The Library of Choice Literature and Encyclopædia of Universal Authorship ...Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon Gebbie & Company, 1893 |
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... answered me my question civilly , and I will answer yours . I'm Sam Slick , " sais I , " at least what's left of me . " " Sam Slick , the Clockmaker ? " sais he . " The same , " said I. " And never heard of a water - glass ? " " Never ...
... answered me my question civilly , and I will answer yours . I'm Sam Slick , " sais I , " at least what's left of me . " " Sam Slick , the Clockmaker ? " sais he . " The same , " said I. " And never heard of a water - glass ? " " Never ...
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... answered by the hoarse growling of the cubs , which Lincoln and Frank had now tossed from them . Our ferocious enemy attempted first to remove the stone with his powerful claws , and then THE TIGER'S CAVE . 21 From the Danish.
... answered by the hoarse growling of the cubs , which Lincoln and Frank had now tossed from them . Our ferocious enemy attempted first to remove the stone with his powerful claws , and then THE TIGER'S CAVE . 21 From the Danish.
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... answers , that he also had lost all hope of rescue from our impending fate , and that under these cir- cumstances ... answered it with a mournful howl . At the same instant , our Indians uttered a shriek , which announced LIFE . BY ...
... answers , that he also had lost all hope of rescue from our impending fate , and that under these cir- cumstances ... answered it with a mournful howl . At the same instant , our Indians uttered a shriek , which announced LIFE . BY ...
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... answer to the summons was the discharge of one of his pistols , which , however , was discharged in vain . Laurence fired the other , but it too failed of its object . both the young men leaped from the carriage and gallantly attacked ...
... answer to the summons was the discharge of one of his pistols , which , however , was discharged in vain . Laurence fired the other , but it too failed of its object . both the young men leaped from the carriage and gallantly attacked ...
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... answer now for his desertion . " Laurence looked at Gerald . " They did offer me a command , " said Barrymore , coolly . " Of course I declined . I am a loyal man . Now I am in their power . Let them kill me if they choose they are ...
... answer now for his desertion . " Laurence looked at Gerald . " They did offer me a command , " said Barrymore , coolly . " Of course I declined . I am a loyal man . Now I am in their power . Let them kill me if they choose they are ...
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Página 270 - Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word: " Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog ! March on !
Página 270 - And shook it forth with a royal will. "Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag,
Página 12 - Over earth and ocean, with gentle motion, This pilot is guiding me, Lured by the love of the genii that move In the depths of the purple sea Over the rills, and the crags, and the hills.
Página 107 - They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun; But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. "Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won, And our good Prince Eugene.
Página 12 - I hang like a roof : The mountains its columns be. The triumphal arch through which I march With hurricane, fire, and snow, When the powers of the air are chained to my chair, Is the million-coloured bow ; The sphere-fire above its soft colours wove, While the moist earth was laughing below.
Página 150 - I take to be the elder brother) was accidentally discovered in the manner following. The swine-herd, Ho-ti, having gone out into the woods one morning, as his manner was, to collect mast for his hogs, left his cottage in the care of his eldest son Bo-bo, a great lubberly boy, who being fond of playing with fire, as...
Página 265 - ... under an odd similitude ; sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection ; sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense ; sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a...
Página 51 - I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a; prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame.
Página 274 - TIGER! Tiger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare seize the fire? And what shoulder, and what art, Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
Página 15 - But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover! A savage place ! as holy and enchanted As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted By woman wailing for her demon-lover...