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... expression of his face was sharp , but noble and commanding , and there was something in it , partly derived from the aquiline nose and partly from the shutting of the mouth , which made you think of the imperial eagle . His greeting ...
... expression of his face was sharp , but noble and commanding , and there was something in it , partly derived from the aquiline nose and partly from the shutting of the mouth , which made you think of the imperial eagle . His greeting ...
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... , with the pure and vivid colors of his genial expression , into per- manent memorials . Every quaint outline , every mellowed tint , the aërial perspective that leads the sight into 44 HOMES OF AMERICAN AUTHORS . 66 66 66.
... , with the pure and vivid colors of his genial expression , into per- manent memorials . Every quaint outline , every mellowed tint , the aërial perspective that leads the sight into 44 HOMES OF AMERICAN AUTHORS . 66 66 66.
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... expression prevalent half a century ago among us , but also proved a bond in letters between our own coun- try and England , by recalling the identity of language and domestic life , at a time when great asperity of feeling divided the ...
... expression prevalent half a century ago among us , but also proved a bond in letters between our own coun- try and England , by recalling the identity of language and domestic life , at a time when great asperity of feeling divided the ...
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... expression at once rich , vigorous , and characteristic . Mr. Bancroft's time is now divided between the city and the seaside . Early in the summer he repairs to Newport , and were the date of our book somewhat later , we might enrich ...
... expression at once rich , vigorous , and characteristic . Mr. Bancroft's time is now divided between the city and the seaside . Early in the summer he repairs to Newport , and were the date of our book somewhat later , we might enrich ...
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... expression ; a voice of peculiar sympathetic quality , and a manner very frank and simple , yet conveying an impression of singular refinement . Be- yond this there is little to notice , except that he is some- what under the middle ...
... expression ; a voice of peculiar sympathetic quality , and a manner very frank and simple , yet conveying an impression of singular refinement . Be- yond this there is little to notice , except that he is some- what under the middle ...
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Page 337 - THE snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all the night Had been heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white. Every pine and fir and hemlock Wore ermine too dear for an earl, And the poorest twig on the elm-tree Was ridged inch deep with pearl.
Page 102 - The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, - the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods - rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste, Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
Page 227 - By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world.
Page 228 - Spirit, that made those heroes dare To die, and leave their children free, Bid Time and Nature gently spare The shaft we raise to them and thee.
Page 273 - Halfway up the stairs it stands, And points and beckons with its hands From its case of massive oak, Like a monk, who, under his cloak, Crosses himself, and sighs, alas ' With sorrowful voice to all who pass, — " Forever — never ! Never — forever...
Page 338 - The snow that husheth all, Darling, the merciful Father Alone can make it fall ! " Then, with eyes that saw not, I kissed her; And she, kissing back, could not know That my kiss was given to her sister, Folded close under deepening snow.
Page 302 - They rowed her in across the rolling foam, The cruel, crawling foam, The cruel, hungry foam, To her grave beside the sea ; But still the boatmen hear her call the cattle home Across the...
Page 45 - simmer it well : Sweeten jusv, to your own private liking, then strain, That only the finest and clearest remain : Let it stand out of doors till a soul it receives From the warm lazy sun loitering down through green leaves: And you'll find a choice nature, not wholly deserving A name either English or Yankee — just Irving.
Page 254 - Once, ah, once, within these walls, One whom memory oft recalls, The Father of his Country, dwelt. And yonder meadows broad and damp The fires of the besieging camp Encircled with a burning belt. Up and down these echoing stairs, Heavy with the weight of cares, Sounded his majestic tread ; Yes, within this very room Sat he in those hours of gloom, Weary both in heart and head.
Page 346 - A-raspin' on the scraper, — All ways to once her feelins flew Like sparks in burnt-up paper. He kin' o' 1'itered on the mat Some doubtfle o' the sekle, His heart kep' goin' pity-pat, But hern went pity Zekle.