...smoothing the matter — Urging the suit of his friend, explaining, persuading, expanding; — But, as ho warmed and glowed, in his simple and eloquent language,...his rival, Archly the maiden smiled, and with eyes running over with laughter, Said, in a tremulous voice, " Why don't you speak for yourself, John ?"...

...Might be happy and proud to be called the wife of Miles Standish ! But as he warmed and glowed, in Ms simple and eloquent language, Quite forgetful of self, and full of the praise of Ms rival, Archly the maiden smiled, and, with eyes overrunning with laughter, Said, in a tremulous...

...Alden pressed the suit of Standish, when "Archly the maiden smiled, and, with eyes overrunning wlth laughter, Said. In a tremulous voice, • Why don't you speak for yourself, John'.'" Young Alden blushed, bowed, and retired, for he was faithful to his trust. His visit was soon repeated,...

...maiden Priscilla, as John Alden was pleading the cause of his rival, was not a poetic fiction : — " But as he warmed and glowed, in his simple and eloquent...voice, ' Why don't you speak for yourself, John?'" " The Courtship of Miles Standish " was published in 1858, along with a number of miscellaneous poems,...

...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 ? ''' i THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH IV JOHN ALDEN Into the open air John Alden, perplexed and bewildered,...

...opportunity for practising her French wit, and showing her French blood. Let Longfellow tell the story : " As he warmed and glowed, in his simple and eloquent...tremulous voice, "Why don't you speak for yourself, John ?" John spoke for himself. We, 280 years later, bless Priscilla for that little stroke of wit and of...

...to be called the wife of Miles Standish. But as he warmed and glowed, in his simple and elocpiient language, Quite forgetful of self, and full of the...tremulous voice, " Why don't you speak for yourself, John ? " Ainsworth : an English clergyman who was driven from England to Holland and died not long after...

...Plymouth, nay, any woman in England, Might be happy and proud to be called the wife of Miles Standish ! 150 But as he warmed and glowed, in his simple and eloquent...the open air John Alden, perplexed and bewildered, Paced up and down the sands, and bared his head to the east-wind, Rushed like a man insane, and wandered...

...— 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 ? " THE ARROW AND THE SONG I SHOT an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For, so...

...and rough as he Is ; but now It never can happen.' " John Alden pressed the suit of Standish, when "Archly the maiden smiled, and, with eyes overrunning...voice, ' Why don't you speak for yourself, John?'" Young Alden blushed, bowed, and retired, for he was faithful to his trust. His visit was soon repeated,...