 Calling on each by his name, to order forward the ensigns; Then to widen the ranks, and give more room for their weapons; So he won the day, the battle of something.or-other. That's what I always say; if you wish a thing to be well done, You must do it...  The Courtship of Miles Standish - Страница 14по Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 44 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | 1858 - 398 страници
...loneliness. In this state of mind, after enunciating the sage maxim that if you wish a thing to be well done, You must do it yourself, you must not leave it to others." he, in the next breath, requests his secretary, John Aid en, to become his ambassador to a certain... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 244 страници
...won the day, the battle of something-orother. That 's what I always say ; if you wish a thing to be well done, You must do it yourself, you must not leave...others ! " All was silent again ; the Captain continued I his reading. Nothing was heard in the room but the hurry- f ing pen of the stripling Writing epistles... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 724 страници
...where thumb-marks thicken the margin, Like the trample of feet, proclaimed the battle was hottest. Nothing was heard in the room but the hurrying pen of the stripling, Busily writing epistles important, to go by the Mayflower, Ready to sail on the morrow, or next day... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1859 - 432 страници
...repeated in the same identical words : Writin¡a epistles important to go next day by the May Floeser, Filled with the name and the fame of the Puritan maiden Priscilla. Miles Standish, who is a widower, but a brave man, and inclined to venture again upon matrimony, coolly... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 136 страници
...should mangle and mar it ; If you would have it well done, — I am only repeating your maxim, — You must do it yourself, you must not leave it to others ! " But with the air of a man whom nothing can turn from his purpose, Gravely shaking his head, made... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Gilbert - 1860 - 448 страници
...won the day, the battle of Something-or-other. That's what I always say ; if you wish a thing to he well done, You must do it yourself, you must not leave...continued his reading. Nothing was heard in the room hut the hurrying pen of the stripling Writing epistles important to go next duy hy the May Flower,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1861 - 912 страници
...should mangle and mar it ; If you would have it well done, — I am only repeating your maxim, — You must do it yourself, you must not leave it to others !* But with the air of a man whom nothing can turn from his purpose, Gravely shaking his head, made... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1862 - 548 страници
...won the day, the battle of something-or-other, That's what I always say; if you wish a thing to be well done, You must do it yourself, you must not leave it to others L" All was silent again ; the Captain continued his reading. Nothing was heard in the room but the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 260 страници
...won the day, the battle of something.or-other. That's what I always say; if you wish a thing to be well done, You must do it yourself, you must not leave...name and the fame of the Puritan maiden Priscilla; Every sentence began or closed with the name of Priscilla, Till the treacherous pen , to which he confided... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 492 страници
...won the day, the battle of something-orother. That's what I always say ; if you wish a thing to be well done, You must do it yourself, you must not leave it to others ! " i All was silent again ; the Captain continued hia reading. Nothing was heard in the room but the... | |
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