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... DEAD CHARLES DICKENS . A CHRISTMAS CAROL CHRISTMAS IN OLD TIME ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD LIMESTONE BROTH THE KNOCK - OUT . PAGE Gerald Griffin. HORATIUS LORD ULLIN'S DAUGHTER SIR WALTER SCOTT THE TOURNAMENT THE RAINBOW THE ...
... DEAD CHARLES DICKENS . A CHRISTMAS CAROL CHRISTMAS IN OLD TIME ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD LIMESTONE BROTH THE KNOCK - OUT . PAGE Gerald Griffin. HORATIUS LORD ULLIN'S DAUGHTER SIR WALTER SCOTT THE TOURNAMENT THE RAINBOW THE ...
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... DEAD . " WHITHER THOU GOEST , I WILL GO " RUTH GLEANING THE WRITING ON THE WALL . SOHRAB AND PERAN - WISA ( Color Plate ) PERAN - WISA GIVES SOHRAB'S CHALLENGE THE SPEAR RENT THE TOUGH PLATES RUSTUM SORROWS OVER SOHRAB MATTHEW ARNOLD ...
... DEAD . " WHITHER THOU GOEST , I WILL GO " RUTH GLEANING THE WRITING ON THE WALL . SOHRAB AND PERAN - WISA ( Color Plate ) PERAN - WISA GIVES SOHRAB'S CHALLENGE THE SPEAR RENT THE TOUGH PLATES RUSTUM SORROWS OVER SOHRAB MATTHEW ARNOLD ...
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... dead ; And thrice came on in fury , And thrice turned back in dread ; And , white with fear and hatred , Scowled at the narrow way Where , wallowing in a pool of blood , The bravest Tuscans lay . But meanwhile axe and lever Have ...
... dead ; And thrice came on in fury , And thrice turned back in dread ; And , white with fear and hatred , Scowled at the narrow way Where , wallowing in a pool of blood , The bravest Tuscans lay . But meanwhile axe and lever Have ...
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... dead that it seemed the multitude were afraid even to breathe . A few minutes ' pause having been allowed , that the combatants and their horses might recover breath , Prince John with his truncheon signed to the trumpets to sound the ...
... dead that it seemed the multitude were afraid even to breathe . A few minutes ' pause having been allowed , that the combatants and their horses might recover breath , Prince John with his truncheon signed to the trumpets to sound the ...
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... dead . The whole was the work of a few moments , and must have been his paroxysms of dying rage . In order to take out the charm from him , the Bakatla on the following day made a huge bonfire over the carcass , which was declared to be ...
... dead . The whole was the work of a few moments , and must have been his paroxysms of dying rage . In order to take out the charm from him , the Bakatla on the following day made a huge bonfire over the carcass , which was declared to be ...
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Page 133 - The splendor falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story : The long light shakes across the lakes, And the •wild cataract leaps in glory. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle ; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
Page 18 - Tiber! father Tiber! To whom the Romans pray, A Roman's life, a Roman's arms, Take thou in charge this day ! ' So he spake, and speaking sheathed The good sword by his side, And with his harness on his back Plunged headlong in the tide.
Page 420 - This doctrine, my friends, is reason and wisdom; but, after all do not depend too much upon your own industry and frugality and prudence, though excellent things; for they may all be blasted, without the blessing of Heaven; and, therefore, ask that blessing humbly, and be not uncharitable to those that at present seem to want it, but comfort and help them. Remember Job suffered, and was afterward prosperous. " And now, to conclude, Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other...
Page 148 - It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
Page 368 - THE EPITAPH Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frowned not on his humble birth, And melancholy marked him for her own.
Page 365 - ... full many a gem of purest ray serene the dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear : full many a flower is born to blush unseen, and waste its sweetness on the desert air. some village Hampden that with dauntless breast the little tyrant of his fields withstood, some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood.
Page 16 - ... earth the bloody corpses, In the path the dauntless Three : And, from the ghastly entrance Where those bold Romans stood, All shrank, like boys who unaware, Ranging the woods to start a hare, Come to the mouth of the dark lair Where, growling low, a fierce old bear Lies amidst bones and blood. Was none who would be foremost To lead such dire attack; But those behind cried 'Forward!
Page 248 - ... not an hour richer; a time for balancing your books and having every item in 'em through a round dozen of months presented dead against you? If I could work my will,' said Scrooge indignantly, 'every idiot who goes about with "Merry Christmas...
Page 410 - ... our Pride, and four times as much by our Folly; and from these Taxes the Commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an Abatement. However let us hearken to good Advice, and something may be done for us; God helps them that help themselves, as Poor Richard says, in his Almanack of 1733.
Page 19 - No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank; But friends and foes in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank; And when above the surges They saw his crest appear, All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And even the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer.