Supplement to the Courant, Volumes 20-23John L. Boswell, 1855 |
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... Bank , will be pleased to read the following letter from an uncom- monly shrewd observer of men and manners : ISLAND OF MALTA , Dec. 31 , 1854 . By reference to a map you will perceive I am about in the centre of the Mediterranean sea ...
... Bank , will be pleased to read the following letter from an uncom- monly shrewd observer of men and manners : ISLAND OF MALTA , Dec. 31 , 1854 . By reference to a map you will perceive I am about in the centre of the Mediterranean sea ...
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... bank in ? ' ' Here I am at your service , sir . " I should like , ' says the applicant , to make a draft on you to - morrow , if the Bank is prepared for it . ' ' Anything to accommodate you , my friend , ' said the President ; ' how ...
... bank in ? ' ' Here I am at your service , sir . " I should like , ' says the applicant , to make a draft on you to - morrow , if the Bank is prepared for it . ' ' Anything to accommodate you , my friend , ' said the President ; ' how ...
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... bank , where the plaintive murmurs of the Connecticut blend with the heavy moanings of the sea - upon supporters that seem to stoop with the weight of their burden - rests a table of grey sandstone , bear- ing a scroll without an ...
... bank , where the plaintive murmurs of the Connecticut blend with the heavy moanings of the sea - upon supporters that seem to stoop with the weight of their burden - rests a table of grey sandstone , bear- ing a scroll without an ...
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... bank in his neighborhood . Becoming short of notes , but ex- pecting an arrival next morning of the necessary funds from a friendly institution , the Cashier gave notice to the crowd at the doors , that to convince everybody of the ...
... bank in his neighborhood . Becoming short of notes , but ex- pecting an arrival next morning of the necessary funds from a friendly institution , the Cashier gave notice to the crowd at the doors , that to convince everybody of the ...
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... banks , even to the very head , were perpendicular and shelving , and near the bank Right on the there were no soil on the rocks . brink of this precipice and under the shelves of rock beneath were the best building sites for those ...
... banks , even to the very head , were perpendicular and shelving , and near the bank Right on the there were no soil on the rocks . brink of this precipice and under the shelves of rock beneath were the best building sites for those ...
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Página 56 - Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes ; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see, in needleworks and embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground : judge, therefore, of the pleasure of the heart bv the pleasure of the eye.
Página 86 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican government.
Página 145 - ONE by one the sands are flowing, One by one the moments fall ; Some are coming, some are going ; Do not strive to grasp them all. One by one thy duties wait thee, Let thy whole strength go to each, Let no future dreams elate thee, Learn thou first what these can teach.
Página 56 - Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols : and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Página 145 - One by one thy griefs shall meet thee, Do not fear an armed band ; One will fade as others greet thee ; Shadows passing through the land. Do not look at life's long sorrow ; See how small each moment's pain ; God will help thee for to-morrow. So each day begin again.
Página 28 - Grey : But then I sigh, and, with a piece of scripture, Tell them that God bids us do good for evil : And thus I clothe my naked villany With old odd ends stol'n forth of holy writ, And seem a saint when most I play the devil.
Página 28 - Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Página 28 - Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice, In fair round belly with good capon...
Página 73 - Are number'd with the secret things which God will not reveal. But I know (for God hath told me this) that he is now at rest, Where other blessed infants be, on their Saviour's loving breast. I know his spirit feels no more this weary load of flesh, But his sleep is bless'd with endless dreams of joy for ever fresh.
Página 73 - His presence is like sunshine sent to gladden home and hearth, To comfort us in all our griefs, and sweeten all our mirth. Should he grow up to riper years, God grant his heart may prove As sweet a home for heavenly grace as now for earthly love. And if beside his grave the tears our aching eyes must dim, God comfort us for all the love which we shall lose in him.