The Southern literary messenger, Volumes 24-251857 |
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... wish of the tempest - tost tars that clung to her decks ; whilst the Willing- lass , the Molly , Betsy and Sally Norton served to recall their fair namesakes to the memory of some jolly son of the sea when his thoughts were far away ...
... wish of the tempest - tost tars that clung to her decks ; whilst the Willing- lass , the Molly , Betsy and Sally Norton served to recall their fair namesakes to the memory of some jolly son of the sea when his thoughts were far away ...
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... wish well to America - we rejoice in her prosperity and are delighted to resist the absurd im- pertinence with which the character of her people is so often treated in this country , " ( these good offices and kind wishes of his ...
... wish well to America - we rejoice in her prosperity and are delighted to resist the absurd im- pertinence with which the character of her people is so often treated in this country , " ( these good offices and kind wishes of his ...
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... are all broken up , and some of the men , " he said in an under - tone , " are very desperate . But you are with friends , sir , " he went on , " and are safe , ' Yes - and I would wish to unite wronged 1857. ] 35 Lilias .
... are all broken up , and some of the men , " he said in an under - tone , " are very desperate . But you are with friends , sir , " he went on , " and are safe , ' Yes - and I would wish to unite wronged 1857. ] 35 Lilias .
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... wish to injure you . We are only obliged to make sure that you do not injure us . Will you swear not to tell — or in any way reveal what you know - anything in con- nection with us for twenty - four hours ? " 66 Yes , I pledge you my ...
... wish to injure you . We are only obliged to make sure that you do not injure us . Will you swear not to tell — or in any way reveal what you know - anything in con- nection with us for twenty - four hours ? " 66 Yes , I pledge you my ...
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... wish to take with him . Upon such ready acqui- escence on his part , this person informed them , Burnot had been ... wish to speak to you on very important business . " " Ah , Mr. Hawk , is it you ? " " Yes , and I must see you for a few ...
... wish to take with him . Upon such ready acqui- escence on his part , this person informed them , Burnot had been ... wish to speak to you on very important business . " " Ah , Mr. Hawk , is it you ? " " Yes , and I must see you for a few ...
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Página 88 - Those who quit their proper character, to assume what does not belong to them, are, for the greater part, ignorant both of the character they leave, and of the character they assume.
Página 213 - WE knew it would rain, for all the morn. A spirit on slender ropes of mist Was lowering its golden buckets down Into the vapory amethyst Of marshes and swamps and dismal fens — Scooping the dew that lay in the flowers, Dipping the jewels out of the sea, To sprinkle them over the land in showers.
Página 475 - I deemed that if they were put under a sort of cover I might gain my end ; and happening to have a mask in the house, I told them all to stand and speak boldly from under cover of the mask. " I began with the youngest (Anne, afterwards Acton Bell), and asked what a child like her most wanted ; she answered, 'Age and experience.
Página 91 - But the power of Congress over the person or property of a citizen can never be a mere discretionary power under our Constitution and form of Government. The powers of the Government and the rights and privileges of the citizen are regulated and plainly defined by the Constitution itself.
Página 343 - The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years : yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.
Página 90 - And if the Constitution recognizes the right of property of the master in a slave, and makes no distinction between that description of property and other property owned by a citizen, no tribunal, acting under the authority of the United States, whether it be legislative, executive, or judicial, has a right to draw such a distinction, or deny to it the benefit of the provisions and guarantees which have been provided for the protection of private property against the encroachments of the government.
Página 479 - HELEN, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore, That gently, o'er a perfumed sea, The weary, way-worn wanderer bore To his own native shore. On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, , Thy Naiad airs have brought me home To the glory that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome.
Página 475 - A circumstance now occurs to my mind which I may as well mention. When my children were very young, when, as far as I can remember, the oldest was about ten years of age, and the youngest about four, thinking that they knew more than I had yet discovered, in order to make them speak with less timidity, I deemed that if they were put...
Página 420 - The light clear element which the isle wears Is heavy with the scent of lemon-flowers, Which floats like mist laden with unseen showers. And falls upon the eyelids like faint sleep ; And from the moss violets and jonquils peep, And dart their arrowy odour through the brain, Till you might faint with that delicious pain.
Página 174 - On thy fair bosom, silver lake, The wild swan spreads his snowy sail, And round his breast the ripples break, As down he bears before the gale.