Choice Readings from Standard and Popular Authors: Embracing a Complete Classification of Selections, a Comprehensive Diagram of the Principles of Vocal Expression, and Indexes to the Choicest Readings from Shakespeare, the Bible, and the Hymn-booksGinn, 1912 - 710 pages |
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... thing , not even to taste the nectar that flowed around them ; but crawled backwards and forwards , in vacant desolation , as I have seen a poor fellow with his hands in his pockets , whistling vacantly and despond- ingly about the ...
... thing , not even to taste the nectar that flowed around them ; but crawled backwards and forwards , in vacant desolation , as I have seen a poor fellow with his hands in his pockets , whistling vacantly and despond- ingly about the ...
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... thing kept dimming to the sight , Save when the clouds threw their electric light ; When , for a flash , so clean - cut was the view , I'd think I saw her , knowing ' twas not true . - Through my small clearing dash'd wide sheets of ...
... thing kept dimming to the sight , Save when the clouds threw their electric light ; When , for a flash , so clean - cut was the view , I'd think I saw her , knowing ' twas not true . - Through my small clearing dash'd wide sheets of ...
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... bundle of psalms Tied nicely up in his agèd arms , And hymns as many , - a very wise thing , - That the people in Heaven , " all round , " might sing . But I thought that he heaved an anxious sigh , 32 CHOICE READINGS .
... bundle of psalms Tied nicely up in his agèd arms , And hymns as many , - a very wise thing , - That the people in Heaven , " all round , " might sing . But I thought that he heaved an anxious sigh , 32 CHOICE READINGS .
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... thing about him seemed to rejoice in the light of his countenance . MORNING . DANIEL WEBSTER . RICHMOND , April 29 , 5 A.M. , 1847 . WHETHER it be a favour or an annoyance , you owe this letter to my habit of early rising . From the ...
... thing about him seemed to rejoice in the light of his countenance . MORNING . DANIEL WEBSTER . RICHMOND , April 29 , 5 A.M. , 1847 . WHETHER it be a favour or an annoyance , you owe this letter to my habit of early rising . From the ...
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... thing at him , and it hits him , though it were but a bit of stick as big as your finger , he thinks himself abused , and sets all other business aside to pursue his revenge , and will have satisfaction in point of honour . This is his ...
... thing at him , and it hits him , though it were but a bit of stick as big as your finger , he thinks himself abused , and sets all other business aside to pursue his revenge , and will have satisfaction in point of honour . This is his ...
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