Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion, Volume 34G.R. Graham., 1849 |
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... lady is at the opera , that she has no pleasure in other positions , or that a cultivated taste for music is inconsistent with the general cul- tivation of her talents . It is wrong to imagine that a beautiful woman is necessarily vain ...
... lady is at the opera , that she has no pleasure in other positions , or that a cultivated taste for music is inconsistent with the general cul- tivation of her talents . It is wrong to imagine that a beautiful woman is necessarily vain ...
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... lady we rally Harry so much about - you remember . " We found Miss Grant dressed most expensively , but not decidedly à la mode , or with much reference to the day or season . She was surprisingly beautiful , however - a blonde , but ...
... lady we rally Harry so much about - you remember . " We found Miss Grant dressed most expensively , but not decidedly à la mode , or with much reference to the day or season . She was surprisingly beautiful , however - a blonde , but ...
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... lady of domestic virtues and refined tastes - is she not ? " " Yes , and no . I believe she is a good house- keeper ; she takes pains to let one know that - a per- fect walking cookery - book ; but for her refinement ! Have you never ...
... lady of domestic virtues and refined tastes - is she not ? " " Yes , and no . I believe she is a good house- keeper ; she takes pains to let one know that - a per- fect walking cookery - book ; but for her refinement ! Have you never ...
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... ladies , for some glorious fun ! Do you see that old squaw yonder ? " " Yes , " said Alice Grove , " that is old ... lady , who was hanging out clothes in her yard , struck with sudden fright and sore dismay , fell backward into her ...
... ladies , for some glorious fun ! Do you see that old squaw yonder ? " " Yes , " said Alice Grove , " that is old ... lady , who was hanging out clothes in her yard , struck with sudden fright and sore dismay , fell backward into her ...
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... lady - fair . " Ah , Kate , " said I , as I joined her at the close of the evening , " I have something to tell you . While you were dressing for your ride to - day , Harry called me into his room to show me that picture - and will you ...
... lady - fair . " Ah , Kate , " said I , as I joined her at the close of the evening , " I have something to tell you . While you were dressing for your ride to - day , Harry called me into his room to show me that picture - and will you ...
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Page 146 - I shall call the Chamber of Maiden-Thought, than we become intoxicated with the light and the atmosphere, we see nothing but pleasant wonders, and think of delaying there for ever in delight. However among the effects this breathing is father of is that tremendous one of sharpening one's vision into the heart and nature of Man — of convincing one's nerves that the world is full of Misery and Heartbreak, Pain, Sickness, and oppression...
Page 328 - It ceased; yet still the sails made on A pleasant noise till noon, A noise like of a hidden brook, In the leafy month of June, That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune.
Page 56 - Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower ; We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind, In the primal sympathy Which having been must ever be, In the soothing thoughts that spring Out of human suffering, In...
Page 230 - By the strength of my hand I have done it, And by my wisdom ; for I am prudent : And I have removed the bounds of the people, And have robbed their treasures, And I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man...
Page 328 - HAIL to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert, That from heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art Higher still and higher From the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire; The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest.
Page 139 - ... injured brood. The barking of the dog, the mewing of the cat, the creaking of a passing wheelbarrow, follow with great truth and rapidity.
Page 241 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Page 146 - I compare human life to a large mansion of many apartments, two of which I can only describe, the doors of the rest being as yet shut upon me. The first we step into we call the Infant, or Thoughtless Chamber, in which we remain as long as we do not think.
Page 255 - THE HOUSE OF THE LORD: BUILT BY THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS. HOLINESS TO THE LORD!
Page 146 - ... them. Here I must think Wordsworth is deeper than Milton, though I think it has depended more upon the general and gregarious advance of intellect, than individual greatness of Mind. From the Paradise Lost...