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... hands of sym- pathetic teachers , can be so used as to make not only good read- ers in the technical sense , but also real lovers of fine literature , young people of good taste in letters and of an increasing desire for close ...
... hands of sym- pathetic teachers , can be so used as to make not only good read- ers in the technical sense , but also real lovers of fine literature , young people of good taste in letters and of an increasing desire for close ...
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... hand . " Is my master a workingman ; and has he a master of his own ? Nonsense ! " " No nonsense at all ; he works with his head , keeps his books , and manages his great mills . He has many masters ; else why was he nearly ruined last ...
... hand . " Is my master a workingman ; and has he a master of his own ? Nonsense ! " " No nonsense at all ; he works with his head , keeps his books , and manages his great mills . He has many masters ; else why was he nearly ruined last ...
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... the moon she flutters down . She has a little silver wand , And when a good child goes to bed , She waves her hand from right to left , And makes a circle round its head . And then it dreams of pleasant things , Of fountains 36 Jean ...
... the moon she flutters down . She has a little silver wand , And when a good child goes to bed , She waves her hand from right to left , And makes a circle round its head . And then it dreams of pleasant things , Of fountains 36 Jean ...
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... hand . Then I compared my Spec- tator with the original , discovered some of my faults , and cor- rected them . But I found that I wanted a stock of words , or a readiness in recollecting and using them . This I thought I should have ...
... hand . Then I compared my Spec- tator with the original , discovered some of my faults , and cor- rected them . But I found that I wanted a stock of words , or a readiness in recollecting and using them . This I thought I should have ...
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... hands to quarters , " was the captain's reply . 66 Sound to quarters , sir . " This to the officer of the deck from the navigator . " Aye , aye , sir . Bugler , sound to quarters ! " rang out the voice of the young officer . A moment's ...
... hands to quarters , " was the captain's reply . 66 Sound to quarters , sir . " This to the officer of the deck from the navigator . " Aye , aye , sir . Bugler , sound to quarters ! " rang out the voice of the young officer . A moment's ...
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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.