In the Sky-gardenLockwood, Brooks,, 1877 - 217 страници |
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... Praise an ' me . " Praise was Sallie's twin brother . Their mother - a very pious old negress , who did Miss Dibbs's washing -had named her children Praise and Salvation ; and , dying a few years before the beginning of this story , had ...
... Praise an ' me . " Praise was Sallie's twin brother . Their mother - a very pious old negress , who did Miss Dibbs's washing -had named her children Praise and Salvation ; and , dying a few years before the beginning of this story , had ...
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... Praise ? This was indeed a problem . She had visions of giving him a theological education , and sending him as a missionary to christianize Africa . But Praise soon showed her that , in spite of his name , he was a most irreligious ...
... Praise ? This was indeed a problem . She had visions of giving him a theological education , and sending him as a missionary to christianize Africa . But Praise soon showed her that , in spite of his name , he was a most irreligious ...
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... Praise . At Grimy Junction , Praise swallowed a cup of coffee , and sprang on board a returning freight - train , reaching New York about noon , and at once coiled himself up to sleep in Miss Dibbs's coal - closet . Once Miss Dibbs took ...
... Praise . At Grimy Junction , Praise swallowed a cup of coffee , and sprang on board a returning freight - train , reaching New York about noon , and at once coiled himself up to sleep in Miss Dibbs's coal - closet . Once Miss Dibbs took ...
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... Praise had dozed upon the platform for several hours , when he woke suddenly to a consciousness of something wrong . He was slow of thought , but it came to him at last , the lantern was gone ! The train was running along the river ...
... Praise had dozed upon the platform for several hours , when he woke suddenly to a consciousness of something wrong . He was slow of thought , but it came to him at last , the lantern was gone ! The train was running along the river ...
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... Praise and me'll fix it . " And so they did ; for the next morning Sallie went the rounds of the fancy - stores where Miss Dibbs had been known , and obtained a quantity of dolls to dress for the approaching holidays , together with ...
... Praise and me'll fix it . " And so they did ; for the next morning Sallie went the rounds of the fancy - stores where Miss Dibbs had been known , and obtained a quantity of dolls to dress for the approaching holidays , together with ...
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Alice Animated Nature asked Joy Auriga beautiful Bobby Copernicus brass bull-fight called CAPRICORNUS Capt chariot Charles's château church color comet constellation courser Cousin Myrtle crab daughter Dick dollars door double star dress dribe earth eclipsed exclaimed eyes Fadrique Father Zenobe flowers Floy Fortress Monroe garden Gaston ghosts goat gold Golden Fleece grandfather Grandma guineas hair Halley's Comet Harold heart Helen Earlewinne heliotypes Hepsy Josephine Joy's knew lady landlord LEO WHITE light little girl live look Major Makinoff Miss Dibbs Miss Dibbs's moon Mustruf never night parallax Paris passed Pleiad Praise queer replied Puck ride rugs Sallie scorpiums seemed seen shining sky-garden star-flowers Starboard stars story strange sure tell thing thought Toison d'Or told Uncle Briar walked White Lion window wish wonder young zodiac Zuleika Zuleika's mother
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Страница 201 - And thou, too, whosoe'er thou art, That readest this brief psalm, As one by one thy hopes depart, Be resolute and calm. O fear not in a world like this, And thou shalt know ere long, Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong.
Страница 195 - Save base authority from others' books. These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights, That give a name to every fixed star, Have no more profit of their shining nights Than those that walk and wot not what they are.
Страница 116 - My good blade carves the casques of men, My tough lance thrusteth sure, My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure.
Страница 207 - And thou shalt bathe thee in the stream That rolls its whitening foam aboon, And ride upon the lightning's gleam, And dance upon the orbed moon! We'll...
Страница 201 - THE night is come, but not too soon ; And sinking silently, All silently, the little moon Drops down behind the sky. There is no light in earth or heaven, But the cold light of stars ; And the first watch of night is given To the red planet Mars.
Страница 196 - That day, as other solemn days, they spent In song and dance about the sacred hill ; Mystical dance, which yonder starry sphere Of planets, and of...
Страница 196 - Star light, star bright, First star I seen tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might Have the wish I wish tonight.
Страница 207 - We'll sit within the Pleiad ring, We'll rest on Orion's starry belt, And I will bid my sylphs to sing The song that makes the dew-mist melt ; Their harps are of the umber shade That hides the blush of waking day, And every gleamy string is made Of silvery moonshine's lengthened ray ; And thou...
Страница 192 - Mount thy steed and spur him high To the heaven's blue canopy; And when thou seest a shooting star, Follow it fast, and follow it far — The last faint spark of its burning train Shall light the elfin lamp again. Thou hast heard our sentence, fay; Hence! to the water-side, away!
Страница 23 - The Ram, the Bull, the heavenly Twins, And next the Crab the Lion shines, The Virgin and the Scales ; The Scorpion, Archer and He-goat, The Man that holds the watering-pot And Fish with glittering tails.