One Thousand Literary Questions and AnswersSully and Kleinteich, 1917 - 285 pages |
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... never visited Holland ? 169. What American writer wrote her first book , entitled " This , That , and the Other , ' when but eighteen years of age ? 170. What American poet had so great an ad- miration for Joseph Jefferson that he de ...
... never visited Holland ? 169. What American writer wrote her first book , entitled " This , That , and the Other , ' when but eighteen years of age ? 170. What American poet had so great an ad- miration for Joseph Jefferson that he de ...
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... ? 357. What and where was " Idlewild " ? 358. Who said , " A tart temper never mellows with age " ? 359. What poet spoke of himself as " a shy lad in homespun clothes of Quaker cut " ? H 360. Who wrote " Back - Log Studies " QUESTIONS ...
... ? 357. What and where was " Idlewild " ? 358. Who said , " A tart temper never mellows with age " ? 359. What poet spoke of himself as " a shy lad in homespun clothes of Quaker cut " ? H 360. Who wrote " Back - Log Studies " QUESTIONS ...
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... never too abundant " ? 505. What Prime Minister of England first gained recognition as a novelist ? 506. What great allegory was written while its author was in jail because of his religious faith ? QUESTIONS 39 507. What town library ...
... never too abundant " ? 505. What Prime Minister of England first gained recognition as a novelist ? 506. What great allegory was written while its author was in jail because of his religious faith ? QUESTIONS 39 507. What town library ...
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... never meet that man without being cheered " ? 509. Who said , " No legacy is so rich as hon- esty " ? 510. What French writer traveled in America and wrote graphically of American scenery and Indian life ? 511. What woman novelist ...
... never meet that man without being cheered " ? 509. Who said , " No legacy is so rich as hon- esty " ? 510. What French writer traveled in America and wrote graphically of American scenery and Indian life ? 511. What woman novelist ...
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... never dies ; It has gold for its oceans and streams . There's never a storm and there's never a cloud , And there's never a grief nor a woe , And there's never a heart that in sorrow is bowed , By the banks where the golden streams flow ...
... never dies ; It has gold for its oceans and streams . There's never a storm and there's never a cloud , And there's never a grief nor a woe , And there's never a heart that in sorrow is bowed , By the banks where the golden streams flow ...
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Page 202 - Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea.
Page 204 - This is life to come, Which martyred men have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty, Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense. So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world.
Page 125 - ... rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.
Page 251 - BOYS. HAS there any old fellow got mixed with the boys? If there has, take him out, without making a noise ! Hang the Almanac's cheat and the Catalogue's spite ! Old Time is a liar ! We're twenty to-night ! We're twenty ! We're twenty ! Who says we are more ? He's tipsy, — young jackanapes ! — show him the door ! — " Gray temples at twenty ? " — Yes ! white, if we please ; Where the snow-flakes fall thickest there's nothing can freeze!
Page 103 - How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, When fond recollection presents them to view! The orchard, the meadow, the deep-tangled wild-wood, And every loved spot which my infancy knew!
Page 49 - Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before.
Page 133 - The quality of mercy is not strain'd, — It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd, — It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest : it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown...
Page 197 - Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" — The vision raised its head, And, with a look made all of sweet accord, Answered, " The names of those who love the Lord.
Page 131 - WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread, — • Stitch— stitch— stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt; And still with a voice of dolorous pitch She sang the "Song of the Shirt!
Page 191 - Life is a Jest, and all Things show it; I thought so once, but now I know it.