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... Lewis Diman . 63 Henry James , Fr .. 20- ) Miss Agnes Harrison . 635 L. Clarke Davis 333 365 Calvin E. Stowe 673 E. Stuart Phelps 345 Eugene Benson 654 Turf and the Trotting Horse in America , The For Elarian 513 *** ༞ ,』,, ནཾ 1 1 " It.
... Lewis Diman . 63 Henry James , Fr .. 20- ) Miss Agnes Harrison . 635 L. Clarke Davis 333 365 Calvin E. Stowe 673 E. Stuart Phelps 345 Eugene Benson 654 Turf and the Trotting Horse in America , The For Elarian 513 *** ༞ ,』,, ནཾ 1 1 " It.
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... trotting mare . He apologized for the cover ; said , if the day had been fine he could have shown me more of the country , but as it rained , why , we must e'en bear it as we could . who We drove first to the granite quarries , which ...
... trotting mare . He apologized for the cover ; said , if the day had been fine he could have shown me more of the country , but as it rained , why , we must e'en bear it as we could . who We drove first to the granite quarries , which ...
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... trotting alongside , and the miser- able driver beating his breast with one hand and pounding the floor with one foot . The highly ornamental police- man on the first corner was singing to keep himself warm ; but , seeing a solitary ...
... trotting alongside , and the miser- able driver beating his breast with one hand and pounding the floor with one foot . The highly ornamental police- man on the first corner was singing to keep himself warm ; but , seeing a solitary ...
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... nor nerves ; that is to say , they are without the organs in which a conscious intelligence is universally supposed to reside . - NEARLY all the great trotting horses of America have 512 [ April . Reviews and Literary Notices .
... nor nerves ; that is to say , they are without the organs in which a conscious intelligence is universally supposed to reside . - NEARLY all the great trotting horses of America have 512 [ April . Reviews and Literary Notices .
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... TROTTING HORSE IN AMERICA . Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1868 , by TICKNOR AND FIELDS , in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts . is , in our opinion , a sport which should.
... TROTTING HORSE IN AMERICA . Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1868 , by TICKNOR AND FIELDS , in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts . is , in our opinion , a sport which should.
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Page 56 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike; And like the sun, they shine on all alike.
Page 226 - The question fairly stated is, Has the Constitution delegated to Congress the power to coerce a State into submission which is attempting to withdraw or has actually withdrawn from the Confederacy?
Page 385 - To th' instruments divine respondence meet: The silver sounding instruments did meet With the base murmure of the waters fall : The waters fall with difference discreet, Now soft, now loud, unto the wind did call : The gentle warbling wind low answered to all.
Page 482 - That hereafter, in this State, there shall be neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude, except in punishment of crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted ; and all persons held to service or labor as slaves are hereby declared free.
Page 555 - Little improvement can be expected in morality until the producing large families is regarded with the same feelings as drunkenness or any other physical excess. But while the aristocracy and clergy are foremost to set the example of this kind of incontinence, what can be expected from the poor?
Page 609 - sa narrow ridge in the graveyard Would scarce stay a child in his race, But to me and my thought it is wider Than the star-sown vague of Space.
Page 108 - If ever I should have a biographer, he ought to make great mention of this chamber in my memoirs, because so much of my lonely youth was wasted here, and here my mind and character were formed; and here I have been glad and hopeful, and here I have been despondent.
Page 286 - The number was not so great as we expected; and tho' they had been of great use, yet some inconveniences occurring for want of due care of them, the collection, after about a year, was separated and each took his books home again. And now I set on foot my first project of a public nature, that for a subscription library.
Page 370 - He scarce believes he's older for his years. Thus, at life's latest eve, we keep in store One disappointment sure, to crown the rest; The disappointment of a promis'd hour.
Page 610 - Communion in spirit! Forgive me, But I, who am earthy and weak, Would give all my incomes from dreamland For a touch of her hand on my cheek. That little shoe in the corner, So worn and wrinkled and brown, With its emptiness confutes you, And argues your wisdom down.