American Monthly Knickerbocker, Том 111838 |
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... ancient statue - so unmoved His marble lip * - went up upon the breeze , Blending its melody with the deep bass God breathes along the tree - tops . Thus it ran : ' Ax , fell the tall old groves the sacred home Of the Great Spirit ! and ...
... ancient statue - so unmoved His marble lip * - went up upon the breeze , Blending its melody with the deep bass God breathes along the tree - tops . Thus it ran : ' Ax , fell the tall old groves the sacred home Of the Great Spirit ! and ...
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... ancient She- chem , he saw a shepherd sitting on the bank of a beautiful stream , playing a reed pipe , with his flock feeding quietly around him ; and outside the gate of the town , he beheld more than a dozen lepers , ' their faces ...
... ancient She- chem , he saw a shepherd sitting on the bank of a beautiful stream , playing a reed pipe , with his flock feeding quietly around him ; and outside the gate of the town , he beheld more than a dozen lepers , ' their faces ...
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... ancient Tiberias , standing on the very shore of the sea , a mere speck in the distance . Tyre , also , is thus described : " On the extreme end of a long , low , sandy isthmus , which seems to have crawled out as far as it could ...
... ancient Tiberias , standing on the very shore of the sea , a mere speck in the distance . Tyre , also , is thus described : " On the extreme end of a long , low , sandy isthmus , which seems to have crawled out as far as it could ...
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... ancient cities beyond and on this side Jordan , with all the chief towns of Modern Syria and Pales- tine . As may be inferred , this wide range of illustration , in the hands of Mr. BUCK- INGHAM , was made interesting in no ordinary ...
... ancient cities beyond and on this side Jordan , with all the chief towns of Modern Syria and Pales- tine . As may be inferred , this wide range of illustration , in the hands of Mr. BUCK- INGHAM , was made interesting in no ordinary ...
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... ancient editor of the BOSTON CENTINEL , ( who erewhile chuckled so fervently over the fresh news , brought in seven days from Philadelphia , ) would say , could he come back among the ' young folk ' of the present era , and peruse a ...
... ancient editor of the BOSTON CENTINEL , ( who erewhile chuckled so fervently over the fresh news , brought in seven days from Philadelphia , ) would say , could he come back among the ' young folk ' of the present era , and peruse a ...
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