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... whole building ( a covered wooden one , of handsome dimensions ) filled with workmen , yet occu- pied about its construction . But the Americans are impetuous in the way of improvement , and have all the impatience of children about the ...
... whole building ( a covered wooden one , of handsome dimensions ) filled with workmen , yet occu- pied about its construction . But the Americans are impetuous in the way of improvement , and have all the impatience of children about the ...
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... whole length of the vehicle , one behind the other , leaving a species of aisle in the middle for the uneasy ( a large portion of the travelling community here ) to fidget up and down , for the to- bacco - chewers to spit in , and for a ...
... whole length of the vehicle , one behind the other , leaving a species of aisle in the middle for the uneasy ( a large portion of the travelling community here ) to fidget up and down , for the to- bacco - chewers to spit in , and for a ...
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... whole land presents one wearisome extent of arid soil and gloomy vegetation . Not a single decent dwelling did we pass ; here and there , at rare intervals , a few miserable negro huts squatting round a mean framed building , with brick ...
... whole land presents one wearisome extent of arid soil and gloomy vegetation . Not a single decent dwelling did we pass ; here and there , at rare intervals , a few miserable negro huts squatting round a mean framed building , with brick ...
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... whole night long . Their drivers in this part of the country deserve infinite praise both for skill and care ; but the road - makers , I think , are beyond all praise for their noble confi- dence in what skill and care can accomplish ...
... whole night long . Their drivers in this part of the country deserve infinite praise both for skill and care ; but the road - makers , I think , are beyond all praise for their noble confi- dence in what skill and care can accomplish ...
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... whole week . As soon as they were left to themselves , they began seriously to consider how they could contrive to be of Rogers ' tea - party . After considering every plan likely and unlikely , there was none so good as one suggested ...
... whole week . As soon as they were left to themselves , they began seriously to consider how they could contrive to be of Rogers ' tea - party . After considering every plan likely and unlikely , there was none so good as one suggested ...
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Page 36 - Pass!' the old man said; ¡Dark lowers the tempest overhead, The roaring torrent is deep and wide!' And loud that clarion voice replied, Excelsior! ,O stay,' the maiden said, ,and rest Thy weary head upon this breast!
Page 273 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made, When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! — Scarce were the piteous accents said, When, with the Baron's casque, the maid To the nigh streamlet ran.
Page 36 - A traveller, by the faithful hound, Half-buried in the snow was found, Still grasping in his hand of ice That banner with the strange device Excelsior ! There in the twilight cold and gray, Lifeless, but beautiful, he lay, And from the sky, serene and far, A voice fell, like a falling star, Excelsior ! POEMS ON SLAVERY.
Page 36 - The shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior ! His brow was sad ; his eye beneath, Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior...
Page 36 - Excelsior! ,O stay,' the maiden said, ,and rest Thy weary head upon this breast!' A tear stood in his bright blue eye, But still he answered with a sigh, Excelsior! ,Beware the pine-tree's withered branch! Beware the awful avalanche!
Page 187 - God with all my Heart, with all my Soul, and with all my Strength; and honour the King, and all good Men in Authority under him.
Page 580 - Front, flank, and rear, the squadrons sweep To break the Scottish circle deep That fought around their king. But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though billmen ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring; The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight; Linked in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like...
Page 201 - I SAW thee, Netley, as the sun Across the western wave Was sinking slow, And a golden glow To thy roofless towers he gave ; And the ivy sheen, With its mantle of green, That wrapt thy walls around, Shone lovelily bright, In that glorious light, And I felt 'twas holy ground. Then...
Page 78 - ... I, gentlemen of the jury ; that he wears very fine clothes, much finer clothes than you or I, gentlemen of the jury ; that he has abundance of money in his pocket, much more money than you or I, gentlemen of the jury ; but, gentlemen of the jury, is it not a very hard case.
Page 580 - But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go. Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring; The stubborn spear-men still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight; Link'd in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well; Till utter darkness closed her wing O'er their thin host and wounded King.