Classic rhapsodies. Random reminiscences. Miscellanies. Poetical parodiesGould, Banks & Company, 1842 - American poetry |
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... thee can , ” said an Afri- can Quakeress , whom the Spirit had moved to come from the borders of the Red Sea to see this uncommon race , - " I can't see , my dear , so well as thee , on account of the dust , but I think , I mean , I fear ...
... thee can , ” said an Afri- can Quakeress , whom the Spirit had moved to come from the borders of the Red Sea to see this uncommon race , - " I can't see , my dear , so well as thee , on account of the dust , but I think , I mean , I fear ...
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J. Cypress Frank Forester. " Out on thee ! for a foul witch ! " replied Lucretia , very quietly , -like all women , and , suiting the action to the word , laid , with impressive significance , the back of her hand upon the fat lips of ...
J. Cypress Frank Forester. " Out on thee ! for a foul witch ! " replied Lucretia , very quietly , -like all women , and , suiting the action to the word , laid , with impressive significance , the back of her hand upon the fat lips of ...
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... thee , Elspeth , the word killeth . " The literal unexplained text , whose metaphors and allegories no old women in the land can circumvent may reduce to misery the wretched soul whom it was written to beckon to salvation . The heart of ...
... thee , Elspeth , the word killeth . " The literal unexplained text , whose metaphors and allegories no old women in the land can circumvent may reduce to misery the wretched soul whom it was written to beckon to salvation . The heart of ...
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... thee - the gentle pressure of thy left hand , while the dexter lifted , in threat only , the smooth - shaven ferrule . No man can doubt that woman died happy . It is a solemn fact that her first bridal was her burial . She was too good ...
... thee - the gentle pressure of thy left hand , while the dexter lifted , in threat only , the smooth - shaven ferrule . No man can doubt that woman died happy . It is a solemn fact that her first bridal was her burial . She was too good ...
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... thee , Dear Doc , did Anacreon fill full of inspiration . Why wert thou at the foot of thy class , O thou Son of Song ! * The common complimentary lie in the diploma . The declared estimate of merit of boy students does not 58 RANDOM ...
... thee , Dear Doc , did Anacreon fill full of inspiration . Why wert thou at the foot of thy class , O thou Son of Song ! * The common complimentary lie in the diploma . The declared estimate of merit of boy students does not 58 RANDOM ...
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Page 204 - Who, from the terror of this arm, so late Doubted his empire — that were low indeed; That were an ignominy and shame beneath This downfall; since by fate the strength of Gods, And this empyreal substance, cannot fail; Since, through experience of this great event, In arms not worse, in foresight much advanced, We may with more successful hope resolve To wage by force or guile eternal war, Irreconcilable to our grand Foe, Who now triumphs, and in th' excess of joy Sole reigning holds the tyranny...
Page 203 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Page 206 - Main reason to persuade immediate war Did not dissuade me most, and seem to cast Ominous conjecture on the whole success,* When he who most excels in fact of arms, In what he counsels and in what excels Mistrustful, grounds his courage on despair And utter dissolution, as the scope Of all his aim, after some dire revenge.
Page 81 - A fixed figure for the time of scorn To point his slow unmoving finger at ! Yet could I bear that too ; well, very well : But there, where I have garner'd up my heart, Where either I must live, or bear no life...
Page 101 - Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye Than twenty of their swords: look thou but sweet, And I am proof against their enmity.
Page 163 - Jack Sprat could eat no fat, / His wife could eat no lean; / And so between them both, you see, / They licked the platter clean.
Page 95 - Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard and the sea ; And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free.
Page 206 - My sentence is for open war : of wiles, More unexpert, I boast not : them let those Contrive who need, or when they need, not now...
Page 204 - Obscure some glimpse of joy to have found their Chief Not in despair, to have found themselves not lost In loss itself; which on his countenance cast Like doubtful hue. But he, his wonted pride Soon recollecting, with high words, that bore Semblance of worth, not substance, gently raised Their fainting courage, and dispelled their fears: 530 Then straight commands that, at the warlike sound Of trumpets loud and clarions, be upreared
Page 226 - Now strike the golden lyre again; A louder yet, and yet a louder strain. Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him, like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark, the horrid sound Has raised up his head; As awaked from the dead, And amazed, he stares around. Revenge, revenge!