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... passed most of his life at Baltimore and Philadelphia . His oppor- tunities for good schooling were quite limited ... passing through a thinly peo- pled district of country , night came down upon me almost unawares . Being on foot , I ...
... passed most of his life at Baltimore and Philadelphia . His oppor- tunities for good schooling were quite limited ... passing through a thinly peo- pled district of country , night came down upon me almost unawares . Being on foot , I ...
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... passing through the ill - hung gate , I approached the dwelling . Slowly the gate swung on its wooden hinges , and the rattle of its latch , in closing , did not disturb the air until I had nearly reached the porch in front of the house ...
... passing through the ill - hung gate , I approached the dwelling . Slowly the gate swung on its wooden hinges , and the rattle of its latch , in closing , did not disturb the air until I had nearly reached the porch in front of the house ...
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... passing through the gate into the road , and , in the next moment , had taken hold of the lad and drawn him away from the animal . No strength was exerted in this ; she took hold of his arm , and he obeyed her wish as readily as if he ...
... passing through the gate into the road , and , in the next moment , had taken hold of the lad and drawn him away from the animal . No strength was exerted in this ; she took hold of his arm , and he obeyed her wish as readily as if he ...
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... passed around him . While repeat- ing his accustomed phrase , if any one corrected him by saying , “ Once one is one , " his attention was arrested for a moment , and he said , " Ah , right , once one is one ; " and then resuming his ...
... passed around him . While repeat- ing his accustomed phrase , if any one corrected him by saying , “ Once one is one , " his attention was arrested for a moment , and he said , " Ah , right , once one is one ; " and then resuming his ...
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... passed on a farm , and he never received a clas- sical education . In 1829 he edited a newspaper in Boston . In the follow- ing year he removed to Hartford , Conn . , to assume a similar position . In 1836 he edited an anti - slavery ...
... passed on a farm , and he never received a clas- sical education . In 1829 he edited a newspaper in Boston . In the follow- ing year he removed to Hartford , Conn . , to assume a similar position . In 1836 he edited an anti - slavery ...
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Page 277 - O well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play ! O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill; But O for the touch of a...
Page 199 - Sir, before God, I believe the hour is come. My judgment approves this measure, and my whole heart is in it. All that I have, and all that I am, and all that I hope, in this life, I am now ready here to stake upon it; and I leave off as I began, that live or die, survive or perish, I am for the Declaration. It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, Independence now, and Independence forever.
Page 168 - Thou coveredst it with the deep As with a garment : The waters stood above the mountains. At Thy rebuke They fled ; At the voice of Thy thunder They hasted away.
Page 96 - Nay, not so," Replied the Angel. Abou spoke more low, But cheerly still; and said, "I pray thee, then, Write me as one that loves his fellow-men." The angel wrote, and vanished. The next night It came again with a great wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, And lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.
Page 154 - The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands ; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.
Page 295 - Oft in the stilly night Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Fond memory brings the light Of other days around me: The smiles, the tears Of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken; The eyes that shone, Now dimmed and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken! Thus in the stilly night Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Sad memory brings the light Of other days around me.
Page 335 - Again he felt and fumbled at the pig. It did not burn him so much now ; still, he licked his fingers from a sort of habit. The truth at length broke into his slow understanding that it was the pig that smelt so, and the pig that tasted so delicious...
Page 95 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.
Page 36 - I'm the chief of Ulva's Isle, And this Lord Ullin's daughter. "And fast before her father's men Three days we've fled together, For should he find us in the glen, My blood would stain the heather. "His horsemen hard behind us ride; Should they our steps...
Page 118 - In the cold moist earth we laid her, when the forests cast the leaf, And we wept that one so lovely should have a life so brief : Yet not unmeet it was that one, like that young friend of ours, So gentle and so beautiful, should perish with the flowers.