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... HORSE ( PART I . ) - Illustrated . W. H. H. Murray . 173 41. A RIDERLESS WAR HORSE ( PART II . ) - Illustrated W. H. H. Murray . 177 42. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS - POEM Henry Wadsworth Longfellow . 180 43. GEORGE WASHINGTON 44. WISDOM ...
... HORSE ( PART I . ) - Illustrated . W. H. H. Murray . 173 41. A RIDERLESS WAR HORSE ( PART II . ) - Illustrated W. H. H. Murray . 177 42. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS - POEM Henry Wadsworth Longfellow . 180 43. GEORGE WASHINGTON 44. WISDOM ...
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... HORSE ( I 41. A RIDERLESS WAR HORSE ( 1 42. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS - POE 43. GEORGE WASHINGTON 44. WISDOM UNAPPLIED POEM 45. SOLON AND CROESUS 46. IN MEMORIAM - POEM 47. DON QUIXOTE AND SANCHO 48. MYTHS OF THE SLEEPERS 49. SUMMER STORM ...
... HORSE ( I 41. A RIDERLESS WAR HORSE ( 1 42. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS - POE 43. GEORGE WASHINGTON 44. WISDOM UNAPPLIED POEM 45. SOLON AND CROESUS 46. IN MEMORIAM - POEM 47. DON QUIXOTE AND SANCHO 48. MYTHS OF THE SLEEPERS 49. SUMMER STORM ...
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... horse ? King Cole kicked kettles and kites . Low lies the lily lingering in the lane . Man , master , maid , made mad by many mishaps , moved much more mechanically ' mid mud and mire . No , not , none , neat , are not nouns . Only on ...
... horse ? King Cole kicked kettles and kites . Low lies the lily lingering in the lane . Man , master , maid , made mad by many mishaps , moved much more mechanically ' mid mud and mire . No , not , none , neat , are not nouns . Only on ...
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... horses got on with much difficulty . My companion went first , and a path , which appeared to him shortest and most practicable , led us astray . 2. It was my fault . Ought I to have trusted to a head only twenty years old ? Whilst ...
... horses got on with much difficulty . My companion went first , and a path , which appeared to him shortest and most practicable , led us astray . 2. It was my fault . Ought I to have trusted to a head only twenty years old ? Whilst ...
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... horses got on " mean ? How dark was it ? Who are colliers ? What is meant by “ had quite the look of colliers " ? What is an arsenal ? What are the crown diamonds ? What is the usual meaning of introduce ? What is the meaning here ? How ...
... horses got on " mean ? How dark was it ? Who are colliers ? What is meant by “ had quite the look of colliers " ? What is an arsenal ? What are the crown diamonds ? What is the usual meaning of introduce ? What is the meaning here ? How ...
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Page xviii - Strike — till the last armed foe expires; Strike — for your altars and your fires; Strike — for the green graves of your sires, God — and your native land!
Page 380 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time ; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Page 246 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth; when he established the clouds above; when he strengthened the fountains of the deep; when he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment ; when he appointed the foundations of the earth : then I was by him, as one brought up with him; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of...
Page 256 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand ; the gate With dreadful faces thronged, and fiery arms.
Page 197 - The volcanoes are dim, and the stars reel and swim, When the whirlwinds my banner unfurl.
Page 329 - Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too, — While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day, And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue; Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn Among the river sallows, borne aloft Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies; And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn; Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft ; And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.
Page 255 - Henceforth I learn, that to obey is best, And love, with fear, the only God ; to walk As in his presence, ever to observe His providence, and on him sole depend...
Page 388 - WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread, — • Stitch— stitch— stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt; And still with a voice of dolorous pitch She sang the "Song of the Shirt!
Page 386 - Men! with Mothers and Wives! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives! Stitch - stitch - stitch, In poverty, hunger, and dirt, Sewing at once, with a double thread, A Shroud as well as a Shirt.
Page 246 - The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth : While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.