The Scrap Book, Volume 1Frank A. Munsey Company, 1906 |
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... born seventeen years before Andrew Carnegie , who threw off the harness of business five years ago . The original John Jacob Astor died at eighty - four , and Com- modore Vanderbilt at eighty - two . But Russell Sage still is standing ...
... born seventeen years before Andrew Carnegie , who threw off the harness of business five years ago . The original John Jacob Astor died at eighty - four , and Com- modore Vanderbilt at eighty - two . But Russell Sage still is standing ...
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... born in Boston , January 19 , 1809 , and died in Baltimore , October 7 , 1849. His father , David Poe , while a law student in Baltimore , married Elizabeth Arnold , a beautiful English actress , and went on the stage himself . Several ...
... born in Boston , January 19 , 1809 , and died in Baltimore , October 7 , 1849. His father , David Poe , while a law student in Baltimore , married Elizabeth Arnold , a beautiful English actress , and went on the stage himself . Several ...
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The Gridiron . BY SAMUEL LOVER . SAMUEL LOVER was born in Dublin in 1797. As a novelist he was one of the most popular of the period in which he lived . He is acknowledged to have written the best Irish peasant sketches and the best ...
The Gridiron . BY SAMUEL LOVER . SAMUEL LOVER was born in Dublin in 1797. As a novelist he was one of the most popular of the period in which he lived . He is acknowledged to have written the best Irish peasant sketches and the best ...
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... born , when she marries , and when she dies . " This is dead doctrine to the girl who goes whirling across the continent or around the world , unchaperoned and alone , and returns to meet the admira- tion of her friends and the interest ...
... born , when she marries , and when she dies . " This is dead doctrine to the girl who goes whirling across the continent or around the world , unchaperoned and alone , and returns to meet the admira- tion of her friends and the interest ...
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... born and reared in Poland and lives in France . This year the Nobel peace prize fell to the Austrian Baroness von Suttner . Considering the progress of the past half - century , one can but wonder what the next one hundred years will ...
... born and reared in Poland and lives in France . This year the Nobel peace prize fell to the Austrian Baroness von Suttner . Considering the progress of the past half - century , one can but wonder what the next one hundred years will ...
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Page 170 - To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language ; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness ere he is aware.
Page 171 - When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase His favorite phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee.
Page 171 - Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again; And, lost each human trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix forever with the elements, To be a brother to the insensible rock And to the sluggish clod, which the rude swain Turns with his share, and treads upon.
Page 92 - 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 of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.
Page 162 - ANNABEL LEE. IT was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE ; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me.
Page 163 - The angels, not half so happy in heaven, Went envying her and me; Yes, that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
Page 317 - A belt of straw and ivy buds With coral clasps and amber studs: And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me and be my love.
Page 171 - All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom.
Page 260 - Gather ye rosebuds while ye may. Old time is still a,flying: And this same flower that smiles to,day To,morrow will be dying.
Page 252 - T'HE muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo ! No more on life's parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards, with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead.