The Living Authors of America: 1st serStringer and Townsend, 1850 - 365 páginas |
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... looked up at the panel — then down on the ground — and then in a very oracular tone of voice said , " My deliberate opinion is , that nothing will so well be- come that space as a very large Red Lion ! 10 COOPER . JAMES FENIMORE.
... looked up at the panel — then down on the ground — and then in a very oracular tone of voice said , " My deliberate opinion is , that nothing will so well be- come that space as a very large Red Lion ! 10 COOPER . JAMES FENIMORE.
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... voice of the other saying , “ I have it at last ; —what say you of another Red Lion - smaller than the other , but made very much redder , in order to com- pensate for the loss of dimensions : it will make an admirable companion picture ...
... voice of the other saying , “ I have it at last ; —what say you of another Red Lion - smaller than the other , but made very much redder , in order to com- pensate for the loss of dimensions : it will make an admirable companion picture ...
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... voice that betrayed the agony of fear , though his words expressed the renewal of hope , ' we shall be able to walk to land . ' " There was One , and only One , to whose feet the waters were the same as a dry deck , ' returned the ...
... voice that betrayed the agony of fear , though his words expressed the renewal of hope , ' we shall be able to walk to land . ' " There was One , and only One , to whose feet the waters were the same as a dry deck , ' returned the ...
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... voice that seemed to speak in the elements ; blasphemer , peace ! ' The heavy groaning , produced by the water in the timbers of the Ariel , at that moment added its impulse to the raging feelings of Dillon , and he cast himself ...
... voice that seemed to speak in the elements ; blasphemer , peace ! ' The heavy groaning , produced by the water in the timbers of the Ariel , at that moment added its impulse to the raging feelings of Dillon , and he cast himself ...
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... voice that was touched with pious fervor . The upward expectant eye , with the withered lineaments of the fisher- man , and the holy calm of the monk , formed a picture of resig- nation and hope that angels would have loved to witness ...
... voice that was touched with pious fervor . The upward expectant eye , with the withered lineaments of the fisher- man , and the holy calm of the monk , formed a picture of resig- nation and hope that angels would have loved to witness ...
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Página 127 - The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, Went envying her and me Yes! that was the reason (as all men know. In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night. Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
Página 114 - TO HELEN. Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore, That gently, o'er a perfumed sea, The weary, way-worn wanderer bore To his own native shore. On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs have brought me home To the glory that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome.
Página 208 - THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amid the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.
Página 84 - And marked the mild, angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, The fixed yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek, And — but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires not, wins not, weeps not now, And but for that chill, changeless brow...
Página 129 - That I scarce was sure I heard you" — here I opened wide the door; Darkness there and nothing more.
Página 194 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder shower ; and now The arena swims around him : he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Página 126 - It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee ; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me.
Página 127 - For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee...
Página 159 - The village smithy stands ; 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.
Página 128 - Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and. curious volume of forgotten lore — While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. " "Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — Only this and nothing more.