Scribners Monthly, Volumen15Scribner & Company, 1878 |
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... less than two hundred black- heads . On they came , straight toward the decoys . Within a hundred yards of our noses , the leader swerved and out they all went , not one coming within gunshot . Be- fore I could give way to my ...
... less than two hundred black- heads . On they came , straight toward the decoys . Within a hundred yards of our noses , the leader swerved and out they all went , not one coming within gunshot . Be- fore I could give way to my ...
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... less than seven inches in length on the under shell . A seven - inch ter- rapin is called a " count terrapin , " and anything smaller is not count- ed . The largest known do not exceed ten inches in length and eight pounds in weight ...
... less than seven inches in length on the under shell . A seven - inch ter- rapin is called a " count terrapin , " and anything smaller is not count- ed . The largest known do not exceed ten inches in length and eight pounds in weight ...
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... less than a mile away , stretches a long , narrow piece of in a picturesque way , helps to inclose an admirable harbor for Nassau . There is no lack of islands and islets in what might be called the Bahamian Arch- ipelago , which ...
... less than a mile away , stretches a long , narrow piece of in a picturesque way , helps to inclose an admirable harbor for Nassau . There is no lack of islands and islets in what might be called the Bahamian Arch- ipelago , which ...
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... less tinkling . You see the brand - new court- house with glittering brass ball above the belfry , standing in the treeless , grass - green " public square ; " and there in plain sight is the old town pump in front of the court- house ...
... less tinkling . You see the brand - new court- house with glittering brass ball above the belfry , standing in the treeless , grass - green " public square ; " and there in plain sight is the old town pump in front of the court- house ...
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... less , are nothing to what he did for civil and religious liberty . " " But suppose one of the heads had been Roxy's ? " queried Roxy's ? " queried Whittaker , watching Roxy as she unlatched the gate . 66 " That's nothing to do with it ...
... less , are nothing to what he did for civil and religious liberty . " " But suppose one of the heads had been Roxy's ? " queried Roxy's ? " queried Whittaker , watching Roxy as she unlatched the gate . 66 " That's nothing to do with it ...
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Página 429 - THIS is the month, and this the happy morn, Wherein the Son of Heaven's eternal King, Of wedded Maid, and Virgin Mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring...
Página 297 - So flew"d, so sanded; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-kneed and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.
Página 396 - I shall correct the procedure ; but that done, return with joy to that state of things, when the only questions concerning a candidate shall be, is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the Constitution ? I tender you the homage of my high respect.
Página 448 - Noah kep' a-nailin' an' a-chippin' an' a-sawin'; An' all de wicked neighbors kep' a-laughin' an' a-pshawin' ; But Noah didn't min' 'em, knowin' whut wuz gwine to happen: An' forty days an' forty nights de rain it kep' a-drappin'. Now, Noah had done cotched a lot ob ebry sort o' beas'es — Ob all de shows a-trabbelin', it beat 'em all to pieces ! He had a Morgan colt an' sebral head o' Jarsey cattle — An' druv 'em 'board de Ark as soon's he heered de thunder rattle.
Página 594 - O, wither'd is the garland of the war, The soldier's pole is fall'n : young boys and girls Are level now with men ; the odds is gone, And there is nothing left remarkable Beneath the visiting moon.
Página 404 - I have asked myself so often why I should be a poet more than other men, seeing how great a thing it is, — how great things are to be gained by it, what a thing to be in the mouth of Fame, — that at last the idea has grown so monstrously beyond my seeming power of attainment, that the other day I nearly consented with myself to drop into a Phaethon.
Página 135 - I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and wound up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer.
Página 284 - The Spanish Conquest in America, and its Relation to the History of Slavery and to the Government of Colonies. By ARTHUR HELPS. 4 vols. 8vo. £3. VOLS. I. & II. 28s. VOLS. III. & IV. 16s. each. History of the Reformation in Europe in the Time of Calvin.
Página 638 - But these are all lies : men have died from time to time and worms have eaten them, but not for love.
Página 259 - may go and play," While I manage the world by myself. But harness me down with your iron bands, Be sure of your curb and rein, For I scorn the strength of your puny hands As the tempest scorns a chain.