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Page 18
... asked a draught from the spring that flowed Through the meadows across the road . She stooped where the cool spring bubbled up , And filled for him her small tin cup , And blushed as she gave it , looking down On 18 THE HOME READER AND ...
... asked a draught from the spring that flowed Through the meadows across the road . She stooped where the cool spring bubbled up , And filled for him her small tin cup , And blushed as she gave it , looking down On 18 THE HOME READER AND ...
Page 27
... asking for comradeship , must accept with dignity its refusal . But if she does not refuse to accept in frankness and sincerity this message of good - will and friendship , then will the prophecy of Webster , delivered forty years ago ...
... asking for comradeship , must accept with dignity its refusal . But if she does not refuse to accept in frankness and sincerity this message of good - will and friendship , then will the prophecy of Webster , delivered forty years ago ...
Page 44
... asked the young man in the ticket office if I could have a sleeping section , and he answered " No ! " with a snarl that shriveled me up like burned leather . I went off smarting under this insult to my dignity and asked another local ...
... asked the young man in the ticket office if I could have a sleeping section , and he answered " No ! " with a snarl that shriveled me up like burned leather . I went off smarting under this insult to my dignity and asked another local ...
Page 56
... asked him , In a voice like the May - wind sweet . He turned , and while pointing dolefully To his naked and bleeding feet , " I was praying for shoes , " he answered : " ( Just look at the splendid show ! ) I was praying to God for a ...
... asked him , In a voice like the May - wind sweet . He turned , and while pointing dolefully To his naked and bleeding feet , " I was praying for shoes , " he answered : " ( Just look at the splendid show ! ) I was praying to God for a ...
Page 72
... saw him again on the other side , But his silk gown floated on the tide ; And no one asked in that blissful spot , Whether he belonged to the " Church " or not . Then down to the river a Quaker strayed ; His 72 THE HOME READER AND RECITER.
... saw him again on the other side , But his silk gown floated on the tide ; And no one asked in that blissful spot , Whether he belonged to the " Church " or not . Then down to the river a Quaker strayed ; His 72 THE HOME READER AND RECITER.
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Popular passages
Page 47 - Oh, the bells, bells, bells! What a tale their terror tells Of Despair! How they clang, and clash, and roar! What a horror they outpour On the bosom of the palpitating air! Yet the ear it fully knows, By the twanging, And the clanging, How the danger ebbs and flows...
Page 101 - AY, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her deck once red with heroes...
Page 40 - In the execution of such a plan nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular Nations and passionate attachments for others should be excluded; and that in place of them just and amicable feelings toward all should be cultivated.
Page 55 - It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us...
Page 39 - Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct; and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it?
Page 46 - Hear the sledges with the bells Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars that oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight...
Page 41 - In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend, I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting impression I could wish; that they will control the usual current of the passions, or prevent our nation from running the course which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations.
Page 39 - To the efficacy and permanency of your union a government for the whole is indispensable. No alliances, however strict, between the parts can be an adequate substitute. They must inevitably experience the infractions and interruptions which all alliances in all times have experienced. Sensible of this momentous truth, you have improved upon your first essay by the adoption of a Constitution of Government better calculated than your former for an intimate union and for the efficacious management of...
Page 306 - In she plunged boldly, No matter how coldly The rough river ran, — Over the brink of it, Picture it— think of it, Dissolute man! Lave in it, drink of it, Then, if you can! 'Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care; Fashioned so slenderly, Young, and so fair!
Page 47 - Hear the loud alarum bells, Brazen bells ! What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells ! In the startled ear of night How they screa,m out their affright ! Too much horrified to speak, They can only shriek, shriek, Out of tune, In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire...