The Battle CryGrosset & Dunlap, 1914 - 356 páginas |
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... W. J. WATT & COMPANY Other novels by Charles Neville Buck THE CALL OF THE CUMBERLANDS THE KEY TO YESTERDAY THE LIGHTED MATCH THE PORTAL OF DREAMS ΤΟ MY MOTHER WHOSE HIGH NOBILITY AND GRACIOUS SWEETNESS HAVE PZ 1085 . HARVARD.
... W. J. WATT & COMPANY Other novels by Charles Neville Buck THE CALL OF THE CUMBERLANDS THE KEY TO YESTERDAY THE LIGHTED MATCH THE PORTAL OF DREAMS ΤΟ MY MOTHER WHOSE HIGH NOBILITY AND GRACIOUS SWEETNESS HAVE PZ 1085 . HARVARD.
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... dream to unwelcome reality . " He was at his best then , " she said to herself with- out words . " He is always at his best when he plays . " She stood idly waiting for him while the crowd thinned , and her face still wore a troubled ...
... dream to unwelcome reality . " He was at his best then , " she said to herself with- out words . " He is always at his best when he plays . " She stood idly waiting for him while the crowd thinned , and her face still wore a troubled ...
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... . themselves into clear - cut monuments of cobalt . Giant plumes of pines and patterns of oak swam into sight and the hollows were dream - wrapped pools of softened moon - mist . Then as though in answer to 42 THE BATTLE CRY.
... . themselves into clear - cut monuments of cobalt . Giant plumes of pines and patterns of oak swam into sight and the hollows were dream - wrapped pools of softened moon - mist . Then as though in answer to 42 THE BATTLE CRY.
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... dream- blues , there boomed from the edges of the creek the chorus of the full - throated frogs and from behind in wooded slopes floated that plaintive note which , once known , leaves the ache of an unfulfilled desire over all ...
... dream- blues , there boomed from the edges of the creek the chorus of the full - throated frogs and from behind in wooded slopes floated that plaintive note which , once known , leaves the ache of an unfulfilled desire over all ...
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... dreams . Just at the mo- ment when the man , whom she had sent away , raised his mallet for the stroke which should score a goal , she saw Bad Anse Havey step from the thicket and throw to his shoulder a rifle which barked before she ...
... dreams . Just at the mo- ment when the man , whom she had sent away , raised his mallet for the stroke which should score a goal , she saw Bad Anse Havey step from the thicket and throw to his shoulder a rifle which barked before she ...
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Términos y frases comunes
acrost after-note Anse Havey's Anse Talbott arms asked Bad Anse Havey Bluegrass breath broke cabin Cumberland Mountains dark Dawn door dream enemy ergin eyes face fell feller felt fingers fire Fletch McNash folks Gatling guns gaze girl goin hand Hatfield-McCoy feud heard heart hell hills hit's hyar Jeb McNash Jeb's Jim Fletcher Juanita Holland kill killin kilt knew laughed Lexington lips looked Luke Thixton missionary mountain mountain men murder murder squad never night nodded nothin once paused Peril poplar quietly reckon ye ridge rifle road rode Roger Malcolm rose seemed shadows shook his head shoulders silent slowly smile spoke stood suddenly talk tell ye thar ther thet Thet's things thought told turned voice voice broke wild woman ye'd ye'll ye're ye've yore young Jeb young Milt
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Página 92 - It was morning on hill and stream and tree, And morning in the young knight's heart; Only the castle moodily Rebuffed the gifts of the sunshine free, And gloomed by itself apart; The season brimmed all other things up Full as the rain fills the pitcher-plant's cup.
Página 199 - They do not preach that their God will rouse them a little before the nuts work loose; They do not teach that his pity allows them to leave their work whenever they choose. As in the thronged and the lightened ways, so in the dark and the desert they stand, Wary and watchful all their days, that their brethren's days may be long in the land.
Página 67 - The grey cock crew, the red cock crew, But never came the day: And crooked shapes of Terror crouched, In the corners where we lay: And each evil sprite that walks by night Before us seemed to play.
Página 167 - The little birds sang as if it were The one day of summer in all the year; And the very leaves seemed to sing on the trees; The castle alone in the landscape lay Like an outpost of winter, dull and gray...
Página 298 - But delay was best, For their end was a crime." — Oh, a crime will do As well, I reply, to serve for a test, As a virtue golden through and through, Sufficient to vindicate itself And prove its worth at a moment's view!
Página 298 - The counter our lovers staked was lost As surely as if it were lawful coin : And the sin I impute to each frustrate ghost Is, the unlit lamp and the ungirt loin, Though the end in sight was a vice, I say.
Página 99 - Take up the White Man's burden In patience to abide, To veil the threat of terror And check the show of pride; By open speech and simple, An hundred times made plain, To seek another's profit And work another's gain.
Página 298 - One ray that broke from the ardent brow, Nor a curl of the lips where the spirit kissed. Be sure that each renewed the vow, No morrow's sun should arise and set And leave them then as it left them now. But next day passed, and next day yet, With still fresh cause to wait one day more Ere each leaped over the parapet.
Página 8 - Then she drew the engagement ring from her finger and held it out to him. A little splinter of light was tossed from one of the facets. " That's the first thing, Roger,
Página 159 - Say, dearie, I thought you was never coming." Gurl whirled so swiftly that he almost knocked her down. Blonde, plenty of make-up, big hat, tight skirt. And a face that he had never seen. "Say, you're jumpy, ain't you?" Gurl said nothing, staring, trying to recognize the face. For a moment they stood looking at each other, then the girl began to get red. "What's the trouble, huh? Something wrong with me?