...to be feared, that Priscilla would not take .him too much i» earnest, when, continues Longfellow: " Archly the maiden smiled, and with eyes over-running...tremulous voice : " Why don't you speak for yourself, John ? '" John did not speak for himself — at least not directly, on that occasion, but he did later on,...

...is the result 1 What might be expected : — " Archly the maiden smiled, and, with eyes over-runuing with laughter (! !) Said, in a tremulous voice, ' Why don't you speak for yourself, John ?' " This is tolerably plain, and Alden thinks SO, for he quits her instantly, and being really uncomfortable,...

...Plymouth, nay, any woman in England, Might be happy and proud to be called the wife of Miles Standish ! But as he warmed and glowed, in his simple and eloquent...the open air John Alden, perplexed and bewildered, Eushed like a man insane, and wandered alone by the sea-side ; Paced up and down the sands, and bared...

...Plymouth, nay, any woman in England, Might be happy and proud to be called the wife of Miles Standish ! But as he warmed and glowed, in his simple and eloquent...tremulous voice. " Why don't you speak for yourself John r ' J ' INTO the open air John Alden, perplexed and bewildered, Rushed like a man insane, and wandered...

...famous remark to John Alden at the end of the interview, the poet has accompanied with a commentary, . " Archly the maiden smiled, and, with eyes overrunning...tremulous voice, ' why don't you speak for yourself, John ?' " which gives the true interpretation of that sally. It was half in joke and half in earnest, out...

...replies to the proposal in an hexameter, that she had rather he had come upon his own private account : Said, in a tremulous voice : ' Why don't you speak for yourself, John ? ' Out of this comes headlong wrath on the part of Miles Standish, Esquire, and unnecessary self-upbraiding...

...full of the praise of his rival, Archly the maiden smiled, and, with 'eyes overrunning with laughter, IV. JOHN ALDEN. INTO the open air John Alden, perplexed and bewildered, Brushed like a man insane, and wandered alone by the sea-side ; Paced up and down the sands, and bared...

...Plymouth, nay, any woman in England, Might be happy and proud to be called the wife of Miles Standish ! But as he warmed and glowed, in his simple and eloquent...forgetful of self, and full of the praise of his rival, Arehly the maiden smiled, and, with eyes overrunning with laughter, Said, in a tremulous voiee, " Why...

...(it was called the courtship of Miles Standish,) wherein the heroine, to the man who pleads ". ... in his simple and eloquent language Quite forgetful of self, and full of the praise of his rival/* says with enrapturing persuasiveness : " . . . . "Why don't you speak for yourself, John ? " Altamont...

...worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask check;" but we really cannot congratulate the young lady who— " Said, in a tremulous voice, ' Why don't you speak for yourself, John ?'" on her peculiarly retiring disposition. Priscilla was anything but bashful in the way of making...