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... fire it . " " Thank you , " said the general ; " go . " The man picked up the torch and started into the mine . It seems that the slow - match had gone out within a very short distance of the powder magazine . But disregarding that , he ...
... fire it . " " Thank you , " said the general ; " go . " The man picked up the torch and started into the mine . It seems that the slow - match had gone out within a very short distance of the powder magazine . But disregarding that , he ...
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... . " And thou , " said the judge , turning to the other , " a daughter ? " 5. The air - current said , " Of course , north , " although he did not know . LITTLE GIFFEN Out of the focal and foremost fire , 29 George Cary Eggleston.
... . " And thou , " said the judge , turning to the other , " a daughter ? " 5. The air - current said , " Of course , north , " although he did not know . LITTLE GIFFEN Out of the focal and foremost fire , 29 George Cary Eggleston.
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... fire , Out of the hospital walls as dire ; Smitten of grape - shot and gangrene , ( Eighteenth battle , and he sixteen ! ) Specter ! such as you seldom see , Little Giffen , of Tennessee ! " Take him and welcome ! " the surgeons said ...
... fire , Out of the hospital walls as dire ; Smitten of grape - shot and gangrene , ( Eighteenth battle , and he sixteen ! ) Specter ! such as you seldom see , Little Giffen , of Tennessee ! " Take him and welcome ! " the surgeons said ...
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... fire at her . They may have supposed that she was running to the house merely for the purpose of getting her clothes , or a hair - brush , or some other article that girls like to have . It is quite as likely , however , that they ...
... fire at her . They may have supposed that she was running to the house merely for the purpose of getting her clothes , or a hair - brush , or some other article that girls like to have . It is quite as likely , however , that they ...
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... fire , They grasp their arms in vain , And they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again ; And they who fly in terror deem A mighty host behind , And hear the tramp of thousands Upon the hollow wind . Then sweet the hour that brings ...
... fire , They grasp their arms in vain , And they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again ; And they who fly in terror deem A mighty host behind , And hear the tramp of thousands Upon the hollow wind . Then sweet the hour that brings ...
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Page 43 - But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we — Of many far wiser than we — And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee...
Page 186 - My grandmamma has said — Poor old lady, she is dead Long ago — That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow.
Page 110 - MY good blade carves the casques of men, My tough lance thrusteth sure, My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure.
Page 240 - All day the hoary meteor fell; And, when the second morning shone, We looked upon a world unknown, On nothing we could call our own. Around the glistening wonder bent The blue walls of the firmament, No cloud above, no earth below,— A universe of sky and snow!
Page 200 - But still as wilder blew the wind And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen rode armed men, Their trampling sounded nearer. ' O haste thee, haste ! ' the lady cries, 'Though tempests round us gather; I'll meet the raging of the skies, But not an angry father.
Page 182 - This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main, — 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.
Page 252 - The Angel wrote and vanished. The next night It came again with a great wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.
Page 162 - It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise! He needs must think of her once more, How in the grave she lies; And with his hard, rough hand he wipes A tear out of his eyes.
Page 199 - I'm the chief of Ulva's isle, And this, Lord Ullin's daughter. 'And fast before her father's men Three days we've fled together, For should he find us in the glen, My blood would stain the heather. 'His horsemen hard behind us ride — Should they our steps discover, Then who will cheer my bonny bride When they have slain her lover?
Page 45 - ... the papers again, by expressing each hinted sentiment at length, and as fully as it had been expressed before, in any suitable words that should come to hand. Then I compared my " Spectator " with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected them.