtuous, for ever be your portion! and may your eyes never behold anything but age and deformity ! May you meet with applause only from envious old maids, surly bachelors, and tyrannical parents! May you be doomed to the company of such, and after death may their ugly souls haunt you ! " Now make Lovelace and Clarissa unhappy if you dare...
Page 50 - ... from the head ; by chance lively — very lively it will be, if he have hope of seeing a lady whom he loves and honours ; his eye always on the ladies...
Page 88 - And also, of animals when they retired to rest, a hart was said to be harbored, a buck lodged, a roebuck bedded, a hare formed, a rabbit set, etc.
Page 36 - O'er the deep ! The dread behest is past ! — All is silent as the grave ; One shriek was first and last — Scarce a death-sob drunk the blast, As sank her towering mast Beneath the wave.