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Page 35
... stopped on the aforesaid day to kill the insect , at the same time we would have killed our sermon . We could not waste our time on such a combat . Truth ought not to be wrecked on an insect's proboscis . You are all ordained to some ...
... stopped on the aforesaid day to kill the insect , at the same time we would have killed our sermon . We could not waste our time on such a combat . Truth ought not to be wrecked on an insect's proboscis . You are all ordained to some ...
Page 53
... stopped before breakfast to see if it could do any good . Every flower or grass that called had a prescription for him that would surely cure . Neighbor Horse - sorrel suggested acids , and Honeysuckle proposed sugars , and Myrrh sug ...
... stopped before breakfast to see if it could do any good . Every flower or grass that called had a prescription for him that would surely cure . Neighbor Horse - sorrel suggested acids , and Honeysuckle proposed sugars , and Myrrh sug ...
Page 73
... stopped at the river's brink , I saw one saint from the other shrink . " Sprinkled or plunged ? may I ask you , friend , How you attained to life's great end ? " " Thus , with a few drops on my brow . " " But I have been dipped , as you ...
... stopped at the river's brink , I saw one saint from the other shrink . " Sprinkled or plunged ? may I ask you , friend , How you attained to life's great end ? " " Thus , with a few drops on my brow . " " But I have been dipped , as you ...
Page 105
... stopped ; the firelight fell on him ; he was hideous . It was a sinister apparition . " My name is Jean Valjean . I am a galley - slave , and have spent nineteen years in the bagne . I was liberated four days ago , and to - day I have ...
... stopped ; the firelight fell on him ; he was hideous . It was a sinister apparition . " My name is Jean Valjean . I am a galley - slave , and have spent nineteen years in the bagne . I was liberated four days ago , and to - day I have ...
Page 109
... stopped , for he was close to the bed . At this moment a cloud was rent asunder and a moonbeam suddenly illumined the Bishop's pale face . The sleeper seemed to be surrounded by a glory . There was almost a divinity in this ...
... stopped , for he was close to the bed . At this moment a cloud was rent asunder and a moonbeam suddenly illumined the Bishop's pale face . The sleeper seemed to be surrounded by a glory . There was almost a divinity in this ...
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ALFRED TENNYSON Anon baby Baby Bell beautiful bells blessed breath brother bumblebee called Caudle child church clock cradle cried dead dear death door eyes face father feet fire girl glory gold goose Grandma grave gray hand head hear heard heart heaven heerd Huldy iths Jackdaw Jean Valjean Jim Doyle JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY Katydid King O'Toole kiss laugh light lika lips looked Lord morning mother Nelly Gray never night o'er Parson pig-pen poor pray prayer Reb'rend Quako Strong ring round Santa Claus says Saint Kavin says the king seemed shouted singin singing sleep smile Sophia soul sperits stood sure sweet TALMAGE tears tell thee there's thing THOMAS HOOD thou thought to-day told tramp twas voice wife woman wonder word wuzzled young
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...