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Page 28
... fair weather , your case would be less to be pitied in this tempest . ' " Do you still think there is much danger ? ' asked Dillon . " To them that have reason to fear death . Listen ! do you hear that hollow noise beneath ye ...
... fair weather , your case would be less to be pitied in this tempest . ' " Do you still think there is much danger ? ' asked Dillon . " To them that have reason to fear death . Listen ! do you hear that hollow noise beneath ye ...
Page 60
... fair , Sipping only what is sweet , Thou dost mock at fate and care , Leave the chaff , and take the wheat ; When the fierce northwestern blast Cools sea and land so far and fast , Thou already slumberest deep ; Woe and want thou canst ...
... fair , Sipping only what is sweet , Thou dost mock at fate and care , Leave the chaff , and take the wheat ; When the fierce northwestern blast Cools sea and land so far and fast , Thou already slumberest deep ; Woe and want thou canst ...
Page 84
... the tyrant's power , So fair , so calm , so softly sealed , The first , last look by death revealed . " Although these vices of style pervade to a great extent the poems of Mr. Willis , there are many occasions 84 NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS .
... the tyrant's power , So fair , so calm , so softly sealed , The first , last look by death revealed . " Although these vices of style pervade to a great extent the poems of Mr. Willis , there are many occasions 84 NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS .
Page 86
... Fair were his locks : his snowy teeth divided A bow of love , drawn with a scarlet thread . His cheek was like the moist heart of the rose , And but for nostrils of that breathing fire That turns the lion back , and limbs as lithe As is ...
... Fair were his locks : his snowy teeth divided A bow of love , drawn with a scarlet thread . His cheek was like the moist heart of the rose , And but for nostrils of that breathing fire That turns the lion back , and limbs as lithe As is ...
Page 102
... fair angler . With that presence of mind so eminently characteristic of the beautiful part of creation , she pulled the rod from the water , and there , sure enough , was a monstrous fish , almost as large as a perch . While the poor ...
... fair angler . With that presence of mind so eminently characteristic of the beautiful part of creation , she pulled the rod from the water , and there , sure enough , was a monstrous fish , almost as large as a perch . While the poor ...
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