Putnam's Magazine: Original Papers on Literature, Science, Art, and National Interests, Volum 4G. P. Putnam & Son., 1854 |
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Pàgina 39
... seen Cornwallis in position at Yorktown , than , under various pretexts , he commenc- ed preparing at the head of Chesapeake Bay a large number of transports ; and keeping up the show of a siege on New York , he set about quietly ...
... seen Cornwallis in position at Yorktown , than , under various pretexts , he commenc- ed preparing at the head of Chesapeake Bay a large number of transports ; and keeping up the show of a siege on New York , he set about quietly ...
Pàgina 40
... seen the foundation and ruins of the costly mansion of the patriotic Go- vernor Nelson who commanded the Vir- ginia militia at the siege . Justly suppo- sing that his house would be the most convenient spot for Cornwallis's head ...
... seen the foundation and ruins of the costly mansion of the patriotic Go- vernor Nelson who commanded the Vir- ginia militia at the siege . Justly suppo- sing that his house would be the most convenient spot for Cornwallis's head ...
Pàgina 48
... seen half a dozen different ships . As I gazed I saw no more sails , nor masts , but a long range of oars , flashing like a golden fringe , or straight and stiff like the legs of a sea - monster . " It is some bloated crab or lobster ...
... seen half a dozen different ships . As I gazed I saw no more sails , nor masts , but a long range of oars , flashing like a golden fringe , or straight and stiff like the legs of a sea - monster . " It is some bloated crab or lobster ...
Pàgina 49
... seen this sail when he looked upon the water ? Does he sce such sights every day , be- cause he lives down here ? Is it not per- haps a magical yacht of his ? and does he sip off privately after business hours to Venice , and Spain ...
... seen this sail when he looked upon the water ? Does he sce such sights every day , be- cause he lives down here ? Is it not per- haps a magical yacht of his ? and does he sip off privately after business hours to Venice , and Spain ...
Pàgina 53
... seen him carrying a costumier's bag to a theatre . Mr. Isaacs departed perfectly satisfied with the result of his negotiation . He had long felt the want of an active as- sistant to do all the hard work of his business , and he inwardly ...
... seen him carrying a costumier's bag to a theatre . Mr. Isaacs departed perfectly satisfied with the result of his negotiation . He had long felt the want of an active as- sistant to do all the hard work of his business , and he inwardly ...
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Pàgina 332 - Stuarts' throne; The bigots of the iron time Had called his harmless art a crime. A wandering harper, scorned and poor, He begged his bread from door to door, And tuned, to please a peasant's ear, The harp a king had loved to hear.
Pàgina 379 - I am convinced, both by faith and experience, that to maintain one's self on this earth is not a hardship but a pastime, if we will live simply and wisely ; as the pursuits of the simpler nations are still the sports of the more artificial.
Pàgina 380 - I found in myself, and still find, an instinct toward a higher, or, as it is named, spiritual life, as do most men, and another toward a primitive rank and savage one, and I reverence them both. I love the wild not less than the good.
Pàgina 92 - A combination and a form, indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man: This was your husband.
Pàgina 379 - industrious," and appear to love labor for its own sake, or perhaps because it keeps them out of worse mischief; to such I have at present nothing to say. Those who would not know what to do with more leisure than they now enjoy, I might advise to work twice as hard as they do, — work till they pay for themselves, and get their free papers.
Pàgina 452 - Here the free spirit of mankind at length, Throws its last fetters off; and who shall place A limit to the giant's unchained strength, Or curb his swiftness in the forward race...
Pàgina 382 - I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
Pàgina 381 - ... a house is, and are actually though needlessly poor all their lives because they think that they must have such a one as their neighbors have. As if one were to wear any sort of coat which the tailor might cut out for him, or, gradually leaving off palmleaf...
Pàgina 329 - And sometime make the drink to bear no barm ; Mislead night-wanderers, laughing at their harm ? Those that Hobgoblin call you, and sweet Puck, You do their work, and they shall have good luck : Are not you he ? Puck.
Pàgina 94 - Want as much more to turn it to its use; For wit and judgment often are at strife, Though meant each other's aid, like man and wife.