A Second Treasury of the FamiliarRalph Louis Woods A companion volume to the editor's "Treasury of the familiar," 1943. This volume contains more poetry than prose. It is indexed by author, title and familiar lines. |
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Page 47
... knew how to weave the most beautiful stuffs imaginable . Not only were the colours and patterns unusually fine , but the clothes that were made of these stuffs had the peculiar quality of becoming invisible to every person who was not ...
... knew how to weave the most beautiful stuffs imaginable . Not only were the colours and patterns unusually fine , but the clothes that were made of these stuffs had the peculiar quality of becoming invisible to every person who was not ...
Page 109
... knew nothing of it . I rushed to the library and examined all the maps I could find . I discovered in one of them a delicate , hair- like line , diverging from the Mississippi near a place marked Prescott , which I supposed was intended ...
... knew nothing of it . I rushed to the library and examined all the maps I could find . I discovered in one of them a delicate , hair- like line , diverging from the Mississippi near a place marked Prescott , which I supposed was intended ...
Page 579
... knew ; but he had made himself a very tidy room there , furnished with all that he required . Truth to tell , he needed little . He lived on the forest and lake , and he lived very well . The irregularity of his condition was overlooked ...
... knew ; but he had made himself a very tidy room there , furnished with all that he required . Truth to tell , he needed little . He lived on the forest and lake , and he lived very well . The irregularity of his condition was overlooked ...
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Alice angels Anonymous beautiful blessed blow breath captain's gig child Colour-Sergeant cried Danny Deever dark dead dear death doth dream earth eyes face Father fear flowers Franklin D give glory hand happy Harry Von Tilzer hath Heab'n hear heard heart Heaven Highland laddie holy hour Jesus John John of Austria King kiss land laugh light live look Lord March Hare mind moon morning mother never night o'er once peace Percy Bysshe Shelley Philistine praise river Robert Louis Stevenson round Samian wine shadow shining shore sigh sing sleep smile song sorrow soul spirit stars stood sweet talk tears tell thee There's thine things thought tree unto voice W. S. Gilbert walk wild William Shakespeare wind word wotthehell young youth