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... played , and played , and gamboled in graceful fashion after Joe's chips . By this time the ducks were not over two hundred yards away , and , taking heart of their numbers , were approaching rapidly , showing in all their actions the ...
... played , and played , and gamboled in graceful fashion after Joe's chips . By this time the ducks were not over two hundred yards away , and , taking heart of their numbers , were approaching rapidly , showing in all their actions the ...
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... play of her own devising , which consisted in rolling a marble round the tea - tray . The minister was not quite willing to lose his audi- tor ; he asked Mr. Adams several times if the night air was not bad , but the shoe - maker was in ...
... play of her own devising , which consisted in rolling a marble round the tea - tray . The minister was not quite willing to lose his audi- tor ; he asked Mr. Adams several times if the night air was not bad , but the shoe - maker was in ...
Page 57
... play a part - so long ago as to have almost forgotten it . She had had her day ( it was for fine ladies alone to try to lengthen this out into a kind of twilight ) . It was only in Blossom that the mother's vanity revived and glowed ...
... play a part - so long ago as to have almost forgotten it . She had had her day ( it was for fine ladies alone to try to lengthen this out into a kind of twilight ) . It was only in Blossom that the mother's vanity revived and glowed ...
Page 65
... playing of utter stupidity ; ' the reckless young woman ran on . She had incurred Claudia's severe displeasure , and was care- less of what came now . " What a pity that the time has gone by when a lady's hand was the venture ! " she ...
... playing of utter stupidity ; ' the reckless young woman ran on . She had incurred Claudia's severe displeasure , and was care- less of what came now . " What a pity that the time has gone by when a lady's hand was the venture ! " she ...
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... play you a trick . I may say that Aaron and I kept a tight rein and a good pace till we struck a water- course on the other side , and that we clat- tered down it with no want of decision till it emptied into a larger stream which we ...
... play you a trick . I may say that Aaron and I kept a tight rein and a good pace till we struck a water- course on the other side , and that we clat- tered down it with no want of decision till it emptied into a larger stream which we ...
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Page 429 - THIS is the month, and this the happy morn, Wherein the Son of Heaven's eternal King, Of wedded Maid, and Virgin Mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring...
Page 297 - So flew"d, so sanded; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-kneed and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.
Page 396 - I shall correct the procedure ; but that done, return with joy to that state of things, when the only questions concerning a candidate shall be, is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the Constitution ? I tender you the homage of my high respect.
Page 448 - Noah kep' a-nailin' an' a-chippin' an' a-sawin'; An' all de wicked neighbors kep' a-laughin' an' a-pshawin' ; But Noah didn't min' 'em, knowin' whut wuz gwine to happen: An' forty days an' forty nights de rain it kep' a-drappin'. Now, Noah had done cotched a lot ob ebry sort o' beas'es — Ob all de shows a-trabbelin', it beat 'em all to pieces ! He had a Morgan colt an' sebral head o' Jarsey cattle — An' druv 'em 'board de Ark as soon's he heered de thunder rattle.
Page 594 - O, wither'd is the garland of the war, The soldier's pole is fall'n : young boys and girls Are level now with men ; the odds is gone, And there is nothing left remarkable Beneath the visiting moon.
Page 404 - I have asked myself so often why I should be a poet more than other men, seeing how great a thing it is, — how great things are to be gained by it, what a thing to be in the mouth of Fame, — that at last the idea has grown so monstrously beyond my seeming power of attainment, that the other day I nearly consented with myself to drop into a Phaethon.
Page 135 - I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and wound up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer.
Page 284 - The Spanish Conquest in America, and its Relation to the History of Slavery and to the Government of Colonies. By ARTHUR HELPS. 4 vols. 8vo. £3. VOLS. I. & II. 28s. VOLS. III. & IV. 16s. each. History of the Reformation in Europe in the Time of Calvin.
Page 638 - But these are all lies : men have died from time to time and worms have eaten them, but not for love.
Page 259 - may go and play," While I manage the world by myself. But harness me down with your iron bands, Be sure of your curb and rein, For I scorn the strength of your puny hands As the tempest scorns a chain.