The Knickerbocker
'IN some are found Such teachable and apprehensive parts, That man's attainments in his own concerns, Matched with the expertness of the brutes in their's, Are ofttimes vanquished and thrown far behind.'
TWENTY. I say, by labor must men gain the prize. See! I am standing at this moment on an eminence, from which I overlook the whole plain of life. On whatever side I turn my eyes...
5. Part 5During all this bustle and turmoil, and running to and fro of his progenitors, Monsieur Alphonse Peyrade remained motionless as a post. He was a tall young man, of about six-and...
9. Part 9'It was a trap, was it? Pah! a child could see through it! It alludes to one _Henry Colton_. The charges are made against _him_. I'll save you the trouble of farther manoeuverin...
6. Part 6'Are you a judge of jewels?' continued Monsieur Alphonse, holding up his brawny hand; 'how do you like this? Here is the ring I am going to give her to-morrow.'
8. Part 8The shop doors are all open, and through one of them is discovered a man with a lathered face, the sunshine lying half way up his lap, a white barber holding his nose, and a sma...
10. Part 10Count D'ORSAY has this innate perception throughout his chapter on Conversation, and he has well illustrated it in that on Dress; indeed throughout his work he writes _as from a...
2. Part 2The general deduction follows, that the same thinking intellectual principle pervades all animated existences; created by the DEITY, and bestowed in such measures upon the diffe...
7. Part 7I went throughout the house, seeking all over for traces of a breaking in, but could find none. I then went into the garden to see if the assassins had got in on that side, but...
1. Part 1'IN some are found Such teachable and apprehensive parts, That man's attainments in his own concerns, Matched with the expertness of the brutes in their's, Are ofttimes vanquish...
3. Part 3'Oh! Emir of the Faithful! give the newly-arrived maiden a few days' repose, and allow her time to become acquainted with her new home and companions. She is unhappy, and requir...
12. Part 12'AT this dinner but one feeling prevailed; and the only alloy was the thought that perhaps we looked upon our host for the last time; an anticipation soon too painfully realized...
11. Part 11THIS transcendant work is at length completed, and in four well-bound and well-printed volumes, may be obtained of the publishers at one tenth of the price charged for the Engli...
14. Part 14The situation, the drawing, the coloring, all are beautiful, and bespeak alike taste, skill, and genius, in the artist.... OF the _Oi Polloi_, we fear, is the author of '_Nature...
13. Part 13'Not that my hair with age is gray, Not that my heart hath yet grown cold, But that remembered friendships say, 'Death loves not best the infirm and old.' As many a bosom knows...