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... stood without in the cold blowing airs . We climb'd on the graves , on the stones worn with rains , And we gaz'd up the aisle through the small leaded panes . She sate by the pillar ; we saw her clear ; " Margaret , hist ! come quick ...
... stood without in the cold blowing airs . We climb'd on the graves , on the stones worn with rains , And we gaz'd up the aisle through the small leaded panes . She sate by the pillar ; we saw her clear ; " Margaret , hist ! come quick ...
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... stood with its apple and pear trees , and with the added dignity of a lean- to pigsty , at the other end of the Mill fields . II OM was to arrive early in the afternoon , and there was another fluttering heart besides Maggie's when it ...
... stood with its apple and pear trees , and with the added dignity of a lean- to pigsty , at the other end of the Mill fields . II OM was to arrive early in the afternoon , and there was another fluttering heart besides Maggie's when it ...
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... stood with her arms open ; Maggie jumped first on one leg and then on the other ; while Tom descended from the gig , and said , with masculine reticence as to the tender emotions . " Hallo ! Yap - what ! are you there ? " Nevertheless ...
... stood with her arms open ; Maggie jumped first on one leg and then on the other ; while Tom descended from the gig , and said , with masculine reticence as to the tender emotions . " Hallo ! Yap - what ! are you there ? " Nevertheless ...
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... stood motionless , except from her sobs , for a minute or two ; then she turned round and ran into the house , and up to her attic , where she sat on the floor and laid her head against the worm - eaten shelf , with a crushing sense of ...
... stood motionless , except from her sobs , for a minute or two ; then she turned round and ran into the house , and up to her attic , where she sat on the floor and laid her head against the worm - eaten shelf , with a crushing sense of ...
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... stood still at the top of the stairs and said , " Maggie , you're to come down . " But she rushed to him and clung round his neck , sobbing , " Oh , Tom , please forgive me -- I can't bear it - I will always be good - always remember ...
... stood still at the top of the stairs and said , " Maggie , you're to come down . " But she rushed to him and clung round his neck , sobbing , " Oh , Tom , please forgive me -- I can't bear it - I will always be good - always remember ...
Contents
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WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT Halftone | 238 |
TO A WATERFOWL William Cullen Bryant | 242 |
THY FIGURE FLOATS ALONG Walter O Reese | 243 |
THE CUBES OF TRUTH Oliver Wendell Holmes | 254 |
DOWN THE SUNNY GLADE Walter O Reese | 258 |
A CHILDS THOUGHT OF GOD Elizabeth Barrett Browning | 267 |
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Halftone | 278 |
DON QUIXOTE Cervantes | 282 |
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THE BATTLE OF THE ANTS W E Scott | 94 |
WATCHING FOR THE LOON H R Weld | 102 |
ODE TO A SKYLARK Percy Bysshe Shelley | 105 |
THE POND IN WINTER Henry David Thoreau | 111 |
KNEELING TO DRINK Beatrice Braidwood | 112 |
WHERE THE GOOD SALMON GOES TO SMOKE HIS PIPE | 119 |
WINTER ANIMALS Henry David Thoreau | 126 |
THE RED SQUIRREL STEALING CORN R F Babcock | 131 |
TREES AND ANTS THAT HELP EACH OTHER Thomas Belt | 140 |
THE FAMILY OF MICHAEL AROUT Emile Souvestre | 149 |
THE DRUNKARD RAISED HIS HEAD Marie Wolford | 152 |
GENEVIEVE ENTERED WITH ROBERT Marie Wolford | 162 |
ON THE RECEIPT OF MY MOTHERS PICTURE William Cowper | 168 |
MY MOTHER Walter O Reese | 173 |
ANNABEL LEE Edgar Allan Poe | 178 |
IN HER SEPULCHRE THERE BY THE SEA Walter O Reese | 179 |
THE REAPERS DREAM Thomas Buchanan Read | 186 |
THE RECOVERY OF THE HISPANIOLA Robert Louis Stevenson | 194 |
LOOKED INTO THE CABIN Mildred J McMaster | 198 |
RECOVERY OF THE HISPANIOLA Halftone Walter O Reese | 224 |
JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Grace E Sellon | 226 |
JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Halftone | 232 |
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT | 237 |
DON QUIXOTE Halftone Walter O Reese | 284 |
DON QUIXOTE TILTS WITH THE WINDMILLS H Slater | 291 |
MAMBRINOS HELMET H Slater | 297 |
HE PUT HIS HEAD OUT OF THE CAGE H Slater | 308 |
THE ENCHANTED BARK H Slater | 314 |
THEY WERE BLINDFOLDED H Slater | 325 |
SANCHO PREPARES TO LASH HIMSELF H Slater | 337 |
RINGROSE AND HIS BUCCANEERS | 340 |
WE MANAGED TO GET TO SHORE George Werveke | 343 |
SAWKINS WAS KILLED at the HEAD OF HIS MEN George Werveke | 355 |
RINGROSE CUT HIS NAME George Werveke | 366 |
DAVID CROCKETT | 371 |
DAVID CROCKETT IN THE CREEK WAR | 380 |
SAID FAREWELL TO MY WIFE AND TWO LITTLE BOYS | 381 |
FOUND A DEER THAT HAD JUST BEEN KILLED Burleigh Withers | 389 |
WHEN ONE INDIAN WOULD FALL ANOTHER WOULD CATCH | 400 |
AMERICA Samuel Francis Smith | 405 |
THE GATES WERE THROWN OPEN Garrett Van Vranken | 412 |
THE COMMANDER GAZED MOURNFULLY AT THE BROKEN FILES | 421 |
BATTLE OF IVRY Thomas Babington Macaulay | 423 |
ALFRED TENNYSON Halftone | 428 |
SHIP AFTER SHIP THE WHOLE NIGHT LONG G R Wheeler | 432 |
THE BATTLE OF THERMOPYLAE | 437 |
THE LAST ENCOUNTER Helen Dagget | 445 |
MARCO BOZZARIS FitzGreene Halleck | 448 |
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