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... Cratchit's ... Nathaniel Hawthorne ... 30 Washington Irving .. 33 Charles Dickens . 36 Part I Part II The Witch's Cavern . Beauty . Lord Lytton 41 Ralph Waldo Emerson .. === 44 49 56 ATMOSPHERE PAGE The Ride for Life .. Charles Gordon ....
... Cratchit's ... Nathaniel Hawthorne ... 30 Washington Irving .. 33 Charles Dickens . 36 Part I Part II The Witch's Cavern . Beauty . Lord Lytton 41 Ralph Waldo Emerson .. === 44 49 56 ATMOSPHERE PAGE The Ride for Life .. Charles Gordon ....
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... CRATCHIT'S The Ghost of Christmas Present rose . " Spirit , " said Scrooge submissively , " conduct me where you will . I went forth last night on compulsion , and I learnt a lesson which is working now . To - night , if you have aught ...
... CRATCHIT'S The Ghost of Christmas Present rose . " Spirit , " said Scrooge submissively , " conduct me where you will . I went forth last night on compulsion , and I learnt a lesson which is working now . To - night , if you have aught ...
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... Cratchit , Cratchit's wife , dressed out but poorly in a twice - turned gown , but brave in ribbons , which are cheap , and make a goodly show for sixpence ; and she laid the cloth , assisted by Belinda Cratchit , second of her ...
... Cratchit , Cratchit's wife , dressed out but poorly in a twice - turned gown , but brave in ribbons , which are cheap , and make a goodly show for sixpence ; and she laid the cloth , assisted by Belinda Cratchit , second of her ...
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... Cratchits . " Hurrah ! There's such a goose , Martha ! " 66 " Why , bless your heart alive , my dear , how late you are ! " said Mrs. Cratchit , kissing her a dozen times , and taking off her shawl and bonnet for her with officious zeal ...
... Cratchits . " Hurrah ! There's such a goose , Martha ! " 66 " Why , bless your heart alive , my dear , how late you are ! " said Mrs. Cratchit , kissing her a dozen times , and taking off her shawl and bonnet for her with officious zeal ...
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... Cratchit made the gravy ( ready beforehand in a little saucepan ) hissing hot ; Master Peter mashed the potatoes with incredible vigor ; Miss Belinda sweetened up the apple sauce ; Martha dusted the hot plates ; Bob took Tiny Tim beside ...
... Cratchit made the gravy ( ready beforehand in a little saucepan ) hissing hot ; Master Peter mashed the potatoes with incredible vigor ; Miss Belinda sweetened up the apple sauce ; Martha dusted the hot plates ; Bob took Tiny Tim beside ...
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Page 100 - There has fallen a splendid tear From the passion-flower at the gate. She is coming, my dove, my dear ; She is coming, my life, my fate; The red rose cries, " She is near, she is near; And the white rose weeps, " She is late ; " The larkspur listens, "I hear, I hear;" And the lily whispers,
Page 127 - What if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord, Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff That beetles o'er his base into the sea, And there assume some other horrible form, Which might deprive your sovereignty of reason And draw you into madness? think of it; The very place puts toys of desperation, Without more motive, into every brain That looks so many fathoms to the sea And hears it roar beneath.
Page 126 - Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked, or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable* shape, That I will speak to thee ; I'll call thee, Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane : O, answer me : Let me not burst in ignorance...
Page 164 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man.
Page 60 - Christ! That ever this should be! Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea. About, about, in reel and rout The death-fires danced at night; The water, like a witch's oils, Burnt green, and blue and white. And some in dreams assured were, Of the Spirit that plagued us so; Nine fathom deep he had followed us From the land of mist and snow. And every tongue, through utter drought, Was withered at the root; We could not speak, no more than if We had been choked with soot. Ah! well a-day!...
Page 106 - The stars of midnight shall be dear To her; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face. "And vital feelings of delight Shall rear her form to stately height, Her virgin bosom swell; Such thoughts to Lucy I will give While she and I together live Here in this happy dell.
Page 136 - The thane of Fife had a wife; where is she now? What, will these hands ne'er be clean? No more o' that, my lord, no more o' that: you mar all with this starting.
Page 68 - Who sank thy sunless pillars deep in Earth ? Who filled thy countenance with rosy light ? Who made thee parent of perpetual streams...
Page 105 - THREE years she grew in sun and shower ; Then Nature said : " A lovelier flower On earth was never sown ; This child I to myself will take ; She shall be mine, and I will make A lady of my own. " Myself will to my darling be Both law and impulse ; and with me The girl, in rock and plain, In earth and heaven, in glade and bower, Shall feel an overseeing power, To kindle or restrain.
Page 72 - The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.