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... building , full of human life . strange lights and flames and Furnaces were glowing ; men and boys were at work before the fires , or darting to and fro . Some were blowing fiery bubbles , which put to shame PACIFIC COAST SERIES . 35.
... building , full of human life . strange lights and flames and Furnaces were glowing ; men and boys were at work before the fires , or darting to and fro . Some were blowing fiery bubbles , which put to shame PACIFIC COAST SERIES . 35.
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Some were blowing fiery bubbles , which put to shame all the soap - bubbles in the world . 2. Others were shaping the glowing metal ; there were noises like the reports of pocket pistols , and sounds of clanging iron , where boys were ...
Some were blowing fiery bubbles , which put to shame all the soap - bubbles in the world . 2. Others were shaping the glowing metal ; there were noises like the reports of pocket pistols , and sounds of clanging iron , where boys were ...
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... blow , and the lump continued to expand . Now he held it down near the floor , and swung it gently to and fro . Still he kept blowing at intervals , and increasing its size , while the motion stretched it until it had become a larger ...
... blow , and the lump continued to expand . Now he held it down near the floor , and swung it gently to and fro . Still he kept blowing at intervals , and increasing its size , while the motion stretched it until it had become a larger ...
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... blow and smoke at the same time ? ” he asked , as the man stood twirling his glass gourd in the air , waiting for a boy to come and take it . " I should think you would blow the smoke and tobacco out of your pipe . " 4. " O , I just ...
... blow and smoke at the same time ? ” he asked , as the man stood twirling his glass gourd in the air , waiting for a boy to come and take it . " I should think you would blow the smoke and tobacco out of your pipe . " 4. " O , I just ...
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... blowing from aft during the first part of the night , which gradually died away , and be- fore midnight it was dead calm , and a heavy black cloud had shrouded the whole sky . 2. When our watch came on deck at twelve o'clock , it was as ...
... blowing from aft during the first part of the night , which gradually died away , and be- fore midnight it was dead calm , and a heavy black cloud had shrouded the whole sky . 2. When our watch came on deck at twelve o'clock , it was as ...
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Page 203 - I SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris, and he ; I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three ; " Good speed ! " cried the watch, as the gatebolts undrew ; "Speed...
Page 202 - That orbed maiden with white fire laden Whom mortals call the Moon, Glides glimmering o'er my fleece-like floor By the midnight breezes strewn ; And wherever the beat of her unseen feet, Which only the angels hear, 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 150 - We know what Master laid thy keel, What Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge, and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope!
Page 165 - In she plunged boldly, No matter how coldly The rough river ran, — Over the brink of it, Picture it — think of it, Dissolute man ! Lave in it, drink of it. Then, if you can ! Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care ; Fashioned so slenderly, Young, and so fair...
Page 239 - Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil; Still, as the spiral grew, He left the past year's dwelling for the new, Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Built up its idle door, Stretched in his last-found home, and knew the old no more.
Page 135 - O'er a' the ills o' life victorious. But pleasures are like poppies spread — You seize the flower, its bloom is shed; Or like the snow-fall in the river — A moment white, then melts for ever ; Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm. Nae man can tether time nor tide : The hour approaches Tam maun ride ; That hour, o...
Page 74 - A hurry of hoofs in a village street, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark, And beneath, from the pebbles, in passing, a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet. That was all! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding that night; And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat.
Page 199 - Should I turn upon the true prince ? Why, thou knowest I am as valiant as Hercules ; but beware instinct ; the lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter ; I was a coward on instinct. I shall think the better of myself and thee during my life ; I for a valiant lion, and thou for a true prince.
Page 225 - The sun that brief December day Rose cheerless over hills of gray, And, darkly circled, gave at noon A sadder light than waning moon. Slow tracing down the thickening sky Its mute and ominous prophecy, A portent seeming less than threat, It sank from sight before it set. A chill no coat, however stout, Of homespun stuff could quite shut out...
Page 75 - So through the night rode Paul Revere ; And so through the night went his cry of alarm To every Middlesex village and farm, — A cry of defiance and not of fear, A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo forevermore...