The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from the World's Great Writers, Ancient, Mediaeval, and Modern, with Biographical and Explanatory Notes and with Introductions, Volumen14Merrill and Baker, 1898 - 9822 páginas |
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Página 6338
... , who always belongs to this class of slightly flavored mediocri- ties , is puzzled and vexed by the strange sight of a dozen men of capacity working and playing together in harmony . He 6338 THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE .
... , who always belongs to this class of slightly flavored mediocri- ties , is puzzled and vexed by the strange sight of a dozen men of capacity working and playing together in harmony . He 6338 THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE .
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... strange fruits which will make her all over again , even to her bones and marrow . Whether gifted with the accident of beauty or not , she should have been molded in the rose - red clay of Love , before the breath of life made a moving ...
... strange fruits which will make her all over again , even to her bones and marrow . Whether gifted with the accident of beauty or not , she should have been molded in the rose - red clay of Love , before the breath of life made a moving ...
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... strange in man- ner ; so that , when her more intimate acquaintances spoke of her , the term was softened , and she became simply a Deep Body , who was as long - headed as she was high . It may be stated that Elizabeth belonged to a ...
... strange in man- ner ; so that , when her more intimate acquaintances spoke of her , the term was softened , and she became simply a Deep Body , who was as long - headed as she was high . It may be stated that Elizabeth belonged to a ...
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... strange that Gerty had leisure to spend all her time at play . Most children living among the poorer class of people learn to be useful even while they are very young . Numbers of little creatures , only a few years old , may be seen in ...
... strange that Gerty had leisure to spend all her time at play . Most children living among the poorer class of people learn to be useful even while they are very young . Numbers of little creatures , only a few years old , may be seen in ...
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... - sented the same feature in the pumpkin visage of the scare- crow . " Puff , darling , puff ! " she said . fellow ! Your life depends on it ! " " Puff away , my fine This was a strange exhortation , undoubtedly , to be FEATHERTOP . 6427.
... - sented the same feature in the pumpkin visage of the scare- crow . " Puff , darling , puff ! " she said . fellow ! Your life depends on it ! " " Puff away , my fine This was a strange exhortation , undoubtedly , to be FEATHERTOP . 6427.
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Página 6724 - From that chamber, clothed in white, The bride came forth on' her wedding night ; There, in that silent room below, The dead lay in his shroud of snow ; And in the hush that followed the prayer, Was heard the old clock on the stair, — ' ' Forever — never ! Never — forever...
Página 6616 - And if thou said'st I am not peer To any lord in Scotland here, Lowland or Highland, far or near, Lord Angus, thou hast lied!
Página 6669 - Lo !. the death-shot of foemen outspeeding, he rode Companionless, bearing destruction abroad ; But down let him stoop from his havoc on high ! Ah ! home let him speed — for the spoiler is nigh. Why flames the far summit? Why shoot to the blast, Those embers, like stars from the firmament cast ? 'Tis the fire-shower of ruin, all dreadfully driven From his eyrie, that beacons the darkness of heaven. Oh, crested Lochiel ! the peerless in might, Whose banners arise on the battlements...
Página 6812 - Returning where my walk begun, Avoiding only, as I trod, My brothers' graves without a sod; For if I thought with heedless tread My step profaned their lowly bed, My breath came gaspingly and thick, And my crush'd heart fell blind and sick.
Página 6553 - ... man about always betting on anything that turned up you ever see, if he could get anybody to bet on the other side; and if he couldn't he'd change sides. Any way that suited the other man would suit him — any way just so's he got a bet, he was satisfied. But still he was lucky, uncommon lucky; he most always come out winner. He was always ready and laying for a chance; there couldn't be no solit'ry thing mentioned but that feller'd offer to bet on it, and take ary side you please, as I was...
Página 6810 - A light broke in upon my brain,— It was the carol of a bird ; It ceased, and then it came again, The sweetest song ear ever heard, And mine was thankful till my eyes...
Página 6806 - With tears for naught but others' ills; And then they flowed like mountain rills, Unless he could assuage the woe Which he abhorred to view below. v The other was as pure of mind, But formed to combat with his kind; Strong in his frame, and of a mood Which 'gainst the world in war had stood, And perished in the foremost rank With joy; but not in chains to pine.
Página 6807 - A double dungeon wall and wave Have made — and like a living grave. Below the surface of the lake The dark vault lies wherein we lay, We heard it ripple night and day; Sounding o'er our heads it knock'd; And I have felt the winter's spray Wash through the bars when winds were high...
Página 6626 - 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...
Página 6473 - Kneel undisturbed, fair saint ! Pour out your praise or plaint Meekly and duly ; I will not enter there, To sully your pure prayer With thoughts unruly. But suffer me to pace Round the forbidden place, Lingering a minute Like outcast spirits who wait And see through Heaven's gate Angels within it.