The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ...: A Biographical and Bibliographical Summary of the World's Most Eminent Authors, Including the Choicest Extracts and Masterpieces from Their Writings, Comprising the Best Features of Many Celebrated Compilations, Notably the Guernsey Collection, the De Puy Collection, the Ridpath Collection, All Carefully Rev. and Arranged by a Corps of the Most Capable Scholars, Volume 21John Clark Ridpath Globe Publishing Company, 1898 - Literature |
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... return that evening from his daily work , the litter which contained his body ar- rived at the door . I reflected upon this little history as we approached the grave upon the mountain - side ; and , FREDERICK WILLIAM SHELTON.
... return that evening from his daily work , the litter which contained his body ar- rived at the door . I reflected upon this little history as we approached the grave upon the mountain - side ; and , FREDERICK WILLIAM SHELTON.
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... side ; and , melancholy as the scene was , with the snow drifting upon our uncov- ered heads , I would not have exchanged the good which it did my soul for the warmest and best - lighted chamber where revelry abounds . I thought that ...
... side ; and , melancholy as the scene was , with the snow drifting upon our uncov- ered heads , I would not have exchanged the good which it did my soul for the warmest and best - lighted chamber where revelry abounds . I thought that ...
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... sides was splashed with blood , And down in the corn where the poppies grew , Were redder stains than the poppies knew ; And crimson - dyed with was the river's flood . For the foe had crossed from the other side , That day , in the ...
... sides was splashed with blood , And down in the corn where the poppies grew , Were redder stains than the poppies knew ; And crimson - dyed with was the river's flood . For the foe had crossed from the other side , That day , in the ...
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... side , and introduced myself to my neighbors on the right and left , but my eye was on Webster , from whom I expected such lofty eloquence as he alone could utter . Much to my surprise , when the time came for the oratory to commence ...
... side , and introduced myself to my neighbors on the right and left , but my eye was on Webster , from whom I expected such lofty eloquence as he alone could utter . Much to my surprise , when the time came for the oratory to commence ...
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... sides to it , and it is hard to choose between ' em . Now here are my two neighbors , contagious to me on both sides - one goes for probation , t'other for licentiousness ; and I think the best thing for me is to keep nuisance . " She ...
... sides to it , and it is hard to choose between ' em . Now here are my two neighbors , contagious to me on both sides - one goes for probation , t'other for licentiousness ; and I think the best thing for me is to keep nuisance . " She ...
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