The Stranger's Gift: A Christmas and New Year's PresentHermann Bokum Light and Horton, 1836 - 103 oldal |
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9. oldal
... preserved by the kindly disposi- tion of the people , are probably generally known ; but only he whose childhood has been passed in Ger- many , can know how fondly the heart loves to dwell again and again on these successive ...
... preserved by the kindly disposi- tion of the people , are probably generally known ; but only he whose childhood has been passed in Ger- many , can know how fondly the heart loves to dwell again and again on these successive ...
21. oldal
... preserving our worship . We also shall dwindle away as the Swedes have before us , and our very children will feel as strangers towards us . " It was , however , but a short time that he suf- It fered himself to be carried away by these ...
... preserving our worship . We also shall dwindle away as the Swedes have before us , and our very children will feel as strangers towards us . " It was , however , but a short time that he suf- It fered himself to be carried away by these ...
36. oldal
... preserved them- selves free from the evil influences by which they are surrounded . They have founded seminaries and colleges , and have gradually gained the confi- dence of their German neighbors , whom they alone are able to approach ...
... preserved them- selves free from the evil influences by which they are surrounded . They have founded seminaries and colleges , and have gradually gained the confi- dence of their German neighbors , whom they alone are able to approach ...
45. oldal
... preserve the chain unbroken which with a thousand sacred links unites us to the hour of the past . " The Prophet's mirror hangs far behind him ! " My musings were suddenly interrupted by the cry of " 4 THE AMERICAN DUTCH . 45.
... preserve the chain unbroken which with a thousand sacred links unites us to the hour of the past . " The Prophet's mirror hangs far behind him ! " My musings were suddenly interrupted by the cry of " 4 THE AMERICAN DUTCH . 45.
46. oldal
... preserved free from many of the vexatious details which impede his course on the continent . The stillness of the night , and the smooth road on which our wagon now was moving along on the banks of the Hudson , seemed favorable to ...
... preserved free from many of the vexatious details which impede his course on the continent . The stillness of the night , and the smooth road on which our wagon now was moving along on the banks of the Hudson , seemed favorable to ...
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The Stranger's Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present (Classic Reprint) Hermann Bokum Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2015 |
The Stranger's Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present (Classic Reprint) Hermann Bokum Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2017 |
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Népszerű szakaszok
27. oldal - Vice is a monster of such frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; But seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
64. oldal - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears; soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold.
73. oldal - Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday ; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth. Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab ; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler : for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
69. oldal - But, howsoever thou pursu'st this act, Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive Against thy mother aught; leave her to heaven, And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge To prick and sting her. Fare thee well at once. The glow-worm shows the matin to be near, And 'gins to pale his uneffectual fire; Adieu, adieu, adieu, remember me.
67. oldal - The judges shall determine controversies without a jury. " No one shall be a freeman, or give a vote, unless he be converted, and a member in full communion of one of the Churches allowed in this Dominion.
93. oldal - Lutheran, as found in the United States. This, in reference to the systems before mentioned, is Eclectic in its nature. It embraces all those principles and precepts, of permanent obligation, which are contained in the New Testament, and such other regulations dictated by reason, best adapted to the genius of our free republican institutions, and calculated most successfully to advance the cause of Christ. The fundamental features of this system are the following, viz. 1 . Parity of ministers, 2....
88. oldal - As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : when shall I come and appear before God...
42. oldal - Sir, he hath never fed of the dainties that are bred in a book ; he hath not eat paper, as it were ; he hath not drunk ink : his intellect is not replenished ; he is only an animal, only sensible in the duller parts...
65. oldal - Nature reserves to herself the prerogative of giving to her visitors the rapturous impression. The view of these falls varies exceedingly, according to the plenitude or paucity of the waters. In the autumnal floods, and particularly the spring freshets, arising from the sudden liquefaction of snow in the northern country, the river is swelled a hundred-fold, and comes rushing in a vast body of tumultuous foam from the summit rock into the broad basin at the bottom. It is at this time tremendous indeed,...
96. oldal - For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof fadeth away ; but the word of the Lord endureth for ever.