Oh, Mary, be Careful!J.B. Lippincott, 1917 - 177 pages |
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... you an idea of only one of the problems which were suddenly placed before a girl I know , whose name was Mary Meacham . And now I will tell you her story . OH , MARY , BE CAREFUL ! CHAPTER I MARY JUST A MOMENT , PLEASE !
... you an idea of only one of the problems which were suddenly placed before a girl I know , whose name was Mary Meacham . And now I will tell you her story . OH , MARY , BE CAREFUL ! CHAPTER I MARY JUST A MOMENT , PLEASE !
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... girl be- tween Boston and Hartford . She was an orphan , rich , accomplished , had been abroad and held her head uncom- monly high . As you can easily imagine from that , her engagement to the dashing Captain Pemberton was a highly ...
... girl be- tween Boston and Hartford . She was an orphan , rich , accomplished , had been abroad and held her head uncom- monly high . As you can easily imagine from that , her engagement to the dashing Captain Pemberton was a highly ...
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... ently she would run outside and scold the hens if they hadn't laid a couple of eggs for her husband's supper . Out of this union a baby girl was born one winter , and , because Mrs. Meacham was 20 OH , MARY , BE CAREFUL !
... ently she would run outside and scold the hens if they hadn't laid a couple of eggs for her husband's supper . Out of this union a baby girl was born one winter , and , because Mrs. Meacham was 20 OH , MARY , BE CAREFUL !
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... girl died . " And sure enough , when I got to Plainfield they told me how to get to Black Hill , and sure enough there was the big house just as Joe Meacham said it would be , with an iron fountain in a box hedge and a brass rooster on ...
... girl died . " And sure enough , when I got to Plainfield they told me how to get to Black Hill , and sure enough there was the big house just as Joe Meacham said it would be , with an iron fountain in a box hedge and a brass rooster on ...
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... girl who needs a man in her life . Moreover , as she grew up , she thought that here and there she could discern a masculine figure in history who wasn't quite so bad as he might have been . There was William Tell , for instance ; and ...
... girl who needs a man in her life . Moreover , as she grew up , she thought that here and there she could discern a masculine figure in history who wasn't quite so bad as he might have been . There was William Tell , for instance ; and ...
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Page 73 - Darkling I listen; and, for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath; Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy!
Page 84 - O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! Break, break, break, At the foot of thy crags, O Sea ! But the tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me.
Page 74 - Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown: Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home She stood in tears amid the alien corn; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn.
Page 152 - ... Lays her gentle hand in mine. And she sits and gazes at me With those deep and tender eyes, Like the stars, so still and saint-like, Looking downward from the skies. Uttered not, yet comprehended, Is the spirit's voiceless prayer, Soft rebukes, in blessings ended, Breathing from her lips of air. O, though oft depressed and lonely, All my fears are laid aside, If I but remember only Such as these have lived and died!
Page 84 - O well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play ! O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a...
Page 151 - He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings for the strife, By the roadside fell and perished, Weary with the march of life!
Page 149 - Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor wall; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more...
Page 149 - WHEN the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight; Ere the evening lamps...
Page 153 - Instead, of course, she went straight to her own room; and, after carefully closing the door, she threw herself across the foot of the bed, her face buried in her hands, in that immemorial posture which I have already mentioned.