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... seemed to have frozen tree , and air , and water , and every living thing . Even the ring- ing of my skates echoed back from the hill with a startling clearness ; and the crackle of the ice , as I passed over it in my course , seemed to ...
... seemed to have frozen tree , and air , and water , and every living thing . Even the ring- ing of my skates echoed back from the hill with a startling clearness ; and the crackle of the ice , as I passed over it in my course , seemed to ...
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... seemed to me to come from beneath the ice ; it was low and tremu- lous at first , but it ended by one long wild yell . I was appalled . Never before had such a noise met my ears . Presently I heard the brushwood on shore crash , as I ...
... seemed to me to come from beneath the ice ; it was low and tremu- lous at first , but it ended by one long wild yell . I was appalled . Never before had such a noise met my ears . Presently I heard the brushwood on shore crash , as I ...
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... seemed to dance in an uncertain light , and my brain turned with my own breathless speed , yet still my pursuers seemed to hiss forth their breath with a sound truly horrible , when an involuntary motion on my part turned me out of my ...
... seemed to dance in an uncertain light , and my brain turned with my own breathless speed , yet still my pursuers seemed to hiss forth their breath with a sound truly horrible , when an involuntary motion on my part turned me out of my ...
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... seemed vain , for presently he lay back , and gave no signs of life beyond a heavy breathing and an occasional groan . 16. Meantime the French had given way , and were flying in all directions . A grenadier officer seeing this , called ...
... seemed vain , for presently he lay back , and gave no signs of life beyond a heavy breathing and an occasional groan . 16. Meantime the French had given way , and were flying in all directions . A grenadier officer seeing this , called ...
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... seemed to be the principal inhabitants . Black hawks , black partridges , and black eagles were the only birds they could find . The only good thing to be met with was an enormous supply of cod and other fish . 7. John Cabot is supposed ...
... seemed to be the principal inhabitants . Black hawks , black partridges , and black eagles were the only birds they could find . The only good thing to be met with was an enormous supply of cod and other fish . 7. John Cabot is supposed ...
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Seite 125 - Alone stood brave Horatius, But constant still in mind ; Thrice thirty thousand foes before, And the broad flood behind. " Down with him ! " cried false Sextus, With a smile on his pale face. "Now yield thee," cried Lars Porsena,
Seite 74 - One morn I miss'd him on the custom'd hill, Along the heath, and near his favourite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; "The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne, — Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Seite 151 - The sober herd that low'd to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school...
Seite 91 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year...
Seite 36 - OF Nelson and the North Sing the glorious day's renown, When to battle fierce came forth All the might of Denmark's crown, And her arms along the deep proudly shone; By each gun the lighted brand In a bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on.
Seite 49 - Ah! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blush'd at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Seite 125 - No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank; But friends and foes, in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank; And when above the surges They saw his crest appear. All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And even the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer.
Seite 150 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please, How often have I loitered o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endeared each scene!
Seite 70 - Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death...
Seite 51 - Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall grow In its next verdure, when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe, And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low.