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... ship of pearl , which , poets feign , Sails the unshadowed main . The words here state what is really not true , for the shell is not a ship of pearl , but resembles a ship of pearl . To read this in a matter - of - fact way would not ...
... ship of pearl , which , poets feign , Sails the unshadowed main . The words here state what is really not true , for the shell is not a ship of pearl , but resembles a ship of pearl . To read this in a matter - of - fact way would not ...
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... ship - how ridiculous ! " 4. Is a given thought complete or does it depend on another thought ? 5. What are the most important ideas in the whole selec- tion , and what are the secondary ones ? 6. What means of expression will best ...
... ship - how ridiculous ! " 4. Is a given thought complete or does it depend on another thought ? 5. What are the most important ideas in the whole selec- tion , and what are the secondary ones ? 6. What means of expression will best ...
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... ships are that bring parrots and tobacco from the Indies . Aye , it has a long trot before it , as it goes singing over our weir , bless its heart ! " " And what is the sea ? " asked Will . " The sea ! " cried the miller . " Ah , it is ...
... ships are that bring parrots and tobacco from the Indies . Aye , it has a long trot before it , as it goes singing over our weir , bless its heart ! " " And what is the sea ? " asked Will . " The sea ! " cried the miller . " Ah , it is ...
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... ships , and his men began to march across into Europe . The number of soldiers was so great that it was seven days and nights before the entire army could pass over the bridge . Now there was only one way of entering Greece from the ...
... ships , and his men began to march across into Europe . The number of soldiers was so great that it was seven days and nights before the entire army could pass over the bridge . Now there was only one way of entering Greece from the ...
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... ship which the American frigate had now to oppose was a vessel of near her own size and equipage ; and when Griffith looked at her again , he perceived that she had made her preparations to assert her equality in manful fight . Her ...
... ship which the American frigate had now to oppose was a vessel of near her own size and equipage ; and when Griffith looked at her again , he perceived that she had made her preparations to assert her equality in manful fight . Her ...
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Page 304 - Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow...
Page 323 - What thou art we know not : What is most like thee ? From rainbow clouds there flow not Drops so bright to see As from thy presence showers a rain of melody.
Page 151 - Far/called, our navies melt away; On dune and headland sinks the fire: Lo, all our pomp of yesterday Is one with Nineveh and Tyre! Judge of the Nations, spare us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget!
Page 142 - Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received ? Trust it not, Sir ; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation...
Page 279 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 274 - Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No : — men, high-minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude, — Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain ; These constitute a State; 3 And sovereign law, that State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing...
Page 324 - Like a glowworm golden In a dell of dew, Scattering unbeholden Its aerial hue Among the flowers and grass, which screen it from the view: Like a rose embowered In its own green leaves, By warm winds deflowered, Till the scent it gives Makes faint with too much sweet these heavy-winged thieves. Sound of vernal showers On the twinkling grass, Rain-awakened flowers, All that ever was Joyous, and clear, and fresh, thy music doth surpass.
Page 160 - The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the Siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl, Wrecked is the ship of pearl ! And every chambered cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell...
Page 143 - In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free — if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending...
Page 143 - Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.