Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 25Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells Harper & Brothers, 1862 - American literature Important American periodical dating back to 1850. |
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... soon as he ceased his unwelcome noise I listened , and distinctly heard the clatter of hoofs in the road , about half a mile in the rear . That my pursuers were rapidly approaching there was now very little doubt . It was useless to ...
... soon as he ceased his unwelcome noise I listened , and distinctly heard the clatter of hoofs in the road , about half a mile in the rear . That my pursuers were rapidly approaching there was now very little doubt . It was useless to ...
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... soon regained his feet and commenced hauling in the spare line with his fore - paws so as to get within reach of the horse . He had advanced within ten feet before the nearest of the other horsemen could bring . his lasso to bear upon ...
... soon regained his feet and commenced hauling in the spare line with his fore - paws so as to get within reach of the horse . He had advanced within ten feet before the nearest of the other horsemen could bring . his lasso to bear upon ...
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... soon suc- ceeded in binding their victim so firmly by the paws that it was impossible for him to break loose . They next bound his jaws together by means of another riata , winding it all the way up around his head , upon which they ...
... soon suc- ceeded in binding their victim so firmly by the paws that it was impossible for him to break loose . They next bound his jaws together by means of another riata , winding it all the way up around his head , upon which they ...
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... soon became general . Pistols and knives were drawn in every direction ; but so sudden was the fight that nobody seemed to know where to aim or strike . In the midst of the confusion a man jumped up on one of the benches and shouted ...
... soon became general . Pistols and knives were drawn in every direction ; but so sudden was the fight that nobody seemed to know where to aim or strike . In the midst of the confusion a man jumped up on one of the benches and shouted ...
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... soon terminates and the Catawissa Railway commences . The transition from one road to the other is , however , unknown to the occupant of the cars , the gauge of track being precisely the same , and the roads for all traveling and ...
... soon terminates and the Catawissa Railway commences . The transition from one road to the other is , however , unknown to the occupant of the cars , the gauge of track being precisely the same , and the roads for all traveling and ...
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Page 463 - Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down : It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides ; and tho...
Page 114 - I doubt, too, whether any other convention we can obtain may be able to make a better Constitution. For when you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views.
Page 67 - Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?
Page 267 - Secondly, the principle requires liberty of tastes and pursuits, of framing the plan of our life to suit our own character, of doing as we like, subject to such consequences as may follow •without impediment from our fellow-creatures, so long as what we do does not harm them, even though they should think our conduct foolish, perverse, or wrong.
Page 67 - Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart...
Page 112 - States; to consider how far a uniform system in their commercial regulations may be necessary to their common interest and their permanent harmony ; and to report to the several states such an act relative to this great object as, when unanimously ratified by them, will enable the United States in Congress assembled effectually to provide for the same...
Page 366 - Its destroyers you cannot be. You may disturb its peace ; you may interrupt the course of its prosperity ; you may cloud its reputation for stability: but its tranquillity will be restored; its prosperity will return ; and the stain upon its national character will be transferred, and remain an eternal blot on the memory of those who caused the disorder.
Page 116 - People,' instead of We, the States? States are the characteristics and the soul of a confederation. If the states be not the agents of this compact, it must be one great consolidated national government of the people of all the states.* I have the highest respect for those gentlemen who formed the Convention; and were some of them not here.
Page 364 - Liberty first and Union afterwards," but everywhere spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, — "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!
Page 37 - Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.