The Courtship of Miles StandishW. Kent & Company (late D. Bogue), 86, Fleet Street, and Paternoster Row, 1858 - 135 страници |
Между кориците на книгата
Резултати 1 - 5 от 6.
Страница 32
... eager to wed me , Why does he not come himself , and take the trouble to woo me ? If I am not worth the wooing , I surely am not worth the winning ! " Then John Alden began explaining and smooth- ing the matter , Making it worse as he ...
... eager to wed me , Why does he not come himself , and take the trouble to woo me ? If I am not worth the wooing , I surely am not worth the winning ! " Then John Alden began explaining and smooth- ing the matter , Making it worse as he ...
Страница 51
... Eager , with tearful eyes , to say farewell to the May Flower , Homeward bound o'er the sea , and leaving them here in the desert . Foremost among them was Alden . All night he had lain without slumber , Turning and tossing about in the ...
... Eager , with tearful eyes , to say farewell to the May Flower , Homeward bound o'er the sea , and leaving them here in the desert . Foremost among them was Alden . All night he had lain without slumber , Turning and tossing about in the ...
Страница 54
... eager for starting . He too was eager to go , and thus put an end to his anguish , Thinking to fly from despair , that swifter than keel is or canvas , Thinking to drown in the sea the ghost that would rise and pursue him . But as he ...
... eager for starting . He too was eager to go , and thus put an end to his anguish , Thinking to fly from despair , that swifter than keel is or canvas , Thinking to drown in the sea the ghost that would rise and pursue him . But as he ...
Страница 68
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Then she extended her hand , and Alden , who eagerly grasped it , Felt all the wounds in his heart , that were aching and bleeding so sorely , Healed by the touch of that hand , and he said , with a voice full ...
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Then she extended her hand , and Alden , who eagerly grasped it , Felt all the wounds in his heart , that were aching and bleeding so sorely , Healed by the touch of that hand , and he said , with a voice full ...
Страница 79
... eager feet would the dreamer Follow the pathway that ran through the woods to the house of Priscilla , Led by illusions romantic and subtile decep- tions of fancy , Pleasure disguised as duty , and love in the semblance of friendship ...
... eager feet would the dreamer Follow the pathway that ran through the woods to the house of Priscilla , Led by illusions romantic and subtile decep- tions of fancy , Pleasure disguised as duty , and love in the semblance of friendship ...
Други издания - Преглед на всички
Често срещани думи и фрази
50 cents angry answered John Alden armor arrows battle beautiful beheld Bible brave Wattawamat breath Brutus Cabinet Edition Captain of Plymouth courage Courtship of Miles distaff Divine Tragedy east-wind Elder of Plymouth England Tragedies errand excellent Elder exclaimed eyes face feet fire Flanders Flower forest friendship Full gilt garden Garden of Eden Gold Edition grave hand heard heart heaven HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Hobomok household Illustrated Indian Julius Cæsar land laughed LONGFELLOW looked Lord loud maiden Priscilla matchlock meadow Meanwhile mist musket name of Priscilla o'er ocean Pecksuot phrases Pilgrims Plymouth woods Portrait powder Praising psalm Puritan maiden RALPH WALDO EMERSON Rose sachem sacred sail savage scabbard sea-shore silent smile soldier sound speak spinning stalwart Standish the Captain stood Straightway stripling strode sudden sweet swift talk Thereupon answered John thought tide treadle vanish village of Plymouth voice vols wedding wind woman words
Популярни откъси
Страница 33 - Fell on the ear of Priscilla; and swift as a flash she made answer: " Has no time for such things, as you call it, before he is married, Would he be likely to find it, or make it, after the wedding ? That is the way with you men;
Страница 47 - Is it to shoot red squirrels you have your howitzer planted There on the roof of the church, or is it to shoot red devils ? Truly the only tongue that is understood by a savage Must be the tongue of fire that speaks from the mouth of the cannon!
Страница 88 - Fervently then, and devoutly, the excellent Elder of Plymouth Prayed for the hearth and the home, that were founded that day in affection, Speaking of life and of death, and imploring Divine benedictions. Lo! when the service was ended, a form appeared on the threshold, Clad in armor of steel, a sombre and sorrowful
Страница 19 - Truly the maxim is good, and I do not mean to gainsay it; But we must use it discreetly, and not waste powder for nothing. Now, as I said before, I was never a maker of phrases. I can march up to a fortress
Страница 38 - Shame and confusion of guilt, and abasement and self-condemnation, Overwhelmed him at once ; and he cried in the deepest contrition : " It hath displeased the Lord ! It is the temptation of Satan!" Then, uplifting his head, he looked at the sea, and beheld there Dimly the shadowy form of the May
Страница 7 - dwelling, Clad in doublet and hose, and boots of Cordovan leather, Strode, with a martial air, Miles Standish the Puritan Captain. Buried in thought he seemed, with his hands behind him, and pausing Ever and auon to behold his glittering
Страница 26 - Piled at her knee, her white hands feeding the ravenous spindle, While with her foot on the treadle she guided the wheel in its motion. Open wide on her lap lay the well-worn psalmbook of Aiusworth, Printed in Amsterdam, the
Страница 35 - But as he warmed and glowed, in his simple and eloquent language, Quite forgetful of self, and full of the praise of his rival, Archly the maiden smiled, and, with eyes overrunning with laughter, Said, in a tremulous voice,
Страница 42 - Fighting some great campaign in Hainault or Brabant or Flanders. " Long have you been on your errand," he said with a cheery demeanor, Even as one who is waiting an answer, and fears not the issue. " Not far off is the house, although the woods
Страница 67 - and listened and looked at Priscilla, Thinking he never had seen her more fair, more divine in her beauty. He who but yesterday pleaded so glibly the cause of another, Stood there embarrassed and silent, and seeking in vain for an answer. So the