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Page 99
... Maria had as- pirations , and gave vent to them by playing scales upon the piano . Her brother Fohnny , a winning child of ten , was , as Sunday - school weeklies are pleased to call children , the " well- spring of joy in the household ...
... Maria had as- pirations , and gave vent to them by playing scales upon the piano . Her brother Fohnny , a winning child of ten , was , as Sunday - school weeklies are pleased to call children , the " well- spring of joy in the household ...
Page 102
... Maria's at the Conservatory of Music ; Maria's real musical , you know ; little Johnny is at home . The dear child is just home from school . I will call him . ( Calling . ) Johnny ! Johnny ! come in and speak to your Uncle Micajah ...
... Maria's at the Conservatory of Music ; Maria's real musical , you know ; little Johnny is at home . The dear child is just home from school . I will call him . ( Calling . ) Johnny ! Johnny ! come in and speak to your Uncle Micajah ...
Page 105
... Maria , glad to see you , how you have grown ! Solomon , how's your health ? Mr. P. Ah , Micajah , I am delighted to see you in our midst again ! How did you leave your good wife and the crops ? Uncle M. Drought raised Cain with them ...
... Maria , glad to see you , how you have grown ! Solomon , how's your health ? Mr. P. Ah , Micajah , I am delighted to see you in our midst again ! How did you leave your good wife and the crops ? Uncle M. Drought raised Cain with them ...
Page 108
George Riddle. over . Maria ! did you think to put any salt in the basket ? Dear me , it's too late to stop for it . Come along quickly ! I say , con- ductor , can we get to the wharf in time for the Slambasket boat ? I do not believe we ...
George Riddle. over . Maria ! did you think to put any salt in the basket ? Dear me , it's too late to stop for it . Come along quickly ! I say , con- ductor , can we get to the wharf in time for the Slambasket boat ? I do not believe we ...
Page 109
... Maria ! Can't you take us for two shillings a head ? Ticket - seller . No , we cannot ! Put up or shut up ! You'll lose the boat if you don't hurry up ! ( Uncle Micajah reluctantly drew out his wallet and paid for the tickets , and the ...
... Maria ! Can't you take us for two shillings a head ? Ticket - seller . No , we cannot ! Put up or shut up ! You'll lose the boat if you don't hurry up ! ( Uncle Micajah reluctantly drew out his wallet and paid for the tickets , and the ...
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Page 173 - The cataract strong Then plunges along, Striking and raging As if a war waging Its caverns and rocks among; Rising and leaping, Sinking and creeping, Swelling and sweeping, Showering and springing, Flying and flinging, Writhing and wringing, Eddying and whisking, Spouting and frisking, Turning and twisting Around and around With endless rebound: Smiting and fighting, A sight to delight in; Confounding, astounding, Dizzying and deafening the ear with its sound.
Page 192 - My plans That soar, to earth may fall. Let once my army-leader Lannes Waver at yonder wall " — Out 'twixt the battery-smokes there flew A rider, bound on bound Full-galloping ; nor bridle drew Until he reached the mound.
Page 176 - All at once and all o'er, with a mighty uproar, And this way the water comes down at Lodore.
Page 150 - Of lonely folk cut off unseen, And hid in sudden graves; Of horrid stabs in groves forlorn, And murders done in caves; And how the sprites of injured men Shriek upward from the sod...
Page 175 - And falling and brawling and sprawling, And driving and riving and striving, And sprinkling and twinkling and wrinkling, And sounding...
Page 151 - One that had never done me wrong, A feeble man and old: I led him to a lonely field; The moon shone clear and cold: Now here, said I, this man shall die, And I will have his gold!
Page 177 - There are gains for all our losses, There are balms for all our pain ; But when youth, the dream, departs, It takes something from our hearts, And it never comes again.
Page 154 - And still no peace for the restless clay, Will wave or mould allow ; The horrid thing pursues my soul, — It stands before me now ! " The fearful Boy look'd up, and saw Huge drops upon his brow.
Page 149 - Then leaping on his feet upright, Some moody turns he took, — Now up the mead, then down the mead, And past a shady nook, — And, lo! he saw a little boy That pored upon a book.
Page 174 - And hitting and splitting, And shining and twining, And rattling and battling, And shaking and quaking, And pouring and roaring, And waving and raving...