American Notes and Queries, Volum 8William Shepard Walsh, Henry Collins Walsh, William H. Garrison, Samuel R. Harris W.S. and H.C. Walsh, 1891 |
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... thing or two about sorcery , is watching over a young girl threatened by a ghost . One night , as he is standing by her bedside , he thrusts his long knife here and there along the ground and presently brings up a human limb . ' Strike ...
... thing or two about sorcery , is watching over a young girl threatened by a ghost . One night , as he is standing by her bedside , he thrusts his long knife here and there along the ground and presently brings up a human limb . ' Strike ...
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... thing in the light literature of Italy and Spain . It would please me greatly if some light could be thrown on this singular subject by AMERICAN NOTES AND QUERIES . GEORGE F. FORT . American Notes and Queries ( Vol . vii , p . 302 ) ...
... thing in the light literature of Italy and Spain . It would please me greatly if some light could be thrown on this singular subject by AMERICAN NOTES AND QUERIES . GEORGE F. FORT . American Notes and Queries ( Vol . vii , p . 302 ) ...
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... thing to do with its early demise . BROOKLYN , N. Y. " " JOHN E. NORCROSS . Nine Days ' Wonder ( Vol . vii , p . 220 ) ... things forgotten . In Bohn's Handbook of Proverbs ' we have : ' A wonder lasts nine days , and then the puppy's eyes ...
... thing to do with its early demise . BROOKLYN , N. Y. " " JOHN E. NORCROSS . Nine Days ' Wonder ( Vol . vii , p . 220 ) ... things forgotten . In Bohn's Handbook of Proverbs ' we have : ' A wonder lasts nine days , and then the puppy's eyes ...
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... thing about it is that native - born Americans who have much to do with the Germans catch the habit from them and end every sort of sentence with that word . " J. J. GREENE . PHILADELPHIA , PA . Smoking in Church .- " Previous to the ...
... thing about it is that native - born Americans who have much to do with the Germans catch the habit from them and end every sort of sentence with that word . " J. J. GREENE . PHILADELPHIA , PA . Smoking in Church .- " Previous to the ...
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... thing speak for itself : " The Austrian Prime Minister , Count Taafe , and his entire family have been thrown into mourning by the death , not of a human being , but of a dog . Moppi was one of the best - known poodles in the empire ...
... thing speak for itself : " The Austrian Prime Minister , Count Taafe , and his entire family have been thrown into mourning by the death , not of a human being , but of a dog . Moppi was one of the best - known poodles in the empire ...
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Pàgina 14 - Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar.
Pàgina 151 - Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ; Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign.
Pàgina 119 - And he gave it for his opinion, " That whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Pàgina 7 - Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?
Pàgina 106 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long. And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallowed and so gracious is the time.
Pàgina 33 - ... now out, with a deal of state, in a figure of eight, without pipe or string, or any such thing; and now I have writ, in a rhyming fit, what will make you dance, and as you advance, will keep you still, though against...
Pàgina 76 - Such songs have power to quiet The restless pulse of care. And come like the benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice. And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day. Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, And as silently steal away.
Pàgina 33 - Cannon to left of them, Cannon behind them Volleyed and thundered; Stormed at with shot and shell, While horse and hero fell, They that had fought so well Came through the jaws of death Back from the mouth of hell, All that was left of them, Left of six hundred. When can their glory fade ? O the wild charge they made! All the world wondered. Honor the charge they made! Honor the Light Brigade, Noble six hundred!
Pàgina 17 - She lived in a house where help was not hired. Her last words on earth were, "Dear friends, I am going Where washing ain't done, nor sweeping nor sewing; But everything there is exact to my wishes.
Pàgina 298 - The walls on which they are placed, must be at least four feet below the surface and three above, and must be clamped with iron; and even then would hardly sustain so heavy a weight as you propose moving at the rate of four miles an hour on wheels. As to wood, it would not last a week. They must be covered with iron, and that too, very thick and strong. The means of stopping these heavy carriages without a great shock, and of preventing them from running upon each other, (for there would be many...