The American Library of Art, Literature and Song, Volume 1Carson Stewart & Company, 1885 - Literature |
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... drake , the buckle , Tom Thombe , hobgoblins , Tom Tumbler , boneless , and such other bugs , that we were afraid of our own shadowes . " After pursuing the road for about three miles I turned STRATFORD - ON - AVON . 13.
... drake , the buckle , Tom Thombe , hobgoblins , Tom Tumbler , boneless , and such other bugs , that we were afraid of our own shadowes . " After pursuing the road for about three miles I turned STRATFORD - ON - AVON . 13.
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... turned off into a foot - path which led along the borders of fields and under hedge- rows to a private gate of the park ; there was a stile , however , for the benefit of the pedes- trian , there being a public right of way through the ...
... turned off into a foot - path which led along the borders of fields and under hedge- rows to a private gate of the park ; there was a stile , however , for the benefit of the pedes- trian , there being a public right of way through the ...
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... turned into the causeway that led straight to the bridge . The British began to take up the planks ; the Americans , to prevent it , quick- ened their step . At this the British fired one or two shots up the river ; then another , by ...
... turned into the causeway that led straight to the bridge . The British began to take up the planks ; the Americans , to prevent it , quick- ened their step . At this the British fired one or two shots up the river ; then another , by ...
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... Turned on the hopeless world his sail , And steered for seas untracked , unknown , And westward still sailed on - sailed on ; Sailed on till ocean seemed to be All shoreless as eternity , Till , from its long - loved star estranged , At ...
... Turned on the hopeless world his sail , And steered for seas untracked , unknown , And westward still sailed on - sailed on ; Sailed on till ocean seemed to be All shoreless as eternity , Till , from its long - loved star estranged , At ...
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... turned periods . Colonel Killigrew all this time had been trolling forth a jolly bottle - song and ringing his glass ... turning briskly away , she came with a sort of dan- cing step to the table . But the next moment the exhilarating ...
... turned periods . Colonel Killigrew all this time had been trolling forth a jolly bottle - song and ringing his glass ... turning briskly away , she came with a sort of dan- cing step to the table . But the next moment the exhilarating ...
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American arms beautiful blessed bosom brave breast breath bridge called Charlotte Corday cold Concord River cried dark dead dear death Devadatta door dream England eyes face fair fancy father fear feet fell fire Gardes Françaises gaze grave hair hand happy hath head heard heart heaven Heidegger HENRY COPPÉE HENRY KIRK WHITE honor hope horse hour hundred Jean Valjean John Adams king lady land laugh liberty light lips live look Lord Medbourne mind morning mother NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE never night o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH Parthenon passed Pawnee poem poor popinjay rose round Sakya seemed side smile soul spirit stood story stream sweet tears tell Teton thee thine things thou thought tion Tom Moody tree turned voice walls watched wife wonder Yasodhara young youth
Popular passages
Page 172 - The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist. And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me That my soul cannot resist, — A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles rain.
Page 13 - Hark! hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus 'gins arise, His steeds to water at those springs, On chalked flowers that lies. And winking mary-buds begin To ope their golden eyes; With every thing that pretty bin, My lady sweet arise!
Page 217 - Not in vain the distance beacons. Forward, forward let us range, Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change.
Page 216 - Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns.
Page 127 - How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
Page 344 - Such a spirit is Liberty. At times she takes the form of a hateful reptile. She grovels, she hisses, she stings. But woe to those who in disgust shall venture to crush her! And happy are those who, having dared to receive her in her degraded and frightful shape, shall at length be rewarded by her in the time of her beauty and her glory!
Page 291 - AY, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her deck once red with heroes...
Page 216 - Or to burst all links of habit — there to wander far away, On from island unto island at the gateways of the day.
Page 399 - I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand...
Page 215 - Men, my brothers, men the workers, ever reaping something new ; That which they have done but earnest of the things that they shall do...