Wayside Gleanings for Leisure MomentsJ. Wilson and son, 1882 - 150 páginas |
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... clock on a visit . We have three reci - ing : they generally anticipate him , except at tations a day , occupying an hour each . At breakfast we have warm bread and coffee . The table is painted , but has no cloth . We have , of course ...
... clock on a visit . We have three reci - ing : they generally anticipate him , except at tations a day , occupying an hour each . At breakfast we have warm bread and coffee . The table is painted , but has no cloth . We have , of course ...
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... clock . I then get up and look over my les- son so as to recite it , which is done as soon as one can see to read . We attend prayers as soon as the President can see to read in a very large print Bible . It is no uncommon thing to see ...
... clock . I then get up and look over my les- son so as to recite it , which is done as soon as one can see to read . We attend prayers as soon as the President can see to read in a very large print Bible . It is no uncommon thing to see ...
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... clock . The spa- cious room behind the study , which Mr. Longfellow now uses for his library , was occupied by Washington's military family , as a rule a pretty large one . A general's “ military family , ” in English parlance com ...
... clock . The spa- cious room behind the study , which Mr. Longfellow now uses for his library , was occupied by Washington's military family , as a rule a pretty large one . A general's “ military family , ” in English parlance com ...
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... clock a circle was formed about the excavation made for its reception , and the hymn " America " was sung by the children . Alderman Mon- tague , chairman of the Committee on Public Property , after a brief address , read a letter from ...
... clock a circle was formed about the excavation made for its reception , and the hymn " America " was sung by the children . Alderman Mon- tague , chairman of the Committee on Public Property , after a brief address , read a letter from ...
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... CLOCK . ONE of the most peculiar pieces of mech- anism in Boston , if not in New England , is an eight - day clock , now in the possession of Dr. A. P. Pierce , 41 East Newton Street . It was manufactured by A. J. Van Bergh , of ...
... CLOCK . ONE of the most peculiar pieces of mech- anism in Boston , if not in New England , is an eight - day clock , now in the possession of Dr. A. P. Pierce , 41 East Newton Street . It was manufactured by A. J. Van Bergh , of ...
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Página 58 - And children coming home from school, Look in at the open door ; They love to see the flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor.
Página 31 - God ! from out whose hand The centuries fall like grains of sand, We meet to-day, united, free, And loyal to our land and Thee, To thank Thee for the era done, And trust Thee for the opening one.
Página 46 - We are coming, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand more, From Mississippi's winding stream and from New England's shore; We leave our ploughs and workshops, our wives and children dear, With hearts too full for utterance, with but a silent tear; We dare not look behind us, but steadfastly before : We are coming, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand more...
Página 114 - I remember the black wharves and the slips, And the sea-tides tossing free; And Spanish sailors with bearded lips, And the beauty and mystery of the ships, And the magic of the sea. And the voice of that wayward song Is singing and saying still: "A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.
Página 111 - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fatal lightning of His terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on.
Página 111 - Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him ! be jubilant, my feet ! Our God is marching on. In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me : As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
Página 117 - Shall we sit idly down and say The night hath come; it is no longer day? The night hath not yet come; we are not quite Cut off from...
Página 111 - As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal; Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel, Since God is marching on.
Página 114 - The drum-beat repeated o'er and o'er, And the bugle wild and shrill. And the music of that old song Throbs in my memory still: "A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.
Página 128 - He is an exceptional genius. The people who care nothing for literature and poetry care for Burns. It was indifferent — they thought who saw him — whether he wrote verse or not : he could have done anything else as welL Yet how true a poet is he ! And the poet, too, of poor men, of gray hodden and the guernsey coat and the blouse.