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Does not Myrtle look more in her place by the side of Murray Bradshaw than she would with Gifted hitched on her arm ? " Just then the poet made his appear- ance . He looked depressed , as if it had cost him an effort to come .
Does not Myrtle look more in her place by the side of Murray Bradshaw than she would with Gifted hitched on her arm ? " Just then the poet made his appear- ance . He looked depressed , as if it had cost him an effort to come .
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This was the form he had borne seem- ingly lifeless in his arms , and the bosom which heaved so visibly before him was that which his eyes They were the calm eyes of a sculptor , but of a sculptor hardly twenty years old .
This was the form he had borne seem- ingly lifeless in his arms , and the bosom which heaved so visibly before him was that which his eyes They were the calm eyes of a sculptor , but of a sculptor hardly twenty years old .
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On the walls of the chancel there are monuments to the Flemings , and paint- ed escutcheons of their arms ; and along the side walls also , and on the square pillars of the row of arches , there are other monuments , generally of white ...
On the walls of the chancel there are monuments to the Flemings , and paint- ed escutcheons of their arms ; and along the side walls also , and on the square pillars of the row of arches , there are other monuments , generally of white ...
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... the bristling arms of the besieged upon the wall , the boom of the great mortars made of balls of stone , the stormy flight of ar- ropes and leather and throwing mighty rows , the ladders planted against the defences and staggering ...
... the bristling arms of the besieged upon the wall , the boom of the great mortars made of balls of stone , the stormy flight of ar- ropes and leather and throwing mighty rows , the ladders planted against the defences and staggering ...
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On the walls of the chancel there are monuments to the Flemings , and paint- ed escutcheons of their arms ; and along the side walls also , and on the square pillars of the row of arches , there are other monuments , generally of white ...
On the walls of the chancel there are monuments to the Flemings , and paint- ed escutcheons of their arms ; and along the side walls also , and on the square pillars of the row of arches , there are other monuments , generally of white ...
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Page 252 - QUEEN and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess excellently bright. Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose; Cynthia's shining orb was made Heaven to clear when day did close: Bless us then with wished sight, Goddess excellently bright.
Page 425 - I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Page 109 - Yes, trust them not; for there is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers, that, with his tiger's heart wrapped in a player's hide, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you, and being an absolute Johannes factotum is, in his own conceit, the only Shake-scene in a country.
Page 215 - BY the flow of the inland river, Whence the fleets of iron have fled, Where the blades of the grave-grass quiver, Asleep are the ranks of the dead ; — Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day ; — Under the one, the Blue ; Under the other, the Gray.
Page 253 - Leave me ! There's something come into my thought, That must and shall be sung high and aloof \ Safe from the wolf's black jaw, and the dull ass's hoof.
Page 30 - ... clime, And spreads the honey of his deep research At his return — a rich repast for me. He travels, and I too. I tread his deck, Ascend his topmast, through his peering eyes Discover countries, with a kindred heart Suffer his woes, and share in his escapes ; While fancy, like the finger of a clock, Runs the great circuit, and is still at home.
Page 109 - Shakespeare's poems the creative power and the intellectual energy wrestle as in a war embrace. Each in its excess of strength seems to threaten the extinction of the other. At length in the drama they were reconciled, and fought each with its shield before the breast of the other.
Page 216 - Sadly, but not with upbraiding, The generous deed was done, In the storm of the years that are fading, No braver battle was won . Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day; Under the blossoms, the Blue, Under the garlands, the Gray.
Page 215 - From the silence of sorrowful hours The desolate mourners go, Lovingly laden with flowers Alike for the friend and the foe ; — Under the sod and the clew, Waiting the judgment day ; — Under the roses, the Blue ; Under the lilies, the Gray.
Page 164 - Westward the course of empire takes its way, The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.