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Pagina 33
... I take thy terms , " he muttered low , Grasped eagerly the proffered bow- The quiver searched , Sought out an arrow keen and long , Fit for a sinewy arm , and strong , And placed it on the sounding thong The tough yew NUMBER ONE . 33.
... I take thy terms , " he muttered low , Grasped eagerly the proffered bow- The quiver searched , Sought out an arrow keen and long , Fit for a sinewy arm , and strong , And placed it on the sounding thong The tough yew NUMBER ONE . 33.
Pagina 34
... strong bow curved to shoot , But never moved . He knew the daring coolness of that hand , He knew it was a father scanned The boy he loved . The Switzer gazed - the arrow hung , " My only boy ! " sobbed on his tongue ; He could not ...
... strong bow curved to shoot , But never moved . He knew the daring coolness of that hand , He knew it was a father scanned The boy he loved . The Switzer gazed - the arrow hung , " My only boy ! " sobbed on his tongue ; He could not ...
Pagina 36
... strong , Both too great to brook an insult , both too noble to be wrong , Yield their strifes to law and justice , sheath the sword and join in song ! Pax Vobiscum ! Christ hath conquered ! " Know all men , " writes iron Grant , " Know ...
... strong , Both too great to brook an insult , both too noble to be wrong , Yield their strifes to law and justice , sheath the sword and join in song ! Pax Vobiscum ! Christ hath conquered ! " Know all men , " writes iron Grant , " Know ...
Pagina 64
... strong heart of its child - mistress was mute and motionless forever . Where were the traces of her early cares , her sufferings and fatigues ? All gone . This was the true death before their weeping eyes . Sorrow was dead indeed in her ...
... strong heart of its child - mistress was mute and motionless forever . Where were the traces of her early cares , her sufferings and fatigues ? All gone . This was the true death before their weeping eyes . Sorrow was dead indeed in her ...
Pagina 75
... strong effort to get out of bed . " Stay , Jo , stay ! What now ? " " It's time for me to go to that there berryin ' ground , sir , " he returns with a wild look . " Lie down and tell me . What burying ground , Jo ? " " Where they laid ...
... strong effort to get out of bed . " Stay , Jo , stay ! What now ? " " It's time for me to go to that there berryin ' ground , sir , " he returns with a wild look . " Lie down and tell me . What burying ground , Jo ? " " Where they laid ...
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Best Things from Best Authors: Comprising Number 1- of Shoemaker's ..., Volume 1 Volledige weergave - 1895 |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 138 - HALF a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. "Forward the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns!
Pagina 94 - O hark, O hear! how thin and clear, And thinner, clearer, farther going! O sweet and far from cliff and scar The horns of Elfland faintly blowing! Blow, let us hear the purple glens replying: Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
Pagina 151 - Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Pagina 59 - tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them ? — To die, — to sleep ; — No more ; and, by a sleep, to say we end The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, — 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished. To die, — to sleep...
Pagina 53 - THE shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior...
Pagina 99 - ALL hail the power of Jesus' name ! Let angels prostrate fall ; Bring forth the royal diadem, And crown him Lord of all.
Pagina 11 - ... accent of Christians nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man, have so strutted and bellowed that I have thought some of nature's journeymen had made men and not made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably.
Pagina 45 - I will sing unto the Lord, for He hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea. " The Lord is my strength and song, and He is become my salvation : He is my God, and I will prepare Him an habitation ; my father's God and I will exalt Him.
Pagina 36 - Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
Pagina 121 - For we know in part, and we prophesy in part ; but when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child ; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass, darkly ; but then face to face : now I know in part ; but then shall I know even as also I am known. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three ; but the greatest of these is charity.