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... mean to set her up at vaandoo . I guess she can have her pick of a dozen . " " She's never seen anybody yet , " said Mrs. Sprowle , who had had a cer- tain project for some time , but had kept quiet about it . " Let's have a party , and ...
... mean to set her up at vaandoo . I guess she can have her pick of a dozen . " " She's never seen anybody yet , " said Mrs. Sprowle , who had had a cer- tain project for some time , but had kept quiet about it . " Let's have a party , and ...
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... mean lent , by a neighbor . " Better late than never ! " said the Colonel , " let me heft them spoons . " Mrs. Sprowle came ... means , when we are waiting for those whom we long or dread to see ! Then 18 [ 1835-60 OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES .
... mean lent , by a neighbor . " Better late than never ! " said the Colonel , " let me heft them spoons . " Mrs. Sprowle came ... means , when we are waiting for those whom we long or dread to see ! Then 18 [ 1835-60 OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES .
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... mean to come . To tell the truth , Deacon Soper , I rather guess he don't like the idee of dancin ' , and some of the other little arrangements . " " Well , " said the Deacon , " I know there's some condemns dancin ' . I've heerd a good ...
... mean to come . To tell the truth , Deacon Soper , I rather guess he don't like the idee of dancin ' , and some of the other little arrangements . " " Well , " said the Deacon , " I know there's some condemns dancin ' . I've heerd a good ...
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... means . I have amused myself with com- paring his descriptions of natural objects with those of the Angel Raphael in the seventh book of Paradise Lost . Emerson talks of his titmouse as Raphael talks of his emmet . Angels and poets ...
... means . I have amused myself with com- paring his descriptions of natural objects with those of the Angel Raphael in the seventh book of Paradise Lost . Emerson talks of his titmouse as Raphael talks of his emmet . Angels and poets ...
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... means of education were limited to the advantages of a dis- trict school ; and those , again , were circumscribed by my father's death , which deprived me , at the age of fifteen , of those scanty opportunities which I had previously ...
... means of education were limited to the advantages of a dis- trict school ; and those , again , were circumscribed by my father's death , which deprived me , at the age of fifteen , of those scanty opportunities which I had previously ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 430 - THE snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all the night Had been heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white. Every pine and fir and hemlock Wore ermine too dear for an earl, And the poorest twig on the elm-tree Was ridged inch deep with pearl.
Página 30 - This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair.
Página 544 - The muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo; No more on life's parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On Fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards, with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead.
Página 30 - Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee, Child of the wandering sea, Cast from her lap forlorn! From thy dead lips a clearer note is born Than ever Triton blew from wreathed horn! While on mine ear it rings, Through the deep caves of thought I hear a voice that sings: Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll!
Página 506 - ... wreaths— for you the shores a-crowding, For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; Here Captain! dear father! This arm beneath your head! It is some dream that on the deck, You've fallen cold and dead.
Página 499 - I am the poet of the Body and I am the poet of the Soul, The pleasures of heaven are with me and the pains of hell are with me, The first I graft and increase upon myself, the latter I translate into a new tongue.
Página 529 - A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
Página 498 - A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands; How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he. I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven.
Página 502 - Once Paumanok, When the lilac-scent was in the air and Fifth-month grass was growing, Up this seashore in some briers, Two feather'd guests from Alabama, two together, And their nest, and four light-green eggs spotted with brown...
Página 417 - An' yit she gin her cheer a jerk Ez though she wished him furder, An' on her apples kep' to work, Parin