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... rest , to sleep on thick matting , wrapped in a robe of soft silk ! " Such was the sigh that he breathed to Heaven . An angel heard it . " It shall be according to thy desire , " said the angel . JAPANESE STONE - CUTTERS The stone ...
... rest , to sleep on thick matting , wrapped in a robe of soft silk ! " Such was the sigh that he breathed to Heaven . An angel heard it . " It shall be according to thy desire , " said the angel . JAPANESE STONE - CUTTERS The stone ...
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... rest . They forgot to ask questions now . They were no longer frightened . They had caught the wild ecstasy of the storm . All that night they rushed on madly up the United States , howling and shrieking . It was no longer hard for the ...
... rest . They forgot to ask questions now . They were no longer frightened . They had caught the wild ecstasy of the storm . All that night they rushed on madly up the United States , howling and shrieking . It was no longer hard for the ...
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... Indians were dodging about three or four hundred yards east of Fort Henry . The rest of the savages were withdrawn a little in the woods . They all saw the girl , for the people in the stockade observed them looking at her ; but for some ...
... Indians were dodging about three or four hundred yards east of Fort Henry . The rest of the savages were withdrawn a little in the woods . They all saw the girl , for the people in the stockade observed them looking at her ; but for some ...
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... rest for a moment . As I drew breath , the weary hands slackened their hold , and I forgot to give him the butt . A wild scutter in the water , a plunge , and a break for the head - waters of the Clackamas were my rewards . The weary ...
... rest for a moment . As I drew breath , the weary hands slackened their hold , and I forgot to give him the butt . A wild scutter in the water , a plunge , and a break for the head - waters of the Clackamas were my rewards . The weary ...
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... Milton cantered calmly up to the crowd , they all yelled . " He isn't any good , that gray horse ! Why didn't you let him out ? " " You'll find out why , later in the day , responded Milton coolly . " When the rest of your horses are 88.
... Milton cantered calmly up to the crowd , they all yelled . " He isn't any good , that gray horse ! Why didn't you let him out ? " " You'll find out why , later in the day , responded Milton coolly . " When the rest of your horses are 88.
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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.