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... don't see any one whom I know . I That girl over there with the big hat looks as if she might be rather jolly , but she is dressed very badly ; and , dear me , what big feet she has ! She must be a Boston girl , and in the winter , I ...
... don't see any one whom I know . I That girl over there with the big hat looks as if she might be rather jolly , but she is dressed very badly ; and , dear me , what big feet she has ! She must be a Boston girl , and in the winter , I ...
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... don't you think ? Miss R. I am wildly American , Mr. Hunt ! and dote on glorious things ! Did you never set off fire - crackers on the glorious Fourth , Mr. Hunt ? Mr. H. Never , I assure you . ( Aside ) Sometimes I think this girl ...
... don't you think ? Miss R. I am wildly American , Mr. Hunt ! and dote on glorious things ! Did you never set off fire - crackers on the glorious Fourth , Mr. Hunt ? Mr. H. Never , I assure you . ( Aside ) Sometimes I think this girl ...
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... don't know ; I didn't forget . I don't know what I meant . But as I was saying - a lot of us were standing together , saying what a bore the party was , for the company was a little mixed . After all , I really wonder that you were not ...
... don't know ; I didn't forget . I don't know what I meant . But as I was saying - a lot of us were standing together , saying what a bore the party was , for the company was a little mixed . After all , I really wonder that you were not ...
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... speech . I hate a fellow who makes speeches , don't you , Miss Rogers ? Miss R. Mr. H. Not if he makes pretty ones . Yes , some fellows do make pretty speeches , but I never could , you know . 44 George Riddle's Readings .
... speech . I hate a fellow who makes speeches , don't you , Miss Rogers ? Miss R. Mr. H. Not if he makes pretty ones . Yes , some fellows do make pretty speeches , but I never could , you know . 44 George Riddle's Readings .
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... don't know , you know . I've known lots of fellows who were awful spoons on girls . They have told me about their love affairs over cigars , lots of times . De- cent fellows , too . After midnight , a man with a cigar will tell you ...
... don't know , you know . I've known lots of fellows who were awful spoons on girls . They have told me about their love affairs over cigars , lots of times . De- cent fellows , too . After midnight , a man with a cigar will tell you ...
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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...