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... feet , " cried one of the judges . The youth had done his utmost . He was a pale , intellectual student . But what had intel- lect to do in such an arena ? Without a look at the maiden he left the ground . " Dick Boulden , nineteen feet ...
... feet , " cried one of the judges . The youth had done his utmost . He was a pale , intellectual student . But what had intel- lect to do in such an arena ? Without a look at the maiden he left the ground . " Dick Boulden , nineteen feet ...
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... feet and a half ! " shouted the multi- tude , repeating the announcement of one of the judges , " twenty - one feet and a half . Harry Carroll forever . Annette and Harry . " Hands , caps , and handkerchiefs waved over the heads of the ...
... feet and a half ! " shouted the multi- tude , repeating the announcement of one of the judges , " twenty - one feet and a half . Harry Carroll forever . Annette and Harry . " Hands , caps , and handkerchiefs waved over the heads of the ...
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... feet neous quantity . This extraordinary phenomenon filled above the surface of the adjacent plain . At the sur - me with admiration . Here was a single locality of face , it had the appearance of being roughly paved iron offering all ...
... feet neous quantity . This extraordinary phenomenon filled above the surface of the adjacent plain . At the sur - me with admiration . Here was a single locality of face , it had the appearance of being roughly paved iron offering all ...
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... feet above but whether native or transplanted , is not stated the surface of the river , and was designated Mount Its evergreen boughs present a fine contrast to the Vernon , in honour of Admiral Vernon , who conduct- hoary and leafless ...
... feet above but whether native or transplanted , is not stated the surface of the river , and was designated Mount Its evergreen boughs present a fine contrast to the Vernon , in honour of Admiral Vernon , who conduct- hoary and leafless ...
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... feet square ; from thence it descends obliquely fifteen feet , then running horizontally about ten more , it ascends grad- ap - ually sixteen feet toward its termination . The sides of this subterraneous cavity are composed of smooth ...
... feet square ; from thence it descends obliquely fifteen feet , then running horizontally about ten more , it ascends grad- ap - ually sixteen feet toward its termination . The sides of this subterraneous cavity are composed of smooth ...
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Page 480 - The volcanoes are dim, and the stars reel and swim, When the whirlwinds my banner unfurl.
Page 480 - I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun. I wield the flail of the lashing hail, And whiten the green plains under, And then again I dissolve it in rain, And laugh as I pass in thunder.
Page 435 - And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD : and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
Page 47 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining, in the meantime, exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 47 - He has endeavored to prevent the population of these States: for that purpose obstructing the laws for naturalization of foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage, their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new appropriations of lands. He has obstructed the administration of justice by refusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers. He has made judges dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has...
Page 480 - I am the daughter of Earth and Water, And the nursling of the Sky ; I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores ; I change, but I cannot die. For after the rain when with never a stain, The pavilion of heaven is bare. And the winds and sunbeams with their convex gleams, Build up the blue dome of air, I silently laugh at my own cenotaph, And out of the caverns of rain, Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb, I arise and unbuild it again.
Page 58 - ... between people, who, though separated by an ocean, and under different governments, have the same language, a similar religion, and kindred blood.
Page 405 - I take this method to request such of you as are true citizens and willing to enjoy the liberty I bring you, to remain still in your houses: — And those, if any there be, that are friends to the king, will instantly repair to the fort and join the hair-buyer General, and fight like men.
Page 483 - THE sun is bright, — the air is clear, The darting swallows soar and sing, And from the stately elms I hear The bluebird prophesying Spring. So blue yon winding river flows, It seems an outlet from the sky, Where waiting till the west wind blows, The freighted clouds at anchor lie.
Page 306 - Heaven, and glances at that divinely consoling proclamation, " come unto me all ye who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest:" The ruin of the steeple is about thirty feet high, and mantled, to its very summit, with ivy.