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... earth , near by . With the force of that idle blow , the great 5 rock was shattered all to pieces . " Do you not believe , " said he , looking at the damsels with a smile , " that such a blow would have crushed one of the dragon's ...
... earth , near by . With the force of that idle blow , the great 5 rock was shattered all to pieces . " Do you not believe , " said he , looking at the damsels with a smile , " that such a blow would have crushed one of the dragon's ...
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... earth tremble . Then he laughed - Ho ! ho ! ho ! with a thunderous roar that was echoed from the mountains , far and near , as if they and the giant had 15 been so many rejoicing brothers . When his joy had a little subsided , he ...
... earth tremble . Then he laughed - Ho ! ho ! ho ! with a thunderous roar that was echoed from the mountains , far and near , as if they and the giant had 15 been so many rejoicing brothers . When his joy had a little subsided , he ...
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... earth looked upward in affright , thinking that the sky must be going to fall next . " Oh , that will never do ! " cried Giant Atlas , with a great roar of laughter . " I have not let fall so many 10 stars within the last five centuries ...
... earth looked upward in affright , thinking that the sky must be going to fall next . " Oh , that will never do ! " cried Giant Atlas , with a great roar of laughter . " I have not let fall so many 10 stars within the last five centuries ...
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... earth , ocean , sun and moon became for them powerful gods to whom men offered prayer and sacrifice . Man was alone in the little world of his knowledge , and he was surrounded by all these imagined and unknown persons . 20 The religion ...
... earth , ocean , sun and moon became for them powerful gods to whom men offered prayer and sacrifice . Man was alone in the little world of his knowledge , and he was surrounded by all these imagined and unknown persons . 20 The religion ...
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... earth might open and swallow him up , for of a truth he is a curse to King Priam and to Troy . " 15 war . Then went Queen Hecuba into her house , and gave command to her maids that they should assemble the 20 aged women of the city ...
... earth might open and swallow him up , for of a truth he is a curse to King Priam and to Troy . " 15 war . Then went Queen Hecuba into her house , and gave command to her maids that they should assemble the 20 aged women of the city ...
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Page 128 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal ; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord...
Page 329 - At half past nine by the meet'n'-house clock,— Just the hour of the Earthquake shock! —What do you think the parson found, When he got up and stared around? The poor old chaise in a heap or mound, As if it had been to the mill and ground! You see, of course, if you're not a dunce, How it went to pieces all at once,— All at once, and nothing first,— Just as bubbles do when they burst.
Page 279 - For heathen heart that puts her trust In reeking tube and iron shard. All valiant dust that builds on dust, And guarding calls not Thee to guard; For frantic boast and foolish word, Thy mercy on Thy people, Lord. "Amen.
Page 270 - I have not allowed myself, Sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below...
Page 311 - Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere, Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near.
Page 233 - My good blade carves the casques of men, My tough lance thrusteth sure, My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure.
Page 314 - May have broken the woof of my tent's thin roof The stars peep behind her and peer ; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees...
Page 113 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt, Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 271 - Liberty first, and Union afterwards, — but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, — Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable," God grant it, — God grant it!
Page 313 - 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.