Literature Reader, Volume 7California state printing office, 1916 |
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... fields , and haunted brooks , and haunted bridges , and haunted houses , and particularly of the headless horseman , or " Galloping Hessian of the Hollow , " as they sometimes called him . He would delight them equally by his anecdotes ...
... fields , and haunted brooks , and haunted bridges , and haunted houses , and particularly of the headless horseman , or " Galloping Hessian of the Hollow , " as they sometimes called him . He would delight them equally by his anecdotes ...
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... fields from some distant window ! How often was he appalled by some shrub covered with snow , which , like a sheeted specter , beset his very path ! How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound of his own steps on the frosty ...
... fields from some distant window ! How often was he appalled by some shrub covered with snow , which , like a sheeted specter , beset his very path ! How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound of his own steps on the frosty ...
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... fields of wheat , of rye , of buckwheat and Indian corn , and the orchards burthened with ruddy fruit , which sur- rounded the warm tenement of Van Tassel , his heart yearned after the damsel who was to inherit these domains , and his ...
... fields of wheat , of rye , of buckwheat and Indian corn , and the orchards burthened with ruddy fruit , which sur- rounded the warm tenement of Van Tassel , his heart yearned after the damsel who was to inherit these domains , and his ...
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... field openly against his rival would have been madness ; for he was not a man to be thwarted in his amours , any more than that stormy lover , Achilles . Icha- bod , therefore , made his advances in a quiet and gently insinuating manner ...
... field openly against his rival would have been madness ; for he was not a man to be thwarted in his amours , any more than that stormy lover , Achilles . Icha- bod , therefore , made his advances in a quiet and gently insinuating manner ...
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... field . 37. The small birds were taking their farewell banquets . In the fullness of their revelry they fluttered ... fields of Indian corn , with its golden ears peeping from their leafy coverts , and holding out the promise of cakes ...
... field . 37. The small birds were taking their farewell banquets . In the fullness of their revelry they fluttered ... fields of Indian corn , with its golden ears peeping from their leafy coverts , and holding out the promise of cakes ...
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Page 97 - So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That never a hall such a galliard did grace ; While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume, And the bridemaidens whispered, "'Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar.
Page 101 - 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!
Page 97 - I long wooed your daughter, my suit you denied : Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide ! And now am I come, with this lost love of mine To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far, That would gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar.
Page 71 - This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, 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.
Page 64 - Now in building of chaises, I tell you what, There is always somewhere a weakest spot, — In hub, tire, felloe, in spring or thill, In panel, or crossbar, or floor, or sill, In screw, bolt, thoroughbrace, • — lurking still, Find it somewhere you must and will, — Above or below, or within or without, — And that's the reason, beyond a doubt, A chaise breaks down, but doesn't wear out. But the Deacon swore (as Deacons do, With an
Page 70 - The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom; And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.
Page 160 - Love suffereth long, and is kind ; Love envieth not ; Love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up Doth not behave itself unseemly, Seeketh not her own, Is not easily provoked, Thinketh no evil ; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth ; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Page 344 - Then they rode back, but not, Not the six hundred. Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon behind them...
Page 300 - Moreover by them is Thy servant warned : and in keeping of them there is great reward.
Page 101 - 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?