American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 43Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1854 - American periodicals |
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... body , was adorned with a plume of feathers , which gave him a rather melo - dramatic air ; and he cocked his tail at an angle expressive of great self - respect . He did not seem in the least disposed to be quarrelsome ; and so we ...
... body , was adorned with a plume of feathers , which gave him a rather melo - dramatic air ; and he cocked his tail at an angle expressive of great self - respect . He did not seem in the least disposed to be quarrelsome ; and so we ...
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... body in a worse dilemma than I am at the present moment . It would , perhaps , be too much for me to say that I am a poet ; or , at least , to class myself with such lyrists as you , ' added I , with a low bow ; but nature has gifted me ...
... body in a worse dilemma than I am at the present moment . It would , perhaps , be too much for me to say that I am a poet ; or , at least , to class myself with such lyrists as you , ' added I , with a low bow ; but nature has gifted me ...
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... body bid him hold his tongue ; no body abused him for singing at such a time of night ; nor did his father kick him out , nor his friends flee from him . ' To me alone , ' cried I , ' is happiness denied ! Let me go ; let me fly from ...
... body bid him hold his tongue ; no body abused him for singing at such a time of night ; nor did his father kick him out , nor his friends flee from him . ' To me alone , ' cried I , ' is happiness denied ! Let me go ; let me fly from ...
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... body to answer me . The tree where my father sang ; the thicket where my mother nestled , they were all gone all . The axe had been there ; and in place of the green alley where I was born , there was nothing but a pile of fire - wood ...
... body to answer me . The tree where my father sang ; the thicket where my mother nestled , they were all gone all . The axe had been there ; and in place of the green alley where I was born , there was nothing but a pile of fire - wood ...
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... body is in bed by this time . ' Barbemuche made up his mind to go in , though at the bottom of his heart he would have given a good deal for a false nose . For greater security , he insisted on having a private room , and took care to ...
... body is in bed by this time . ' Barbemuche made up his mind to go in , though at the bottom of his heart he would have given a good deal for a false nose . For greater security , he insisted on having a private room , and took care to ...
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