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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... town to sell them . The first sold pro- digiously , the event being recent , and having made a great noise . This success flattered my vanity ; but my father discouraged me by criticising my perform- ances , and telling me verse ...
... town to sell them . The first sold pro- digiously , the event being recent , and having made a great noise . This success flattered my vanity ; but my father discouraged me by criticising my perform- ances , and telling me verse ...
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... town , John Collins by name , with whom I was intimately ac- quainted . We sometimes disputed , and very fond we were of argument , and very desirous of confuting one another ; which disputatious turn , by the way , is apt to become a ...
... town , John Collins by name , with whom I was intimately ac- quainted . We sometimes disputed , and very fond we were of argument , and very desirous of confuting one another ; which disputatious turn , by the way , is apt to become a ...
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... town , by going round and speaking to every master , who accordingly refused to give me work . I then thought of going to New York , as the nearest place where there was a printer . And I was rather inclined to leave Boston , when I ...
... town , by going round and speaking to every master , who accordingly refused to give me work . I then thought of going to New York , as the nearest place where there was a printer . And I was rather inclined to leave Boston , when I ...
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... town in England , nor any country in Europe , of which he could not give a very particular account . He had some letters , and was ingenious , but he was an infidel , and wickedly undertook , some years after , to turn the Bible into ...
... town in England , nor any country in Europe , of which he could not give a very particular account . He had some letters , and was ingenious , but he was an infidel , and wickedly undertook , some years after , to turn the Bible into ...
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... town and follow my business ; being ignorant what stock was necessary to begin with . She was very hospitable , gave me a dinner of ox - cheek with great good will , accepting only of a pot of ale in return ; and I thought myself fixed ...
... town and follow my business ; being ignorant what stock was necessary to begin with . She was very hospitable , gave me a dinner of ox - cheek with great good will , accepting only of a pot of ale in return ; and I thought myself fixed ...
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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.