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... . Translated from Félix Gras by Catharine A. Janvier 103 WE SEE DIMLY IN THE PRESENT • QUEEN MAB ( from " Romeo and Juliet " ) • . • James Russell Lowell 110 William Shakespeare 112 THE BELLS IMMORTAL LIFE ODE TO DUTY . • • 5.
... . Translated from Félix Gras by Catharine A. Janvier 103 WE SEE DIMLY IN THE PRESENT • QUEEN MAB ( from " Romeo and Juliet " ) • . • James Russell Lowell 110 William Shakespeare 112 THE BELLS IMMORTAL LIFE ODE TO DUTY . • • 5.
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Lewis Henry Jones. THE BELLS IMMORTAL LIFE ODE TO DUTY . • • Edgar Allan Poe Theodore Parker William Wordsworth PAGE 114 117 119 THE LAST DAYS OF COLONEL NEWCOME . William M. Thackeray 122 WISDOM AND PRUDENCE THE CHARGE AT SAN JUAN ...
Lewis Henry Jones. THE BELLS IMMORTAL LIFE ODE TO DUTY . • • Edgar Allan Poe Theodore Parker William Wordsworth PAGE 114 117 119 THE LAST DAYS OF COLONEL NEWCOME . William M. Thackeray 122 WISDOM AND PRUDENCE THE CHARGE AT SAN JUAN ...
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... brain . . spinners : spiders . grub : the larva of a beetle or insect . - straight : immediately . Spanish blades : Spanish steel was held in high esteem . healths : drinking healths . - - 5 10 15 THE BELLS EDGAR ALLAN POE NOTE . 113.
... brain . . spinners : spiders . grub : the larva of a beetle or insect . - straight : immediately . Spanish blades : Spanish steel was held in high esteem . healths : drinking healths . - - 5 10 15 THE BELLS EDGAR ALLAN POE NOTE . 113.
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... bells , bells , bells , bells , Bells , bells , bells- From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells . Hear the mellow wedding bells , Golden bells ! 20 What a world of happiness their harmony foretells ! Through the balmy air of ...
... bells , bells , bells , bells , Bells , bells , bells- From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells . Hear the mellow wedding bells , Golden bells ! 20 What a world of happiness their harmony foretells ! Through the balmy air of ...
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... bells , bells , bells , Of the bells , bells , bells , bells , Bells , bells , bells To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells ! Hear the loud alarum bells , Brazen bells ! What a tale of terror , now , their turbulency tells ! In the ...
... bells , bells , bells , Of the bells , bells , bells , bells , Bells , bells , bells To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells ! Hear the loud alarum bells , Brazen bells ! What a tale of terror , now , their turbulency tells ! In the ...
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Abridged American Aristophanes beauty bells birds Bishop of Beauvais blood boat called Camelot clouds Cordelia Cromwell dark death Domrémy doth dream earth English poet eyes famous fear feet fire flame Florac galloped Glass-coachman glory grace grass hand head heard heart heaven hold in fee honor Hoopoe human Indian JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY JOHN RUSKIN king labor Lady of Shalott laugh Lear light live Lochiel Lofoden look lord Maelström Middleton mighty mind morning nature never night NOTE o'er peace Peisthetairus poems poor pride prince Queen RICHARD REALF river rolling round seemed selection is taken soul spirit stand stars stone stood sweet tell thee things THOMAS CARLYLE thou thought toil trapper truth turned watch waves weary WILLIAM WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE wind word young youth ZITKALA-SA
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Page 171 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
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Page 319 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble...
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Page 113 - Of healths five fathom deep ; and then anon Drums in his ear, at which he starts, and wakes ; And, being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again.
Page 112 - Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners' legs ; The cover, of the wings of grasshoppers ; The traces, of the smallest spider's web ; The collars, of the moonshine's watery beams...
Page 126 - At the usual evening hour the chapel bell began to toll, and Thomas Newcome's hands outside the bed feebly beat time. And just as the last bell struck, a peculiar sweet smile shone over his face, and he lifted up his head a little, and quickly said, " Adsum !
Page 296 - for Aix is in sight!" "How they'll greet us!" — and all in a moment his roan Rolled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone; And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news which alone could save Aix from her fate, With his nostrils like pits full of blood to the brim, And with circles of red for his eye-sockets
Page 296 - twixt my knees on the ground, And no voice but was praising this Roland of mine, As I poured down his throat our last measure of wine, Which (the burgesses voted by common consent) Was no more than his due who brought good news from Ghent.