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... and then in triumph and delight calls her neigh- bors . Actress . Come here ! Man . And now , show me how a country lassie would call a dog that stole her lunch ; she'd like to have it back , but fears he 20 George Riddle's Readings .
... and then in triumph and delight calls her neigh- bors . Actress . Come here ! Man . And now , show me how a country lassie would call a dog that stole her lunch ; she'd like to have it back , but fears he 20 George Riddle's Readings .
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... last ? Miss R. About as long as a Mount Desert flirtation , and it is n't half so pleasant while it lasts , but it is pleasanter when it ends . There is something so delightful in the first view of George Riddle's Readings . 33.
... last ? Miss R. About as long as a Mount Desert flirtation , and it is n't half so pleasant while it lasts , but it is pleasanter when it ends . There is something so delightful in the first view of George Riddle's Readings . 33.
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George Riddle. There is something so delightful in the first view of the sun after a fog . Mr. H. It must be as delightful as the sensation of having no pain is , when you jam your finger ; that is , I mean the sensation when you have ...
George Riddle. There is something so delightful in the first view of the sun after a fog . Mr. H. It must be as delightful as the sensation of having no pain is , when you jam your finger ; that is , I mean the sensation when you have ...
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... delightful , and unattainable . ) Miss Lobside . Oh , Mrs. Tompkyns , how envious it makes me to hear your delightful talk about lands across the sea ! I long so much to breathe a free breath out of the confined George Riddle's Readings ...
... delightful , and unattainable . ) Miss Lobside . Oh , Mrs. Tompkyns , how envious it makes me to hear your delightful talk about lands across the sea ! I long so much to breathe a free breath out of the confined George Riddle's Readings ...
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... delightful artistic effects can be produced . I hope that I will not interfere with your conversation . I really can't live without the society of the fair sex , I assure you , and , when all of the girls in town huddle to- gether for ...
... delightful artistic effects can be produced . I hope that I will not interfere with your conversation . I really can't live without the society of the fair sex , I assure you , and , when all of the girls in town huddle to- gether for ...
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Page 177 - 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 196 - 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 180 - All at once and all o'er, with a mighty uproar, And this way the water comes down at Lodore.
Page 154 - 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 179 - And falling and brawling and sprawling, And driving and riving and striving, And sprinkling and twinkling and wrinkling, And sounding...
Page 155 - 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 181 - 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 153 - 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 197 - The Marshal's in the market-place, And you'll be there anon To see your flag-bird flap his vans Where I, to heart's desire, Perched him ! " The chief's eye flashed ; his plans Soared up again like fire.
Page 155 - And now, from forth the frowning sky, From the heaven's topmost height, I heard a voice, — the awful voice Of the blood-avenging sprite: 'Thou guilty man! take up thy dead, And hide it from my sight...