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... . Freckles . Doubleday , Page and Company The story of a boy who loves the out - of - doors , the bees , birds , and flowers . A great favorite with young people . SCOTT , WALTER . The Lady of the Lake . 14 Telling Tales.
... . Freckles . Doubleday , Page and Company The story of a boy who loves the out - of - doors , the bees , birds , and flowers . A great favorite with young people . SCOTT , WALTER . The Lady of the Lake . 14 Telling Tales.
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... door . He'd a French cocked hat on his forehead , a bunch of lace at his chin , A coat of the claret velvet , and breeches of brown doe - skin ; They fitted with never a wrinkle : his boots were up to the thigh ! And he rode with a ...
... door . He'd a French cocked hat on his forehead , a bunch of lace at his chin , A coat of the claret velvet , and breeches of brown doe - skin ; They fitted with never a wrinkle : his boots were up to the thigh ! And he rode with a ...
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... up to the old inn door . They said no word to the landlord , they drank his ale instead , But they gagged his daughter and bound her to the foot of her narrow bed ; Two of them knelt at her casement , with muskets The Highwayman 25.
... up to the old inn door . They said no word to the landlord , they drank his ale instead , But they gagged his daughter and bound her to the foot of her narrow bed ; Two of them knelt at her casement , with muskets The Highwayman 25.
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... door . Over the cobbles he clatters and clangs in the dark inn yard ; And he taps with his whip on the shutters , but all is locked and barred ; He whistles a tune to the window , and who should be waiting there But the landlord's black ...
... door . Over the cobbles he clatters and clangs in the dark inn yard ; And he taps with his whip on the shutters , but all is locked and barred ; He whistles a tune to the window , and who should be waiting there But the landlord's black ...
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... door , and the charger stood near ; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung , So light to the saddle before her he sprung ! " She is won ! we are gone , over bank , bush , and scaur ; They'll have fleet steeds that follow ...
... door , and the charger stood near ; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung , So light to the saddle before her he sprung ! " She is won ! we are gone , over bank , bush , and scaur ; They'll have fleet steeds that follow ...
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Page 376 - To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured. God helping her, she can do no other.
Page 376 - It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts — for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations...
Page 375 - The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty. We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion. We seek no indemnities for ourselves, no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make. We are but one of the champions of the rights of mankind. We shall be satisfied when those rights have been made as secure as the faith and the freedom of nations can make them.
Page 42 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers ! hear me for my cause; and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honour ; and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe : censure me in your wisdom ; and awake your senses that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Page 45 - And, sure, he is an honourable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause: What cause withholds you then to mourn for him? 0 judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason. Bear with me; My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me.
Page 46 - tis his will: Let but the commons hear this testament— Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read— And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds And dip their napkins in his sacred blood, Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it as a rich legacy Unto their issue.
Page 48 - O, now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity : these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what, weep you, when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.
Page 49 - I am no orator, as Brutus is; But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, That love my friend; and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him: For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men's blood: I only speak right on; I tell you that which you yourselves do know...
Page 43 - As Caesar loved me, I weep for him ; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it ; as he was valiant, I honour him ; but as he was ambitious, I slew him.
Page 127 - The moment Wolf entered the house, his crest fell, his tail drooped to the ground or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air, casting many a sidelong glance at Dame Van Winkle, and at the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he would fly to the door with yelping precipitation.