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... stood watching the crowd stream through the depot , and feeling rather daunted at the array of young ladies who passed . He presently caught sight of a girl in gorgeous array , standing with her hands folded and a very small hat perched ...
... stood watching the crowd stream through the depot , and feeling rather daunted at the array of young ladies who passed . He presently caught sight of a girl in gorgeous array , standing with her hands folded and a very small hat perched ...
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... stood beneath a horse - chestnut tree in Cambridge , not far from Mr. Longfellow's home . The tree was cut down in 1876 , and from a portion of the wood a chair was afterwards made and presented to the poet . WILL'S DREAM OF THE WORLD ...
... stood beneath a horse - chestnut tree in Cambridge , not far from Mr. Longfellow's home . The tree was cut down in 1876 , and from a portion of the wood a chair was afterwards made and presented to the poet . WILL'S DREAM OF THE WORLD ...
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... stood in a falling valley between pine woods and great mountains . Above , hill after hill soared upward until they soared out of the depth of the hardiest timber , and stood naked against the sky . Some way up , a long gray village lay ...
... stood in a falling valley between pine woods and great mountains . Above , hill after hill soared upward until they soared out of the depth of the hardiest timber , and stood naked against the sky . Some way up , a long gray village lay ...
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... stood and watched them on their passage the rhythmical stride , the pale unshaven faces tanned about the eyes , the tattered flags , filled him with a sense of weariness , pity , and wonder ; and all night long , after he was in bed ...
... stood and watched them on their passage the rhythmical stride , the pale unshaven faces tanned about the eyes , the tattered flags , filled him with a sense of weariness , pity , and wonder ; and all night long , after he was in bed ...
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William Holmes McGuffey. stream . They , at least , stood faithfully by him , while all else were posting downward to the unknown world . - One evening he asked the miller where the river went . " It goes down the valley , " answered he ...
William Holmes McGuffey. stream . They , at least , stood faithfully by him , while all else were posting downward to the unknown world . - One evening he asked the miller where the river went . " It goes down the valley , " answered he ...
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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.