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... seemed to me to be the most harmless lad in the whole school . And so indeed he was ; but , as I afterwards found out , a harmless good - for - nothing is as great a pest to society as a mischievous boy any day . The one will not work ...
... seemed to me to be the most harmless lad in the whole school . And so indeed he was ; but , as I afterwards found out , a harmless good - for - nothing is as great a pest to society as a mischievous boy any day . The one will not work ...
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... , that he could not see the apple . The assembled spectators , of whom there were great numbers , seemed to hold their breath . At length , Tell summoned up all his courage . He dashed the tears from his eyes THE SIXTH ( 21 " READER .
... , that he could not see the apple . The assembled spectators , of whom there were great numbers , seemed to hold their breath . At length , Tell summoned up all his courage . He dashed the tears from his eyes THE SIXTH ( 21 " READER .
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... seemed to him unworthy of his notice , or fit only to be the slaves of his will . Unfortunately his education had been left to men who had not had enough of courage to correct his quick and haughty temper , and he arrived at the age of ...
... seemed to him unworthy of his notice , or fit only to be the slaves of his will . Unfortunately his education had been left to men who had not had enough of courage to correct his quick and haughty temper , and he arrived at the age of ...
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... seemed to gather it up under her body ; but I suppose she must have been holding it in her mouth ; for while I was looking , a fly was caught in her web , and as she was running towards the fly , she let fall the ball of silk . The fly ...
... seemed to gather it up under her body ; but I suppose she must have been holding it in her mouth ; for while I was looking , a fly was caught in her web , and as she was running towards the fly , she let fall the ball of silk . The fly ...
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... seemed not only always ready to catch me in my garden , but always ready to take advantage of any little circumstance that occurred . At one time , coming up as Betty brought in a fish , he thought it a very fine one , and told me that ...
... seemed not only always ready to catch me in my garden , but always ready to take advantage of any little circumstance that occurred . At one time , coming up as Betty brought in a fish , he thought it a very fine one , and told me that ...
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Page 265 - Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,— " Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, " art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore: Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore !" Quoth the Raven,
Page 282 - 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 67 - In the elder days of Art, Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part; For the gods see everywhere.
Page 263 - Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore, For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore, Nameless here for evermore.
Page 266 - thing of evil! - prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that bends above us - by that God we both adore Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore.
Page 266 - Nevermore.' 'Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!' I shrieked, upstarting 'Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore! Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken! Leave my loneliness unbroken! - quit the bust above my door! Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!
Page 269 - And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull, cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee; Say, Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honor...
Page 269 - Pr'ythee, lead me in : There take an inventory of all I have, To the last penny : 'tis the king's : my robe, And my integrity to heaven, is all I dare now call mine own. O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Page 267 - Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Page 267 - There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have ; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again.