Hurry-graphs: Or, Sketches of Scenery, Celebrities and Society, Taken from LifeKerr, Doughty & Lapham, 1853 - 364 pages |
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... say that your coming to America has been a great evil to us , it would be no other than speaking against the orders of the Great Spirit . The wisdom of His thoughts we cannot see with eye of our 22 PITHY LETTER . minds . He alone was the.
... say that your coming to America has been a great evil to us , it would be no other than speaking against the orders of the Great Spirit . The wisdom of His thoughts we cannot see with eye of our 22 PITHY LETTER . minds . He alone was the.
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... speak about aney land , he prays you to give them no answer at all . The last summer he maid that promise with you , that he would sell no land in seven years time , for that he would have no English trouble him before that time . he ...
... speak about aney land , he prays you to give them no answer at all . The last summer he maid that promise with you , that he would sell no land in seven years time , for that he would have no English trouble him before that time . he ...
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... speak of — the rim of the water- lily's cup when half - blown . Steep as these leafy enclosures are , however , the valley is a mile across , and the hundred rich farms on its meadows are interlaced by a sparkling brook , which , though ...
... speak of — the rim of the water- lily's cup when half - blown . Steep as these leafy enclosures are , however , the valley is a mile across , and the hundred rich farms on its meadows are interlaced by a sparkling brook , which , though ...
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... speaking Spanish ; and I took them ( by this and the white gloves the younger men wore ) to be a party of Cubans . One of them , the eldest , how- ever , attracted my attention as he walked before and I com- mented on the un - tropical ...
... speaking Spanish ; and I took them ( by this and the white gloves the younger men wore ) to be a party of Cubans . One of them , the eldest , how- ever , attracted my attention as he walked before and I com- mented on the un - tropical ...
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... Speaking of gray coats , I understood , at the Point , that this classic uniform of the Military Academy is to be changed to a blue frock . It will be a sensible and embellishing alteration , and the cadets will look more like reasoning ...
... Speaking of gray coats , I understood , at the Point , that this classic uniform of the Military Academy is to be changed to a blue frock . It will be a sensible and embellishing alteration , and the cadets will look more like reasoning ...
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Page 244 - The angels, not half so happy in heaven, Went envying her and me; Yes, that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
Page 244 - For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee...
Page 243 - IT WAS many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me.
Page 186 - I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me : I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.
Page 185 - Like the poor cat i' the adage? Macb. Prithee, peace I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. Lady M. What beast was't then That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; And, to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the man.
Page 185 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuff'd bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Page 186 - What beast was't then That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; And, to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place Did then adhere, and yet you would make both: They have made themselves, and that their fitness now Does unmake you.
Page 184 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve, By his loved mansionry, that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here. No jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle. Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed, The air is delicate.
Page 185 - Merciful heaven! What, man! ne'er pull your hat upon your brows; Give sorrow words: the grief that does not speak Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Page 185 - But I must also feel it as a man: I cannot but remember such things were, That were most precious to me. Did heaven look on, And would not take their part?