The Library of Choice Literature and Encyclopædia of Universal Authorship ...Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon Gebbie & Company, 1893 |
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... died in 1855. A brother of his was piper to the Duke of Sussex . " the dying , the wounded , the widow , THE QUEEN'S LIFE AT BALMORAL . 3.
... died in 1855. A brother of his was piper to the Duke of Sussex . " the dying , the wounded , the widow , THE QUEEN'S LIFE AT BALMORAL . 3.
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... died in January 1865 . 2 Head - keeper . He had been nearly twenty years with Sir Robert Gordon , nine as keeper ; he was born in Braemar , in the year 1810. He is an excellent man , most trustworthy , of singular shrewdness and ...
... died in January 1865 . 2 Head - keeper . He had been nearly twenty years with Sir Robert Gordon , nine as keeper ; he was born in Braemar , in the year 1810. He is an excellent man , most trustworthy , of singular shrewdness and ...
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... died in 1882. ] 919 " Hadst thou stayed , I must have fled ! " That is what the Vision said . In his chamber all alone , Kneeling on the floor of stone , Prayed the Monk in deep contrition For his sins of indecision- Prayed for greater ...
... died in 1882. ] 919 " Hadst thou stayed , I must have fled ! " That is what the Vision said . In his chamber all alone , Kneeling on the floor of stone , Prayed the Monk in deep contrition For his sins of indecision- Prayed for greater ...
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... died at Gad's Hill , Kent , 9th June , 1870. ] casement and pulled down the blind ; no won- |. THE PARISH - CLERK . A TALE OF TRUE LOVE.1 BY CHARLES DICKENS . and heard him talk at a confirmation , on which momentous occasion Nathaniel ...
... died at Gad's Hill , Kent , 9th June , 1870. ] casement and pulled down the blind ; no won- |. THE PARISH - CLERK . A TALE OF TRUE LOVE.1 BY CHARLES DICKENS . and heard him talk at a confirmation , on which momentous occasion Nathaniel ...
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... died in London , 7th March , 1875. Educated at Trinity College , Cambridge , where he took the usual degrees . Passing through various secretaryships and other offices , he became clerk to the privy council in 1859. He was knighted in ...
... died in London , 7th March , 1875. Educated at Trinity College , Cambridge , where he took the usual degrees . Passing through various secretaryships and other offices , he became clerk to the privy council in 1859. He was knighted in ...
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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,
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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...
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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...