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Page 69
... tell him she had heard of his late misfortunes , and to reproach him for his unkindness in concealing them from her . She said she did not ask permission for George and herself to work for him , until his debts were paid ; that she had ...
... tell him she had heard of his late misfortunes , and to reproach him for his unkindness in concealing them from her . She said she did not ask permission for George and herself to work for him , until his debts were paid ; that she had ...
Page 71
... tell you , George , how I landed in Mexico ; went to view the lead mines in Missouri ; and finally hastened to New York , on account of letters I received from my son's trustees ; but I shall not tell you how much I have learned to love ...
... tell you , George , how I landed in Mexico ; went to view the lead mines in Missouri ; and finally hastened to New York , on account of letters I received from my son's trustees ; but I shall not tell you how much I have learned to love ...
Page 87
... tell of , when money is so scarce in the land . " " The gipsy talks like a book , " said the zealous politician.— " No doubt much might be done touching southern slavery no doubt - no doubt . Well , Ezer , I'll think of it , and I guess ...
... tell of , when money is so scarce in the land . " " The gipsy talks like a book , " said the zealous politician.— " No doubt much might be done touching southern slavery no doubt - no doubt . Well , Ezer , I'll think of it , and I guess ...
Page 97
... tell , Reviving courage warm'd her breast , And firmer tones the might confest with woman dwell . That may " If from thy cold , unenvied state , Thy palace proud as desolate , Where fetters bind the free , One glance thy kingly eye ...
... tell , Reviving courage warm'd her breast , And firmer tones the might confest with woman dwell . That may " If from thy cold , unenvied state , Thy palace proud as desolate , Where fetters bind the free , One glance thy kingly eye ...
Page 107
... tell him the shape of the island , the grand object of the expedition , the philosophers looked at each other , and appeared to be abashed . The king was angry , and imperiously commanded them to answer his question . They then ...
... tell him the shape of the island , the grand object of the expedition , the philosophers looked at each other , and appeared to be abashed . The king was angry , and imperiously commanded them to answer his question . They then ...
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Page 253 - Caesar had his Brutus ; Charles the first his Cromwell ; and George the Third " — " Treason ! " cried the speaker ; " treason ! treason ! " echoed from every part of the house.
Page 277 - My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began ; So is it now I am a man ; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The child is father of the man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.
Page 249 - I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER I REMEMBER, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn ; He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day, But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away ! I remember, I remember...
Page 24 - Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude ; Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude.
Page 249 - I remember, I remember The fir trees dark and high; I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky: It was a childish ignorance, But now 'tis little joy To know I'm farther off from- Heaven Than when I was a boy.
Page 308 - I last took a view Of my favourite field, and the bank where they grew ; And now in the grass behold they are laid, And the tree is my seat that once lent me a shade. The blackbird has fled to another retreat, Where the hazels afford him a screen from the heat, And...
Page 340 - Sweeps through the clear deep sea; And the yellow and scarlet tufts of ocean Are bending like corn on the upland lea: And life, in rare and beautiful forms. Is sporting amid those bowers of stone, And is safe when the wrathful spirit of storms Has made the top of the wave his own ; And when the ship from his fury flies, Where the myriad voices of ocean roar, When the wind-god frowns in the murky skies, And demons are waiting the wreck on shore; Then far below in the peaceful sea, The purple mullet...
Page 337 - When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white ; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower ; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die...
Page 38 - And what are we, That hear the question of that voice sublime? Oh, what are all the notes that ever rung From war's vain trumpet, by thy thundering side ? Yea, what is all the riot man can make In his short life, to thy unceasing roar? And yet, bold babbler, what art thou to Him Who drowned a world, and heaped the waters far Above its loftiest mountains ? — a light wave, That breaks, and whispers of its Maker's might.
Page 253 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the first, his Cromwell — and George the third — ('Treason,' cried the speaker — ' treason, treason/ echoed from every part of the house.