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... words of the stripling : " See , how bright they are burnished , as if in an arsenal hanging ; That is because I have done it myself , and not left it to others . Serve yourself , would you be well served , is an excellent adage ; So I ...
... words of the stripling : " See , how bright they are burnished , as if in an arsenal hanging ; That is because I have done it myself , and not left it to others . Serve yourself , would you be well served , is an excellent adage ; So I ...
Page 19
... words and achievements of Julius Cæsar . After a while he exclaimed , as he smote with his hand , palm downwards , Heavily on the page : " A wonderful man was this Cæsar ! You are a writer , and I am a fighter , but here is a fellow Who ...
... words and achievements of Julius Cæsar . After a while he exclaimed , as he smote with his hand , palm downwards , Heavily on the page : " A wonderful man was this Cæsar ! You are a writer , and I am a fighter , but here is a fellow Who ...
Page 24
... words but of actions , Offers his hand and his heart , the hand and heart of a soldier . Not in these words , you know , but this 24 THE COURTSHIP OF.
... words but of actions , Offers his hand and his heart , the hand and heart of a soldier . Not in these words , you know , but this 24 THE COURTSHIP OF.
Page 25
... words , surprised , embarrassed , bewildered , Trying to mask his dismay by treating the sub- ject with lightness , Trying to smile , and yet feeling his heart stand still in his bosom , Just as a timepiece stops in a house that is ...
... words , surprised , embarrassed , bewildered , Trying to mask his dismay by treating the sub- ject with lightness , Trying to smile , and yet feeling his heart stand still in his bosom , Just as a timepiece stops in a house that is ...
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... Priscilla Singing the hundredth Psalm , the grand old Puritan anthem , Music that Luther sang to the sacred words of the. Heard , as he drew near the door , the musical For I was thinking of you , as I sat. MILES STANDISH 31.
... Priscilla Singing the hundredth Psalm , the grand old Puritan anthem , Music that Luther sang to the sacred words of the. Heard , as he drew near the door , the musical For I was thinking of you , as I sat. MILES STANDISH 31.
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COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH Henry Wadsworth 1807-1882 Longfellow,Homer P. (Homer Pierce) 1849- Ed Lewis No preview available - 2016 |
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angels angry answered John Alden armor battle beautiful beheld belfry BELFRY OF BRUGES beneath brave Wattawamat Bruges Cæsar Captain of Plymouth dark dead death dreams Elder of Plymouth errand excellent Elder Excelsior eyes face feet fire Flanders flowers forest Forever-never friendship Gleamed golden grave GROSSET & DUNLAP hand hear heard heart heaven HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Indian Julius Cæsar land laughed light Longfellow look loud maiden Priscilla matchlock Mayflower meadow Miles Standish mist musket Never-forever night o'er ocean Old North Church passed Paul Revere PAUL REVERE'S RIDE paused Pecksuot Pilgrims Plymouth woods poem prayer Puritan maiden quaint old Flemish rose sail Sandalphon scabbard seemed shadow shore silent SKELETON IN ARMOR slumbered smile snow sorrow soul sound spake speak spinning standing stood strode strong sunshine sweet Thereupon answered John thou thought tide village voice wedding wild wind words