Best Things from Best Authors, Volume 4Jacob W. Shoemaker Penn Publishing Company, 1908 |
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Page 55
... of the almshouse . Sweet on the summer air was the odor of flowers in the garden ; And she paused on her way to gather the fairest among them , That the dying once more might rejoice in their fragrance NUMBER TEN . 55.
... of the almshouse . Sweet on the summer air was the odor of flowers in the garden ; And she paused on her way to gather the fairest among them , That the dying once more might rejoice in their fragrance NUMBER TEN . 55.
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... paused to lift a segment out of a green apple , and placed it where it would do the most good for the cholera doctor . We asked what piece it was . " Spartacus to the Gladiators , " " he said . " I got it all by heart , and used to go ...
... paused to lift a segment out of a green apple , and placed it where it would do the most good for the cholera doctor . We asked what piece it was . " Spartacus to the Gladiators , " " he said . " I got it all by heart , and used to go ...
Page 157
... pause , - To the very cannon's jaws ! Gallant Nolan , brave as Roland At the field of Roncesvalles , Dashes down the fatal valley , Dashes on the bolt of death , Shouting with his latest breath , " Charge , then , gallants ! do not ...
... pause , - To the very cannon's jaws ! Gallant Nolan , brave as Roland At the field of Roncesvalles , Dashes down the fatal valley , Dashes on the bolt of death , Shouting with his latest breath , " Charge , then , gallants ! do not ...
Page 165
... Paused to look at the diggers , And picking the skull up , looked through the eye And saw it was lined with figures . " Just as I thought , " said the young M. D. , " How easy it is to kill ' em " - Statistics ossified every fold Of ...
... Paused to look at the diggers , And picking the skull up , looked through the eye And saw it was lined with figures . " Just as I thought , " said the young M. D. , " How easy it is to kill ' em " - Statistics ossified every fold Of ...
Page 166
... pause and rest awhile ; And panting horses halted , And travelers loved to tell The quiet of the wayside inn , The orchard , and the well . Here Maurice dwelt , and often The sunburnt boy would stand Gazing upon the distance , And ...
... pause and rest awhile ; And panting horses halted , And travelers loved to tell The quiet of the wayside inn , The orchard , and the well . Here Maurice dwelt , and often The sunburnt boy would stand Gazing upon the distance , And ...
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Page 110 - No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Page 110 - When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder ; Then did he see it, and declare it ; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
Page 100 - But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
Page 99 - And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity : so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Page 99 - Therewith bless we God, even the Father ; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
Page 124 - Hear the sledges with the bells Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars that oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight...
Page 80 - Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me : And the sea saith, It is not with me. It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
Page 87 - Sir, I know the uncertainty of human affairs, but I see, I see clearly through this day's business. You and I, indeed, may rue it. We may not live to the time when this declaration shall be made good. We may die; die colonists ; die slaves ; die, it may be, ignominiously, and on the scaffold. Be it so. Be it so. If it be the pleasure of Heaven that my country shall require the poor offering of my life, the victim shall be ready at the appointed hour of sacrifice, come when that hour may. But while...
Page 87 - Publish it from the pulpit; religion will approve it, and the love of religious liberty will cling round it, resolved to stand with it, or fall with it, Send it to the public halls; proclaim it there; let them hear it who heard the first roar of the enemy's cannon; let them see it who saw their brothers and their sons fall on the field of Bunker Hill, and in the streets of Lexington and Concord, and the very walls will cry out in its support "Sir, I know the uncertainty of human affairs, but I see,...
Page 55 - And from her eyes and cheeks the light and bloom of the morning. Then there escaped from her lips a cry of such terrible anguish, That the dying heard it, and started up from their pillows.