The American Whig Review, Volume 4George Hooker Colton, James Davenport Whelpley Wiley and Putnam, 1846 - Periodicals |
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... head of a formidable body of troops , had deemed it necessary under instructions from Washington , in order to guard the frontier of the United States against In- dians ! to march fifty miles into the inte- rior of Texas , and take up a ...
... head of a formidable body of troops , had deemed it necessary under instructions from Washington , in order to guard the frontier of the United States against In- dians ! to march fifty miles into the inte- rior of Texas , and take up a ...
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... head so violently by a stone , that he fell senseless , and his eye- sight was so much impaired by the blow , that he ever after was compelled to wear glasses . He now thought it best to leave for England , and on his arrival in London ...
... head so violently by a stone , that he fell senseless , and his eye- sight was so much impaired by the blow , that he ever after was compelled to wear glasses . He now thought it best to leave for England , and on his arrival in London ...
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... head and melan- choly smile . " Suffering had softened her heart to the miseries of her race , and it is related of her , which ought to embalm her in the memories of all , that on a se- vere winter's day she was accosted in the street ...
... head and melan- choly smile . " Suffering had softened her heart to the miseries of her race , and it is related of her , which ought to embalm her in the memories of all , that on a se- vere winter's day she was accosted in the street ...
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... head , and carefully combed towards either side . Once it had been raven black , but now it was so thickly streaked with the frost work of mental toil and time , that it appeared of iron gray . His eyes were dark and vivacious , and ...
... head , and carefully combed towards either side . Once it had been raven black , but now it was so thickly streaked with the frost work of mental toil and time , that it appeared of iron gray . His eyes were dark and vivacious , and ...
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... head , like a son asking his father's blessing . It was during my imprisonment that another S. ( Mr. Shelley ) , afterwards my friend of friends , now no more , made me a princely offer , which at that time I stood in no need of . I ...
... head , like a son asking his father's blessing . It was during my imprisonment that another S. ( Mr. Shelley ) , afterwards my friend of friends , now no more , made me a princely offer , which at that time I stood in no need of . I ...
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Page 544 - And the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die, for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof then your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Page 387 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
Page 324 - Ah, forsooth, and is it your worship indeed?" cried the good dame. "Yea, truly is it, and in the very image of my old gossip, Goodman Brown, the grandfather of the silly fellow that now is. But— would your worship believe it?— my broomstick hath strangely disappeared, stolen, as I suspect, by that unhanged witch, Goody Cory, and that, too, when I was all anointed with the juice of smallage, and cinquefoil, and wolf's bane"— "Mingled with fine wheat and the fat of a new-born babe," said the...
Page 437 - Before the angel, and of him to ask Chose rather : he, she knew, would intermix Grateful digressions, and solve high dispute With conjugal caresses ; from his lip Not words alone pleased her.
Page 324 - Poor little Faith!" thought he, for his heart smote him. "What a wretch am I to leave her on such an errand! She talks of dreams, too. Methought as she spoke there was trouble in her face, as if a dream had warned her what work is to be done to-night. But no, no; 'twould kill her to think it. Well, she's a blessed angel on earth; and after this one night I'll cling to her skirts and follow her to heaven.
Page 326 - A stern, a sad, a darkly meditative, a distrustful, if not a desperate man did he become from the night of that fearful dream.
Page 324 - There may be a devilish Indian behind every tree," said Goodman Brown to himself; and he glanced fearfully behind him as he added, "What if the devil himself should be at my very elbow!
Page 16 - Spanish government ; statements of which, soliciting the interposition of the government of the United States, have been presented to the department of state, or to the minister of the United States in Spain since the date of the convention of 1802, and until the signature of this treaty.
Page 91 - Marry ; it is a thing within my vow : But, if I may have leave to serve the princess, To see the virtues of her lord and her, I shall have hope to live.
Page 132 - Columbia River, the navigation of the said branch shall be free and open to the Hudson's Bay Company, and to all British subjects trading with the same, to the point where the said branch meets the main stream of the Columbia, and thence down the said main stream to the ocean, with free access into and through the said river or rivers, it being understood that all the usual portages along the line thus described shall, in like manner, be free and open.