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... heard on the deeds of his country ! future historian was there too - if Professor Dahlmann will allow us to believe the pleasant story - and hearkening greedily to what was going on ; but it was neither Pericles nor Thucydides that ...
... heard on the deeds of his country ! future historian was there too - if Professor Dahlmann will allow us to believe the pleasant story - and hearkening greedily to what was going on ; but it was neither Pericles nor Thucydides that ...
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... heard less about Cephrenes than Cheops , but he is great on Mycerinus . He was a good and pious king , an orthodox idolater , who re- opened the temples , restored the sacrifices , and consulted the oracles . He was snatched away by the ...
... heard less about Cephrenes than Cheops , but he is great on Mycerinus . He was a good and pious king , an orthodox idolater , who re- opened the temples , restored the sacrifices , and consulted the oracles . He was snatched away by the ...
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... heard the curate call Rosa pretty ; and Miss Dora wondered within herself what it mattered whether she was pretty or not , and what he had to do with it , and shook her head over the strange way men had of finding out such things . For ...
... heard the curate call Rosa pretty ; and Miss Dora wondered within herself what it mattered whether she was pretty or not , and what he had to do with it , and shook her head over the strange way men had of finding out such things . For ...
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... heard to - day . " " Dear William , tell me what it is ? " said the rector's wife . " I have never known an insubordinate man who was a perfect moral character , " said the rector . " It is very discouraging altogether ; and you thought ...
... heard to - day . " " Dear William , tell me what it is ? " said the rector's wife . " I have never known an insubordinate man who was a perfect moral character , " said the rector . " It is very discouraging altogether ; and you thought ...
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... heard . She put on her dress rather hastily , and was conscious of a little ill - temper , for which she was angry with herself ; and the haste of her toilette , and the excitement under which she labored , aggravated unbecomingly that ...
... heard . She put on her dress rather hastily , and was conscious of a little ill - temper , for which she was angry with herself ; and the haste of her toilette , and the excitement under which she labored , aggravated unbecomingly that ...
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Page 207 - She leaned far out on the window-sill, And shook it forth with a royal will. "Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word: "Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on!
Page 255 - And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, saying, Amen : Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 255 - And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, and the beasts and the elders, and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.
Page 403 - The human sorrow and smart ! And yet it never was in my soul To play so ill a part : But evil is wrought by want of Thought, As well as want of Heart...
Page 207 - UP from the meadows rich with corn, Clear in the cool September morn, The clustered spires of Frederick stand Green-walled by the hills of Maryland.
Page 143 - Clearer than water flowed that juice ; She never tasted such before, How should it cloy with length of use ? She sucked and sucked and sucked the more Fruits which that unknown orchard bore; She sucked until her lips were sore ; Then flung the emptied rinds away, But gathered up one kernel stone, And knew not was it night or day As she turned home alone.
Page 412 - And I recommend to them that, while offering up the ascriptions justly due to him for such singular deliverances and blessings ; they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to his tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged...
Page 207 - Barbara Frietchie's work is o'er, And the Rebel rides on his raids no more. Honor to her! and let a tear Fall, for her sake, on Stonewall's bier. Over Barbara Frietchie's grave Flag of Freedom and Union, wave! Peace and order and beauty draw Round thy symbol of light and law; And ever the stars above look down On thy stars below in Frederick town! What the Birds Said The birds against the April wind Flew northward, singing as they flew; They sang, "The land we leave behind Has swords for corn-blades,...
Page 329 - ... to the rear. His face, which is always placid and cheerful, did not show signs of the slightest disappointment, care, or annoyance; and he was addressing to every soldier he met a few words of encouragement, such as, "All this will come right in the end; we'll talk it over afterwards; but, in the meantime, all good men must rally. We want all good and true men just now,
Page 144 - ... and early reapers plodded to the place of golden sheaves, and dew-wet grass bowed in the morning winds so brisk to pass, and new buds with new day opened of cup-like lilies on the stream, Laura awoke as from a dream, laughed in the innocent old way...