Standard Classics with Biographical Sketches and Helpful Notes: Arranged and Edited for Use in the Higher Grades of the Common Schools. A Fifth ReaderEducational Publishing Company, 1910 - 400 pages |
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... Death cometh soon or late . And how can man die better Then facing fearful odds , For the ashes of his fathers , And the temples of his Gods , " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest , And for the wife who nurses His baby at ...
... Death cometh soon or late . And how can man die better Then facing fearful odds , For the ashes of his fathers , And the temples of his Gods , " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest , And for the wife who nurses His baby at ...
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... death of Matilda Hoffman , the beautiful girl whom he was to have married . The blow was one from which he never recovered and he re- mained single all his life . The next year he became a partner in the commercial firm of his brothers ...
... death of Matilda Hoffman , the beautiful girl whom he was to have married . The blow was one from which he never recovered and he re- mained single all his life . The next year he became a partner in the commercial firm of his brothers ...
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... a dismembered branch of the * Posthumous . Published after death . † Vide the excellent discourse of G. C. Verplank , Esq . , before the New York Historical Society . great Appalachian family , and are seen away to the 51 Rip Van Winkle.
... a dismembered branch of the * Posthumous . Published after death . † Vide the excellent discourse of G. C. Verplank , Esq . , before the New York Historical Society . great Appalachian family , and are seen away to the 51 Rip Van Winkle.
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... death of his wife he aged rapidly and he re- signed his professorship in 1854. His chief love was for music and little children , and he had many small friends . One day a little boy , who often came to see him , after examining the ...
... death of his wife he aged rapidly and he re- signed his professorship in 1854. His chief love was for music and little children , and he had many small friends . One day a little boy , who often came to see him , after examining the ...
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... Death to these foreign soldiers , who seize on our homes and our harvests ! " More he fain would have said , but the merciless hand of a soldier Smote him upon the mouth , and dragged him down to the pavement . In the midst of the ...
... Death to these foreign soldiers , who seize on our homes and our harvests ! " More he fain would have said , but the merciless hand of a soldier Smote him upon the mouth , and dragged him down to the pavement . In the midst of the ...
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Page 350 - ... Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the Siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl; Wrecked is the ship of pearl! And every chambered cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell, As the frail tenant shaped his growing shell, Before thee lies revealed, — Its irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt...
Page 279 - But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour. Nothing further then he uttered - not a feather then he fluttered Till I scarcely more than muttered, 'Other friends have flown before On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.' Then the bird said, 'Nevermore.' Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, 'Doubtless...
Page 400 - Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace! — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms ! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What •would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me...
Page 179 - The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, - the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods - rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste, Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
Page 39 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so; and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 304 - ANNOUNCED by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields, Seems nowhere to alight: the whited air Hides hills and woods, the river, and the heaven, And veils the farm-house 'at the garden's end. The sled and traveller stopped, the courier's feet Delayed, all friends shut out, the housemates sit Around the radiant fireplace, enclosed In a tumultuous privacy of storm.
Page 400 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger ? Will it be the next week, or the next year ? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house ? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction?
Page 400 - Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Page 260 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Page 400 - Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged ; their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace; but there is no peace.