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... pomegranates . Think of the towering trees . 66 Land of the jaguar , parrot , and palm , Land of the forest , savannah , and plain . ' ' Think of the lemon - groves and the cactus flowers . " " And pine - apples really do grow there ...
... pomegranates . Think of the towering trees . 66 Land of the jaguar , parrot , and palm , Land of the forest , savannah , and plain . ' ' Think of the lemon - groves and the cactus flowers . " " And pine - apples really do grow there ...
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... pomegranate trees . English roses bloom in profusion ; the scarlet hibiscus , and the most gorgeous of tropical flowers environ our hedges on every side . The houses are large , hand- some , and cool . All are ornamented , and at the ...
... pomegranate trees . English roses bloom in profusion ; the scarlet hibiscus , and the most gorgeous of tropical flowers environ our hedges on every side . The houses are large , hand- some , and cool . All are ornamented , and at the ...
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... the proud palms , guava , sour - sop , pomegranate , trees , and bushes full of English roses . cocoa - nut The cactus grew everywhere . At the gate stood a clumsy cart. 120 LED TO THE LIGHT . CHAPTER XIII THE CREOLE MISER.
... the proud palms , guava , sour - sop , pomegranate , trees , and bushes full of English roses . cocoa - nut The cactus grew everywhere . At the gate stood a clumsy cart. 120 LED TO THE LIGHT . CHAPTER XIII THE CREOLE MISER.
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... pomegranate bushes , and gem the stately lillies in our garden . The great- hearted lillies , such as you seldom see in our colder climate , beautiful as the sunshine on the dazzling wings of a white dove , all streaked and veined with ...
... pomegranate bushes , and gem the stately lillies in our garden . The great- hearted lillies , such as you seldom see in our colder climate , beautiful as the sunshine on the dazzling wings of a white dove , all streaked and veined with ...
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... pomegranate glittered on bush and tree ; everything appeared so calm and lovely that Carrie forgot her apprehensions . An old man appeared at the door . " Hallo , Bob ! what on earth have you come just now for ? Our women- " " An ...
... pomegranate glittered on bush and tree ; everything appeared so calm and lovely that Carrie forgot her apprehensions . An old man appeared at the door . " Hallo , Bob ! what on earth have you come just now for ? Our women- " " An ...
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Led to the Light: A Sequel to Opposite the Jail (Classic Reprint) Mary A. Denison No preview available - 2015 |
Led to the Light. a Sequel to Opposite the Jail Mary A. (Mary Andrews) Denison No preview available - 2012 |
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Page 46 - They never fail who die In a great cause : the block may soak their gore ; Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls — But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse, and others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts Which overpower all others, and conduct The world at last to freedom.
Page 77 - He sucks intelligence in every clime, And spreads the honey of his deep research At his return — a rich repast for me.
Page 316 - I feel death rising higher still and higher, Within my bosom; every breath I fetch Shuts up my life within a shorter compass, And, like the vanishing sound of bells, grows less And less each pulse, till it be lost in air.
Page 30 - May be the lot, the life of him, Who roams along thy water's brim ! Through what alternate shades of woe, And flowers of joy my path may go ! How many an humble, still retreat May rise to court my weary feet, While still pursuing, still unblest, I wander on, nor dare to rest...
Page 280 - If tenderness touch'd her, the dark of her eye At once took a darker, a heavenlier dye, From the depth of whose shadow, like holy revealings From innermost shrines, came the light of her feelings...
Page 160 - Read from some humbler poet. Whose songs gushed from his heart. As showers from the clouds of summer. Or tears from the eyelids start; Who, through long days of labor.
Page 109 - There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest...
Page 84 - Is there no constancy in earthly things, No happiness in us but what must alter ? No life without the heavy load of fortune ? What miseries we are, and to ourselves ! Even then when full content seems to sit by us, What daily sores and sorrows ! Enter ALICE.
Page 57 - Methinks it were no pain to die On such an eve, when such a sky O'er-canopies the west; To gaze my fill on yon calm deep, And, like an infant, fall asleep On Earth, my mother's breast.
Page 41 - How calm, how beautiful comes on The stilly hour, when storms are gone; When warring winds have died away, And clouds, beneath the glancing ray, Melt off, and leave the land and sea Sleeping in bright tranquillity...