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... story of this trying period in New England's wel- fare , written with the same breadth and vigor with which he directed the affairs of the colony . Rich- ardson , in his History of American Literature , says : - " New England may ...
... story of this trying period in New England's wel- fare , written with the same breadth and vigor with which he directed the affairs of the colony . Rich- ardson , in his History of American Literature , says : - " New England may ...
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... story , though it is hor- rible in parts , has some merits . It is fascinating and reveals a spark of genius . Brown's style is vivid and dramatic , as is seen in the following passage where the ventriloquist is introduced : - " I now ...
... story , though it is hor- rible in parts , has some merits . It is fascinating and reveals a spark of genius . Brown's style is vivid and dramatic , as is seen in the following passage where the ventriloquist is introduced : - " I now ...
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... story is told of young Irving's Scotch nurse , who followed President Washing- ton into a shop one day , a few years later , leading her charge by the hand , and said , " Please , your honor , here's a bairn was named after you ...
... story is told of young Irving's Scotch nurse , who followed President Washing- ton into a shop one day , a few years later , leading her charge by the hand , and said , " Please , your honor , here's a bairn was named after you ...
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... story of Dutch life on the Hudson , is admirably conceived . At this time Irving made a tour of the Con- tinent , visiting , among other places , Heidelberg , Vienna , Prague , and Dresden . On his return to England in 1824 The Tales of ...
... story of Dutch life on the Hudson , is admirably conceived . At this time Irving made a tour of the Con- tinent , visiting , among other places , Heidelberg , Vienna , Prague , and Dresden . On his return to England in 1824 The Tales of ...
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... story - teller . On the 28th of November , 1859 , Irving died , and his body was carried over the bridge made famous in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and laid near that picturesque and beautiful vale . - Character of his Writings . For ...
... story - teller . On the 28th of November , 1859 , Irving died , and his body was carried over the bridge made famous in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and laid near that picturesque and beautiful vale . - Character of his Writings . For ...
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Page 241 - My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still; My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will; The ship is...
Page 267 - Peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Page 248 - From the Desert I come to thee On a stallion shod with fire; And the winds are left behind In the speed of my desire. Under thy window I stand, And the midnight hears my cry: I love thee, I love but thee, With a love that shall not die Till the sun grows cold, And the stars are old, And the leaves of the Judgment Book unfold!
Page 193 - A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful Annabel Lee; So that her highborn kinsmen came And bore her away from me.
Page 135 - A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.
Page 138 - Spreading its leafless blooms in a damp nook, To please the desert and the sluggish brook. The purple petals, fallen in the pool, Made the black...
Page 195 - During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher.
Page 248 - They lay along the battery's side, Below the smoking cannon: Brave hearts, from Severn and from Clyde, And from the banks of Shannon. They sang of love, and not of fame; Forgot was Britain's glory: Each heart recalled a different name, But all sang "Annie Laurie.
Page 223 - My childhood's earliest thoughts are linked with thee ; The sight of thee calls back the robin's song, Who, from the dark old tree Beside the door, sang clearly all day long, And I, secure in childish piety, Listened as if I heard an angel sing With news from heaven, which he could bring Fresh every day to my untainted ears When birds and flowers and I were happy peers.
Page 36 - I have been the more particular in this description of my journey, and shall be so of my first entry into that city, that you may in your mind compare such unlikely beginnings with the figure I have since made there. I was in my working dress, my best clothes being to come round by sea.