Odd Fellows' Literary Casket, Volumes 1-2Tidball & Turner, 1854 - American literature |
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... reached the men of Gilead , and they were comforted by the assurance that before the expiration of the seven days , they should have help . The armies met ; a battle was fought , and the Ammonites were vanquished . After the conflict ...
... reached the men of Gilead , and they were comforted by the assurance that before the expiration of the seven days , they should have help . The armies met ; a battle was fought , and the Ammonites were vanquished . After the conflict ...
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... reaching through coming ages , shall startle the world with its mighty results . In this age , the spirit of utilitarianism has so many devoted followers , that it seems almost an anomaly to find one who dares throw off the fet- ters ...
... reaching through coming ages , shall startle the world with its mighty results . In this age , the spirit of utilitarianism has so many devoted followers , that it seems almost an anomaly to find one who dares throw off the fet- ters ...
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... reached . From them our best models are copied . The cathedral in Albany is a fine specimen of the style of the fourteenth century . Trinity Church in New York is an example of of the sixteenth century , or the last and most perfect ...
... reached . From them our best models are copied . The cathedral in Albany is a fine specimen of the style of the fourteenth century . Trinity Church in New York is an example of of the sixteenth century , or the last and most perfect ...
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... evening at dusk , as he was returning from the county - town , shot him down just before he reached his own door , —so near it that his family heard the gun and feared the worst , yet did 40 ODD FELLOWS ' LITERARY CASKET .
... evening at dusk , as he was returning from the county - town , shot him down just before he reached his own door , —so near it that his family heard the gun and feared the worst , yet did 40 ODD FELLOWS ' LITERARY CASKET .
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... reached the feeling of love , is not known , No favor was ever expected in return , " I ask nothing of Captain Smith , " said she , in an interview she afterward had with him in England , " in recompense for what I have done , but the ...
... reached the feeling of love , is not known , No favor was ever expected in return , " I ask nothing of Captain Smith , " said she , in an interview she afterward had with him in England , " in recompense for what I have done , but the ...
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Page 92 - And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong ; Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman ! Far along From peak to peak the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder ! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And Jura answers through her misty shroud, Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud ! And this is in the night.
Page 144 - After laying down my pen I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Page 31 - Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer's cloud, Without our special wonder?
Page 92 - And this is in the night : — Most glorious night ! Thou wert not sent for slumber ! let me be A sharer in thy fierce and far delight, — A portion of the tempest and of thee...
Page 144 - I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting...
Page 46 - There is a land, of every land the pride, Beloved by heaven o'er all the world beside...
Page 138 - Egypt. Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
Page 196 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Page 43 - THE day is cold, and dark, and dreary ; It rains, and the wind is never weary ; The vine still clings to the mouldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fall, And the day is dark and dreary.
Page 116 - And with them the Being Beauteous Who unto my youth was given, More than all things else to love me, And is now a saint in heaven. With a slow and noiseless footstep Comes that messenger divine, Takes the vacant chair beside me, Lays her gentle hand in mine. And she sits and gazes at me With those deep and tender eyes, Like the stars, so still and saint-like, Looking downward from the skies.