The Continental MonthlyJ.R. Gilmore, 1862 |
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... better chance of winning than he who has none , though in his hand may be all the aces of the others , diamonds in- cluded . But , lest I go too far beyond the analogy as I might ignorantly do , being unskilled in the many games of ...
... better chance of winning than he who has none , though in his hand may be all the aces of the others , diamonds in- cluded . But , lest I go too far beyond the analogy as I might ignorantly do , being unskilled in the many games of ...
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... better than a virtue — as on some organs ' the wrong note in certain passages has a better effect than the right . ' But , as I was saying , with all my faults , I have never yet changed toward a friend ; I will not admit even to the ...
... better than a virtue — as on some organs ' the wrong note in certain passages has a better effect than the right . ' But , as I was saying , with all my faults , I have never yet changed toward a friend ; I will not admit even to the ...
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... better than before . There was an indication of strength behind the bullying , blustering air which he put on , which raised one's respect for his attainments . One of the most rabid and uncompromising of secession lead- ers , and ...
... better than before . There was an indication of strength behind the bullying , blustering air which he put on , which raised one's respect for his attainments . One of the most rabid and uncompromising of secession lead- ers , and ...
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... better what Mrs. Esterbrook want- ed than she knew herself , selected some- thing very acceptable . The price he put at first cost . Not content with that , he actually sold the lady silk for a dress , putting it at cost also , and no ...
... better what Mrs. Esterbrook want- ed than she knew herself , selected some- thing very acceptable . The price he put at first cost . Not content with that , he actually sold the lady silk for a dress , putting it at cost also , and no ...
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... better now , and really , Hiram , you did just about the right thing , that's a fact . Honesty is the best policy , after all . I shall tell Pease he did very wrong to attempt any of his tricks on such a person as Mrs. Esterbrook , and ...
... better now , and really , Hiram , you did just about the right thing , that's a fact . Honesty is the best policy , after all . I shall tell Pease he did very wrong to attempt any of his tricks on such a person as Mrs. Esterbrook , and ...
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American appearance arms asked beautiful become believe better called cause close color continued course death early England entered eyes face fact father feel force give Government half hand head heart Hiram hope horse hour human hundred idea interest labor lady land leave less light live look matter means ment mind morning mother nature negro never night North once passed person political poor present question rebellion replied rose round seemed seen side slavery slaves soon South Southern stand street tell thing thought thousand tion told took true truth turned Union whole woman young
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Página 588 - Go, lovely Rose ! Tell her, that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts, where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired: Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired. Then...
Página 460 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither. This piratical warfare, the opprobrium of INFIDEL powers, is the warfare of the CHRISTIAN king of Great Britain. Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative...
Página 617 - Nay, take my life and all ; pardon not that : You take my house, when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house ; you take my life, When you do take the means whereby I live.
Página 74 - Fair clime! where every season smiles Benignant o'er those blessed isles, Which, seen from far Colonna's height, Make glad the heart that hails the sight, And lend to loneliness delight. There mildly dimpling, Ocean's cheek Reflects the tints of many a peak Caught by the laughing tides that lave These Edens of the Eastern wave...
Página 401 - Why so pale and wan, fond lover? Prithee, why so pale? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee, why so pale?
Página 109 - Resolved, That the United States ought to cooperate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such State, in its discretion, to compensate for the inconveniences, public and private, produced by such change of system.
Página 110 - This proposal makes common cause for a common object, casting no reproaches upon any. It acts not the Pharisee. The change it contemplates would come gently as the dews of heaven, not rending or wrecking anything. Will you not embrace it? So much good has not been done by one effort in all past time as in the providence of God it is now your high privilege to do. May the vast future not have to lament that you have neglected it.
Página 109 - I further make known that whether it be competent for me, as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, to declare the slaves of any State or States free, and whether, at any time, in any case, it shall have become a necessity indispensable to the maintenance of the Government to exercise such supposed power, are questions which under my responsibility I reserve to myself, and which I cannot feel justified in leaving to the decision of commanders in the field.
Página 401 - Prithee why so pale? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee why so pale? Why so dull and mute, young sinner? Prithee why so mute? Will, when speaking well can't win her, Saying nothing do't?
Página 403 - Cross, hard by the way Where we— thou know'st — do sell our hay, There is a house with stairs ; And there did I see coming down Such folk as are not in our town, Forty at least, in pairs.