The Granite Monthly: A New Hampshire Magazine Devoted to History, Biography, Literature, and State Progress, Volum 23Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock H.H. Metcalf, 1897 |
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Pàgina 269 - Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep ; If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take ; And this I ask for Jesus
Pàgina 271 - Tis a fearful thing in winter To be shattered by the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder, "Cut away the mast !" So we shuddered there in silence ; For the stoutest held his breath, While the hungry sea was roaring, And the breakers talked with Death. As thus we sat in darkness, Each one busy in his prayers, "We are lost !" the captain shouted, As he staggered down the stairs.
Pàgina 271 - WE were crowded in the cabin, Not a soul would dare to sleep, — It was midnight on the waters And a storm was on the deep. 'Tis a fearful thing in Winter To be shattered by the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder :
Pàgina 234 - A prison is a house of care. A place where none can thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for one alive. Sometimes a place of right. Sometimes a place of wrong, Sometimes a place of rogues and thieves, And honest men among.
Pàgina 287 - Having defended this position as long as I deem my duty requires, I am willing to surrender to you, and will appoint a commission of three officers to meet a similar commission appointed by yourself, at nine o'clock this morning, for the purpose of agreeing upon and drawing up the terms of surrender; and for that purpose I ask for a cessation of hostilities.
Pàgina 94 - The public were appealed to on the subject ; pamphlets were written and newspapers were hired to revile the railway. It was declared that its formation would prevent cows grazing and hens laying. The poisoned air from the locomotives would kill birds as they flew over them, and render the preservation of pheasants and foxes no longer possible. Householders adjoining the projected line were told that their houses would be burnt up by the fire thrown from the engine-chimneys, while the air around would...
Pàgina 281 - And under low brows, black with night, Rayed out at times a dangerous light; The sharp heat-lightnings of her face Presaging ill to him whom Fate Condemned to share her love or hate.
Pàgina 63 - Wilmington, studied law with his father, and was admitted to the bar in 1851.
Pàgina 244 - But there has been yet another detrimental influence at work, perhaps more potent than any of the others : we mean —excess of mental application. On old and young, the pressure of modern life puts a still-increasing strain. In all businesses and professions, intenser competition taxes the energies and abilities of every adult ; and, with the view of better fitting the young to hold their place undef this intenser competition, they are subject to a more severe discipline than heretofore.
Pàgina 323 - Whereas there is a cursed sect of heretics lately risen up in the world, which are commonly called Quakers...