Best Things from Best Authors, Volume 4Jacob W. Shoemaker Penn Publishing Company, 1908 |
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... fell at the close of a mighty struggle in which the passions of men had been deeply stirred . The tragical termination of his great life added but another to the lengthened succession of horrors which had marked so many lintels with the ...
... fell at the close of a mighty struggle in which the passions of men had been deeply stirred . The tragical termination of his great life added but another to the lengthened succession of horrors which had marked so many lintels with the ...
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... fell the wind , the sails hung loose , " And from the far horizon dim An oily calm crept silently Over the sea from rim to rim- Still as if anchored fast lay she . " The sun set red , the moon shone white On idle canvas drooping drear ...
... fell the wind , the sails hung loose , " And from the far horizon dim An oily calm crept silently Over the sea from rim to rim- Still as if anchored fast lay she . " The sun set red , the moon shone white On idle canvas drooping drear ...
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... fell the wind , the sails hung loose , " And from the far horizon dim An oily calm crept silently Over the sea from rim to rim- Still as if anchored fast lay she . The sun set red , the moon shone white On idle canvas drooping drear ...
... fell the wind , the sails hung loose , " And from the far horizon dim An oily calm crept silently Over the sea from rim to rim- Still as if anchored fast lay she . The sun set red , the moon shone white On idle canvas drooping drear ...
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... fell to the floor . And then there was a revelation ; there was nothing in the stove but a lighted tallow - candle ! The poor youth blushed and felt that he must die with shame . But the Colonel was only disconcerted for a moment - he ...
... fell to the floor . And then there was a revelation ; there was nothing in the stove but a lighted tallow - candle ! The poor youth blushed and felt that he must die with shame . But the Colonel was only disconcerted for a moment - he ...
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... fell at Buddha's feet . " Master ! all helpful ! help me now ; Here at thy feet I humbly bow ; Have mercy , Buddha ! help me now ! " She groveled on the marble floor , And kissed the dead child o'er and o'er , And suddenly upon the air ...
... fell at Buddha's feet . " Master ! all helpful ! help me now ; Here at thy feet I humbly bow ; Have mercy , Buddha ! help me now ! " She groveled on the marble floor , And kissed the dead child o'er and o'er , And suddenly upon the air ...
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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.