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... Sam Weller's Valentine . 532 HUGO , VICTOR . DISRAELI , BENJAMIN . Caught in the Quicksand . 223 The Hebrew Race . 67 Jerusalem by Moonlight . 568 The Gamin .. Rome and Carthage . 275 350 17 IRVING , EDWARD . David , King of Israel.
... Sam Weller's Valentine . 532 HUGO , VICTOR . DISRAELI , BENJAMIN . Caught in the Quicksand . 223 The Hebrew Race . 67 Jerusalem by Moonlight . 568 The Gamin .. Rome and Carthage . 275 350 17 IRVING , EDWARD . David , King of Israel.
Page 67
... Carthage have never excelled - we have en- dured fifteen hundred years of supernatural slavery ; during which , every device that can degrade or destroy man has been the destiny that we have sustained and baffled . The Hebrew child has ...
... Carthage have never excelled - we have en- dured fifteen hundred years of supernatural slavery ; during which , every device that can degrade or destroy man has been the destiny that we have sustained and baffled . The Hebrew child has ...
Page 263
... Carthage , what are they ? Thy waters washed them power while they were free , And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger , slave , or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts ; not so thou ; Unchangeable save ...
... Carthage , what are they ? Thy waters washed them power while they were free , And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger , slave , or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts ; not so thou ; Unchangeable save ...
Page 349
... CARTHAGE . BENEDICITE . JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER. 349 And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a vanished hand , And the sound of a voice that is still ! Break , break , break , At the foot of thy ...
... CARTHAGE . BENEDICITE . JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER. 349 And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a vanished hand , And the sound of a voice that is still ! Break , break , break , At the foot of thy ...
Page 350
... CARTHAGE . VICTOR HUGO . P COME and Carthage ! -behold them drawing near for the struggle that is to shake the world ! Carthage , the metropolis of Africa , is the mistress of oceans , of kingdoms , and of nations ; a magni- ficent city ...
... CARTHAGE . VICTOR HUGO . P COME and Carthage ! -behold them drawing near for the struggle that is to shake the world ! Carthage , the metropolis of Africa , is the mistress of oceans , of kingdoms , and of nations ; a magni- ficent city ...
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ALFRED TENNYSON angels beautiful bells beneath bird blessed breath Bregenz bright Carthage CHARLES DICKENS child cloud cold cried dark dead dear death deep door dream earth eyes face father feel feet fire flowers frog golden grave gray hair hand hath head hear heard heart heaven Henry Wadsworth Longfellow hills hour JIMMY BUTLER kiss land laugh light lips live look Lord morning mother never night o'er Oliver Wendell Holmes PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Pickwick poor pray prayer rest river round Shibboleth shine shore sigh silent sing sleep smile snow song sorrow soul sound spirit star-spangled banner stars stood sweet tears tell thee There's things THOMAS HOOD thou thought to-day Twas voice WASHINGTON IRVING wave weary weep wife wild WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT wind wonder words