 I cherished the thought, but never have dared to reveal it, Being a coward in this, though valiant enough for the most part. Go to the damsel Priscilla, the loveliest maiden of Plymouth, Say that a blunt old Captain, a man not of words but of actions,...  The Courtship of Miles Standish - Страница 18по Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1858 - 95 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | 1858 - 376 страници
...loveliest maiden of Plymouth," and offer to her the hand and heart of the redoubtable Captain ! " ' Not in these words, you know, but this in short is...bred as a scholar, can say it in elegant language.' " Unfortunate Alden ! and thrice-unfortunate Miles Standish ! Love-making by proxy never did succeed... | |
 | 1858 - 890 страници
...declares his own affection for Priscilla Mullins, and aaks hu hearer to go and plead for him in elegant phrases : — " ' You. who are bred as a scholar,...lovers, Such as you think best adapted to win the he;irt of a maiden.' " The critical taste and friendly confidence of brave old Miles have played him... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1858 - 240 страници
...that a blunt old Captain, a man not of words but of actions, Offers his hand and his heart, the hand and heart of a soldier. Not in these words, you know,...meaning ; I am a maker of war, and not a maker of You, who are bred as a scholar, can say it in elegant language, Such as you 'read in your books of... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1859 - 636 страници
...man not of words, but of actions, Offers his hand and his heart, the band and heart of a soldier. Xot in these words, you know, but this in short is my...; I am a maker of war, and not a maker of phrases. * Пе Courtship of Hiles Slandieh, and utlur Fotms. By HEXBY WADSWOBTH LOXQFELLOW. London. 1868. 18... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 724 страници
...blunt old Captain, a man not of words but of part. actions, Offers his hand and his heart, the hand and heart of a soldier. Not in these words, you know, but this in short is mj I am a maker of war, aud not a maker of phrases. You, who are bred as a scholar, can say it in elegant... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Gilbert - 1860 - 448 страници
...aetions. Otters his hand and his heart, the hand and heart of a soldier. Not in these words, you know, hut this in short is my meaning ; I am a maker of war,...and not a maker of phrases. You, who are bred as a seholar, can say it in elegant language. Such as you read in your hooks of the pleadings and wooings... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1861 - 582 страници
...that a blunt old Captain, a man not of words but of actions, Offers his hand and his heart, the hand and heart of a soldier. Not in these words, you know,...meaning ; I am a maker of war, and not a maker of pin-anus. You, who are bred as a scholar, can say it in elegant language, Such as you read in your... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1862 - 548 страници
...that a blunt old Captain, a man not of words but of actions, Oilers his hand and his heart, the hand and heart of a soldier. Not in these words, you know,...read in your books of the pleadings and wooings of phrases: lovers, Such as you think best adapted to win the heart of a maiden." When he had spoken,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1862 - 480 страници
...that a blunt old Captain, a man not of words but of actions, Offers his hand and his heart, the hand and heart of a soldier. Not in these words, you know, but this in short ia my meaning ; I am a maker of war, and not a maker of phrases. You, who are bred as a scholar, can... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 712 страници
...that a blunt old Captain, a man not of words but of actions, Offers his hand and his heart, the hand and heart of a soldier. Not in these words, you know,...you read in your books of the pleadings and wooings o» lovers, Such as you think best adapted to win the heart of a maiden." When he had spoken, John... | |
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