Selections from American Authors: A Reading Book for School and Home. Franklin, Adams, Cooper, LongfellowSamuel Eliot Taintor Brothers, Merrill & Company, 1879 - 410 pages |
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... seemed surprised when he was told my age . He said I appeared a young man of promising parts , and therefore should be encour- aged ; the printers at Philadelphia were wretched ones ; and , if I would set up there , he made no doubt I ...
... seemed surprised when he was told my age . He said I appeared a young man of promising parts , and therefore should be encour- aged ; the printers at Philadelphia were wretched ones ; and , if I would set up there , he made no doubt I ...
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... seemed to promise making a good figure in life . But , during my ab- sence , he had acquired a habit of drinking brandy ; and I found by his own account , as well as that of others , that he had been drunk every day since his arrival at ...
... seemed to promise making a good figure in life . But , during my ab- sence , he had acquired a habit of drinking brandy ; and I found by his own account , as well as that of others , that he had been drunk every day since his arrival at ...
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... seemed very reasonable . But I had been formerly a great lover of fish , and , when it came out of the frying - pan , it smelt admirably well . I balanced some time between principle and inclination , till recollecting , that , when the ...
... seemed very reasonable . But I had been formerly a great lover of fish , and , when it came out of the frying - pan , it smelt admirably well . I balanced some time between principle and inclination , till recollecting , that , when the ...
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... seemed desirous of being excused , had not had suffi- cient time to correct , etc .; but no excuse could be ad- mitted ; produce I must . It was read and repeated ; Watson and Osborne gave up the contest , and joined in applauding it ...
... seemed desirous of being excused , had not had suffi- cient time to correct , etc .; but no excuse could be ad- mitted ; produce I must . It was read and repeated ; Watson and Osborne gave up the contest , and joined in applauding it ...
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... seemed quite to have forgotten . his wife and child ; and I , by degrees , my engagements with Miss Read , to whom I never wrote more than one letter , and that was to let her know I was not likely soon to return . This was another of ...
... seemed quite to have forgotten . his wife and child ; and I , by degrees , my engagements with Miss Read , to whom I never wrote more than one letter , and that was to let her know I was not likely soon to return . This was another of ...
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ABIGAIL ADAMS alarm American Anabaptists arms BELL OF ATRI Birch blessing Boston BRAINTREE brother Cæsar Captain Wharton Castine Charlestown Congress continued cried dark dear distress door dragoons Dunwoodie duty Elizabeth Haddon endeavored enemy eyes father fear feel fire Frances gave gazing give governor Grape Island hand Hannah the housemaid happy Harper Harvey head hear heard heart Heaven Henry hill hope horse hour Keimer Killingworth King knew lady Lawton leave letter light listened live look manner Mason ment Miss Peyton morning never night officer paper passed paused pedler Philadelphia pleasure pounds currency printed printing-house received remember Riddlesden seemed silent soon steed stood stranger street thee thou thought tion told took town trooper troops turned voice waited walked Weymouth wish words write young
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Page 83 - I long to hear that you have declared an independency. And, by the way, in the new code of laws 1 Samuel Quincy. which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could.
Page 11 - Of the lonely belfry and the dead; For suddenly all his thoughts are bent On a shadowy something far away, Where the river widens to meet the bay,— A line of black that bends and floats On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats. Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride, Booted and spurred, with a heavy stride On the opposite shore walked Paul Revere.
Page 28 - I took a delight in it, practised it continually, and grew very artful and expert in drawing people, even of superior knowledge, into concessions, the consequences of which they did not foresee, entangling them in difficulties out of which they could not extricate themselves, and so obtaining victories that neither myself nor my cause always deserved.
Page 13 - So through the night rode Paul Revere ; And so through the night went his cry of alarm • To every Middlesex village and farm, — A cry of defiance and not of fear, A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo for evermore!
Page 11 - He springs to the saddle, the bridle he turns, But lingers and gazes, till full on his sight A second lamp in the belfry burns.
Page 19 - The Angel smiled, and from his radiant face A holy light illumined all the place, And through the open window, loud and clear. They heard the monks chant in the chapel near, Above the stir and tumult of the street: " He has put down the mighty from their seat, And has exalted them of low degree...
Page 66 - Turn, gentle hermit of the dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray. " For here forlorn and lost I tread, With fainting steps and slow ; Where wilds immeasurably spread, Seem lengthening as I go.'" " Forbear, my son," the hermit cries, " To tempt the dangerous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom. " Here to the houseless child of want My door is open still ; And though my portion is but scant, I give it with good will.
Page 20 - The banners of the vanguard of the Spring, And rivulets, rejoicing, rush and leap, And wave their fluttering signals from the steep. The robin and the bluebird, piping loud, Filled all the blossoming orchards with their glee ; The sparrows chirped as if they still were proud Their race in Holy Writ should mentioned be ; And hungry crows, assembled in a crowd, Clamored their piteous prayer incessantly, Knowing who hears the ravens cry, and said : " Give us, O Lord, this day, our daily bread...
Page 51 - Through this day's life or death. This day be bread and peace my lot ; All else beneath the sun Thou know'st if best bestowed or not, And let thy will be done.