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... round the ashes of the cottages of the Acadians but the faithful watch - dog , vainly seeking the hands that fed him . Thickets of forest - trees choked their orchards ; the ocean broke over their neglected dikes , and desolated their ...
... round the ashes of the cottages of the Acadians but the faithful watch - dog , vainly seeking the hands that fed him . Thickets of forest - trees choked their orchards ; the ocean broke over their neglected dikes , and desolated their ...
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... round with her stern toward the fort , she drew upon herself the fire of every gun that could be brought to bear upon her . Of all who in the beginning of the action were stationed on her quarter - deck , not one escaped being killed or ...
... round with her stern toward the fort , she drew upon herself the fire of every gun that could be brought to bear upon her . Of all who in the beginning of the action were stationed on her quarter - deck , not one escaped being killed or ...
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... round and round , and further and further from the shore , until the force of the current reached her , and urged her over the brink . The gentle- men , her attendants , never so much as gave a thought about her when they had fulfilled ...
... round and round , and further and further from the shore , until the force of the current reached her , and urged her over the brink . The gentle- men , her attendants , never so much as gave a thought about her when they had fulfilled ...
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... round and round , nearer and nearer the brink of the precipice , till they were seen no more . There were a few who , when they saw themselves on the brink of the Jordan , instead of looking down the stream , looked upward ; and , as ...
... round and round , nearer and nearer the brink of the precipice , till they were seen no more . There were a few who , when they saw themselves on the brink of the Jordan , instead of looking down the stream , looked upward ; and , as ...
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... round to the back door , and there was Mrs. Doubleday up to the eyes in soap - making . Dire was the mortification , and point - blank were the questions as to how the visitor came to go round that way ; and when the warning couplet was ...
... round to the back door , and there was Mrs. Doubleday up to the eyes in soap - making . Dire was the mortification , and point - blank were the questions as to how the visitor came to go round that way ; and when the warning couplet was ...
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Page 465 - I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love, I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea...
Page 430 - And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, . And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor: And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted — nevermore...
Page 368 - And for him who sat by the chimney lug, Dozing and grumbling o'er pipe and mug, A manly form at her side she saw, And joy was duty and love was law. Then she took up her burden of life again, Saying only, 'It might have been.' Alas for maiden, alas for Judge, For rich repiner and household drudge ! God pity them both ! and pity us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall. For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these :
Page 476 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced, and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other ; but the different parts of our country cannot do this.
Page 427 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Page 401 - MY faith looks up to thee, Thou Lamb of Calvary, Saviour Divine! Now hear me while I pray; Take all my guilt away ; Oh, let me, from this day, Be wholly thine!
Page 363 - BLESSINGS on thee, little man, Barefoot boy, with cheek of tan ! With thy turned-up pantaloons, And thy merry whistled tunes ; With thy red lip, redder still Kissed by strawberries on the hill ; With the sunshine on thy face, Through thy torn brim's jaunty grace ; From my heart I give thee joy, — I was once a barefoot boy ! Prince thou art, — the grown-up man Only is republican.
Page 478 - That on the first day of January, in the year of "our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty"three, all persons held as slaves within any State or "designated part of a State, the people whereof shall "then be in rebellion against the United States, shall "be then, thenceforward, and forever free...
Page 139 - Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields, Seems nowhere to alight: the whited air Hides hills and woods, the river and the heaven, And veils the farm-house at the garden's end. The sled and traveller stopped, the courier's feet Delayed, all friends shut out, the housemates sit Around the radiant fireplace, enclosed In a tumultuous privacy of storm.
Page 159 - TF the red slayer think he slays, -*- Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again.