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... proved An obstacle where'er she moved ; And when the weary day was done , Her gaudy garments , -every one , — That in the morning looked so fine , Were strewn in rags along the line Through which the expedition led ; And she , worn out ...
... proved An obstacle where'er she moved ; And when the weary day was done , Her gaudy garments , -every one , — That in the morning looked so fine , Were strewn in rags along the line Through which the expedition led ; And she , worn out ...
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... prove that very night If the charm would work or no . And he found the fairy's word as true As he promised in the trade ; For a shining ducat came to view In every furrow he made ! And again next morning off he went-- Nor scarce to eat ...
... prove that very night If the charm would work or no . And he found the fairy's word as true As he promised in the trade ; For a shining ducat came to view In every furrow he made ! And again next morning off he went-- Nor scarce to eat ...
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... " - Bible . In this parable , the national enemy of the wounded man proved himself a kind , loving , liberal friend , while the careless priest , and 1 the proud Levite of his own kindred and religion , 5 33 "Very well," ...
... " - Bible . In this parable , the national enemy of the wounded man proved himself a kind , loving , liberal friend , while the careless priest , and 1 the proud Levite of his own kindred and religion , 5 33 "Very well," ...
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... proved to be a near neighbor , whom none would have suspected of such conduct . He pleaded for mercy , begged the old man not to expose him , spoke of the necessities of poverty , and promised never to steal again . " If thou hadst ...
... proved to be a near neighbor , whom none would have suspected of such conduct . He pleaded for mercy , begged the old man not to expose him , spoke of the necessities of poverty , and promised never to steal again . " If thou hadst ...
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... proved his extraordinary courage . After- wards a monument was erected at the narrow pass of Thermopylae to the memory of the brave men who had died there , and these lines were written on it : " Go , passenger , and tell Lacedaemon ...
... proved his extraordinary courage . After- wards a monument was erected at the narrow pass of Thermopylae to the memory of the brave men who had died there , and these lines were written on it : " Go , passenger , and tell Lacedaemon ...
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Page 50 - Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once ; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy : How would you be, If He, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are ? O, think on that ; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Page 76 - And shook it forth with a royal will. " Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came ; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word : " Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog ! March on !
Page 46 - They climb up into my turret O'er the arms and back of my chair ; If I try to escape, they surround me ; They seem to be everywhere.
Page 45 - Between the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the day's occupations, That is known as the Children's Hour. I hear in the chamber above me The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet. From my study I see in the lamplight, Descending the broad hall stair, Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair.
Page 81 - They fought, like brave men, long and well ; They piled that ground with Moslem slain; They conquered— but Bozzaris fell, Bleeding at every vein. His few surviving comrades saw His smile when rang their proud hurrah, And the red field was won; Then saw in death his eyelids close, Calmly, as to a night's repose, Like flowers at set of sun.
Page 75 - Forty flags with their crimson bars, Flapped in the morning wind: the sun Of noon looked down, and saw not one. Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then, Bowed with her fourscore years and ten; Bravest of all in Frederick town, She took up the flag the men hauled down; In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet.
Page 103 - Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye ; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Page 21 - 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. Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow : You can hear him swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the village bell When the evening sun is low.
Page 81 - And heard, with voice as trumpet loud, Bozzaris cheer his band : " Strike till the last armed foe expires ! Strike for your altars and your fires ! Strike for the green graves of your sires, God and your native land...
Page 161 - What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, The soul's calm sun-shine, and the heart-felt joy, Is Virtue's prize...