Literature Reader, Volume 7California state printing office, 1916 |
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... stood in a rather lonely but pleasant situation , just at the foot of a woody hill , with a brook running close by and a formidable birch tree growing at one end of it . From hence the low murmur of his pupils ' voices , conning over ...
... stood in a rather lonely but pleasant situation , just at the foot of a woody hill , with a brook running close by and a formidable birch tree growing at one end of it . From hence the low murmur of his pupils ' voices , conning over ...
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... stood a huge bag of wool ready to be spun ; in another a quantity of linsey - woolsey just from the loom ; ears of Indian corn , and strings of dried apples and peaches , hung in gay festoons along the wall , mingled with the gaud of ...
... stood a huge bag of wool ready to be spun ; in another a quantity of linsey - woolsey just from the loom ; ears of Indian corn , and strings of dried apples and peaches , hung in gay festoons along the wall , mingled with the gaud of ...
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... stood by for a squall . Sometimes his crew would be heard dashing along past the farmhouses at midnight , with whoop and halloo , like a troop of Don Cossacks ; and the old dames , startled out of their sleep , would listen for a moment ...
... stood by for a squall . Sometimes his crew would be heard dashing along past the farmhouses at midnight , with whoop and halloo , like a troop of Don Cossacks ; and the old dames , startled out of their sleep , would listen for a moment ...
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... , was figuring before you in person . He was the admiration of all the negroes , who , having gathered , of all ages and sizes , from the farm and neighborhood , stood forming a pyramid of shining 30 SEVENTH YEAR LITERATURE READER.
... , was figuring before you in person . He was the admiration of all the negroes , who , having gathered , of all ages and sizes , from the farm and neighborhood , stood forming a pyramid of shining 30 SEVENTH YEAR LITERATURE READER.
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Leroy E. Armstrong. farm and neighborhood , stood forming a pyramid of shining black faces at every door and window , gazing with delight at the scene , rolling their white eyeballs , and showing grinning rows of ivory from ear to ear ...
Leroy E. Armstrong. farm and neighborhood , stood forming a pyramid of shining black faces at every door and window , gazing with delight at the scene , rolling their white eyeballs , and showing grinning rows of ivory from ear to ear ...
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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?