Gems for the Fireside: Comprising the Most Unique, Touching, Pithy, and Beautiful Literary Treasures from the Greatest Minds in the Realms of Poetry and Philosophy, Wit and Humor, Statesmanship and ReligionHubbard Brothers, 1882 - 727 sivua |
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Sivu 12
... And so it is with books . In gathering " Gems for the Fireside , " real gems only have been sought . Numberless productions of average worth have been passed by . INTRODUCTION . 13 Nothing but excellence finds a place in.
... And so it is with books . In gathering " Gems for the Fireside , " real gems only have been sought . Numberless productions of average worth have been passed by . INTRODUCTION . 13 Nothing but excellence finds a place in.
Sivu 41
... passing footstep's fall , It echoes along the vacant hall , Along the ceiling , along the floor , And seems to say at each chamber door , " Forever - never ! Never - forever ! " Through days of sorrow and of mirth , Through days of ...
... passing footstep's fall , It echoes along the vacant hall , Along the ceiling , along the floor , And seems to say at each chamber door , " Forever - never ! Never - forever ! " Through days of sorrow and of mirth , Through days of ...
Sivu 54
... passed ; She looks up ; clouds are heavy : Why is her steed so slow ? — Scarcely the wind beside them , can pass them as they go . gallop check ? The steed draws back in terror , she leans above his neck To watch the flowing darkness ...
... passed ; She looks up ; clouds are heavy : Why is her steed so slow ? — Scarcely the wind beside them , can pass them as they go . gallop check ? The steed draws back in terror , she leans above his neck To watch the flowing darkness ...
Sivu 55
... passing hour : 46 " Nine , " " ten , " eleven , " he cries aloud , and then ( O crown of fame ! ) When midnight pauses in the skies he calls the maiden's name . T WINTER . DOUGLAS JERROLD . HE streets were empty . Pitiless cold had ...
... passing hour : 46 " Nine , " " ten , " eleven , " he cries aloud , and then ( O crown of fame ! ) When midnight pauses in the skies he calls the maiden's name . T WINTER . DOUGLAS JERROLD . HE streets were empty . Pitiless cold had ...
Sivu 57
... Passing on a short distance the Yankee met a man , and asked him what the business of those men was in the office he had just passed . He was told that they wrote letters dictated by others , and transcribed all sorts of documents ; in ...
... Passing on a short distance the Yankee met a man , and asked him what the business of those men was in the office he had just passed . He was told that they wrote letters dictated by others , and transcribed all sorts of documents ; in ...
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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 rose 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