Half-hours with the Best American Authors, Volumen2J.B. Lippincott, 1886 |
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... passing glance from Cephas to all Tip's gifts and attentions . Tip dropped down behind the wall . " Tip Tansley ! " again called the hated voice . But the proprietor of that euphonious name , not choos- ing to answer to it , remained ...
... passing glance from Cephas to all Tip's gifts and attentions . Tip dropped down behind the wall . " Tip Tansley ! " again called the hated voice . But the proprietor of that euphonious name , not choos- ing to answer to it , remained ...
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... passed through a moose- yard , formed by a large , flat rock , four or five rods square , where they tread down the snow in winter . At length , fearing that if we held the direct course to the summit we should not find any water near ...
... passed through a moose- yard , formed by a large , flat rock , four or five rods square , where they tread down the snow in winter . At length , fearing that if we held the direct course to the summit we should not find any water near ...
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... passing over " Burnt Lands , " burnt by lightning , perchance , though they showed no recent marks of fire , hardly so much as a charred stump , but looked rather like a natural pasture for the moose and deer , exceedingly wild and ...
... passing over " Burnt Lands , " burnt by lightning , perchance , though they showed no recent marks of fire , hardly so much as a charred stump , but looked rather like a natural pasture for the moose and deer , exceedingly wild and ...
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... passing through the Notch of the White . Mountains , at that moment glowing before us in all the panoply of sunset , the driver shouted , " Look there ! " and , following with our eyes his upward - pointing finger , we saw , soaring ...
... passing through the Notch of the White . Mountains , at that moment glowing before us in all the panoply of sunset , the driver shouted , " Look there ! " and , following with our eyes his upward - pointing finger , we saw , soaring ...
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... passed on to the Terrapin Bridge . Everything was changed ; the misty apparition had taken off its many - colored crown which it had worn by day , and a bow of silvery white spanned its summit . The moonlight gave a poetical in ...
... passed on to the Terrapin Bridge . Everything was changed ; the misty apparition had taken off its many - colored crown which it had worn by day , and a bow of silvery white spanned its summit . The moonlight gave a poetical in ...
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Página 432 - THERE is no flock, however watched and tended But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead...
Página 419 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Página 187 - God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword...
Página 107 - In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where nature guides and virtue rules, Where men shall not impose for truth and sense The pedantry of courts and schools: There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts.
Página 434 - The wild-flowers who will stoop to number ? A few can touch the magic string, And noisy Fame is proud to win them : — Alas for those that never sing, But die with all their music in them I Nay, grieve not for the dead alone Whose song has told their hearts...
Página 436 - And all with pearl and ruby glowing Was the fair palace door, Through which came flowing, flowing, flowing And sparkling evermore, A troop of Echoes, whose sweet duty Was but to sing, In voices of surpassing beauty, The wit and wisdom of their king.
Página 147 - God's excellency, his wisdom, his purity and love, seemed to appear in every thing; in the sun, moon, and stars; in the clouds, and blue sky; in the grass, flowers, trees; in the water, and all nature; which used greatly to fix my mind. I often used to sit and view the moon for...
Página 417 - Sensible of this momentous truth, you have improved upon your first essay by the adoption of a Constitution of Government better calculated than your former for an intimate union and for the efficacious management of your common concerns.
Página 432 - ... lives. Not as a child shall we again behold her; For when with raptures wild In our embraces we again enfold her, She will not be a child; But a fair maiden, in her Father's mansion, Clothed with celestial grace ; And beautiful with all the soul's expansion Shall we behold her face. And though at times impetuous with emotion And anguish long suppressed, The swelling heart heaves moaning like the ocean, That cannot be at rest, — We will be patient, and assuage the feeling We may not wholly stay...
Página 160 - I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.