A Sketch of the Life of John M. Todd: (sixty-two Years in a Barber Shop) and Reminiscences of His CustomersW. W. Roberts Company, 1906 - 322 pages |
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... night , round as my shield , had not yet filled her horns when , by her light , a band of fierce barbarians rushed like a torrent down upon our flocks and herds , the shepherds fled as trembling cowards for safety and for succor . The ...
... night , round as my shield , had not yet filled her horns when , by her light , a band of fierce barbarians rushed like a torrent down upon our flocks and herds , the shepherds fled as trembling cowards for safety and for succor . The ...
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... night , and I am thinking over the words of Byron : " Time , the corrector where our judgment errs , Time , the avenger , on thee I call . " And I think it has heard my call and has helped me somewhat on the judgment question . At nine ...
... night , and I am thinking over the words of Byron : " Time , the corrector where our judgment errs , Time , the avenger , on thee I call . " And I think it has heard my call and has helped me somewhat on the judgment question . At nine ...
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... night out , was a Monday , a lovely evening , a full moon shining making it light as day , and not a cloud to obstruct the moon's rays . Ahead of us was the schooner Crusader , commanded by Capt . Robert Soule of Free- port , who sailed ...
... night out , was a Monday , a lovely evening , a full moon shining making it light as day , and not a cloud to obstruct the moon's rays . Ahead of us was the schooner Crusader , commanded by Capt . Robert Soule of Free- port , who sailed ...
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... night after he was lost he came to my bedside and said , ' Mother , it is Frank . ' I worried over it ever since , and when the news came that a boy had been lost from the schooner Olive , I knew it was my dear boy . " Two weeks after ...
... night after he was lost he came to my bedside and said , ' Mother , it is Frank . ' I worried over it ever since , and when the news came that a boy had been lost from the schooner Olive , I knew it was my dear boy . " Two weeks after ...
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... night out the crew , most of them under the influence of liquor , insisted that I should drink with them , but I said , " No rum for me , " and they were offended and threatened me ; said I need not put on temperance airs , that I was ...
... night out the crew , most of them under the influence of liquor , insisted that I should drink with them , but I said , " No rum for me , " and they were offended and threatened me ; said I need not put on temperance airs , that I was ...
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A Sketch of the Life of John M Todd: Sixty-Two Years in A Barber Shop and ... John M. Todd No preview available - 2008 |
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF JOHN M T John M. B. 1821 Todd,Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Con No preview available - 2016 |
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF JOHN M T John M. B. 1821 Todd,Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Con No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 219 - Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale! In spite of rock and tempest roar, In spite of false lights on the shore, Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee...
Page 223 - And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee...
Page 262 - And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity ; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. I will make a man more precious than fine gold ; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
Page 222 - And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child. In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love, I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me.
Page 231 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.
Page 222 - I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love, I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason...
Page 246 - FOR A' THAT, AND A' THAT. Is there, for honest poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that; The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a
Page 219 - We know what Master laid thy keel, What Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge, and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope!
Page 280 - BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on.
Page 220 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.