Famous Single Poems and the Controversies which Have Raged Around ThemHarcourt, Brace, 1923 - 338 páginas |
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... possessed by a harmless mania and dismissed with a pitying smile . It was just another in- stance of the old truth that to him that hath shall be given , while from him that hath not , even that shall be taken away ! There were a few ...
... possessed by a harmless mania and dismissed with a pitying smile . It was just another in- stance of the old truth that to him that hath shall be given , while from him that hath not , even that shall be taken away ! There were a few ...
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... possessed of fine literary tastes , poetic instincts and expressiveness , and of cheerful humor withal ; at the same time well accomplished in severer studies and resolute for more laborious undertakings , as his learned works in Hebrew ...
... possessed of fine literary tastes , poetic instincts and expressiveness , and of cheerful humor withal ; at the same time well accomplished in severer studies and resolute for more laborious undertakings , as his learned works in Hebrew ...
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... possessed of an enviable share of beauty , and had been , as she herself said , " flattered and sought for the charms of her face , " but , alas ! upon her fair brow was written that ter- rible word - prostitute . Highly educated and of ...
... possessed of an enviable share of beauty , and had been , as she herself said , " flattered and sought for the charms of her face , " but , alas ! upon her fair brow was written that ter- rible word - prostitute . Highly educated and of ...
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... possessing any real literary talent , " Mr. Watson added , thought- fully , though of course without any suspicion of why this was so ! " But the most wonderful of all these claim- ants , " Mr. Watson pursued , " and the one who gave me ...
... possessing any real literary talent , " Mr. Watson added , thought- fully , though of course without any suspicion of why this was so ! " But the most wonderful of all these claim- ants , " Mr. Watson pursued , " and the one who gave me ...
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... possessed himself of it for publication in Harper's Weekly , then recently started , and I at once acquiesced , making the single condition that they should publish it in columns wide enough to prevent breaking of the lines . No thought ...
... possessed himself of it for publication in Harper's Weekly , then recently started , and I at once acquiesced , making the single condition that they should publish it in columns wide enough to prevent breaking of the lines . No thought ...
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Famous Single Poems and the Controversies which Have Raged Around Them Burton Egbert Stevenson Visualização integral - 1923 |
Famous Single Poems: And the Controversies which Have Raged Around Them Burton Egbert Stevenson Visualização de excertos - 1924 |
Famous Single Poems and the Controversies which Have Raged Around Them Burton Egbert Stevenson Visualização de excertos - 1935 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
Akers Alexander Macgregor Rose Allison appeared Arabella Eugenia Smith authorship Ball's Beautiful Snow Ben Bolt Bolt bottle of rum Bulmer Butler called Captain Coghlan Casey chantey Christmas claim Clement Clarke Moore controversy copy course credited D'Vys Dead Man's Chest death Dungan editor evidence eyes fact famous friends gave Harper's Weekly heard heart Henry Livingston Homer Greene Hopper Horace Greeley John Luckey McCreery Journal Joyce Kaiser later letter lines literary living Lizzie York Lover McCallum Meinself-und Gott Miss Doudney Moore never newspaper Nicholas night once one-poem paper poem poet poetic poetry printed proved published recited Rock Rose says seems sent sentimental Sleep song stanzas story Thayer thing Thomas Dunn English thought tion to-night Treasure Island Unbelief verses Visit from St volume Water-Mill wear word write written wrote the poem Yo-ho-ho York Sun young
Passagens conhecidas
Página 179 - God pity them both! and pity us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall. For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: "It might have been...
Página 50 - Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below, When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer, With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
Página 313 - Fifteen men on the Dead Man's Chest— Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum! Drink and the devil had done for the rest— Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!
Página 246 - Over my heart, in the days that are flown, No love like mother-love ever has shone; No other worship abides and endures — Faithful, unselfish and patient, like yours; None like a mother can charm away pain From the sick soul and the world-weary brain.
Página 51 - His eyes — how they twinkled! — his dimples how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry! His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow...
Página 102 - So upon that stricken multitude grim melancholy sat, For there seemed but little chance of Casey's getting to the bat. But Flynn let drive a single, to the wonderment of all, And Blake, the much despised, tore the cover off the ball...
Página 225 - Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone, For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own.
Página 115 - LARS PORSENA of Clusium By the Nine Gods he swore That the great house of Tarquin Should suffer wrong no more. By the Nine Gods he swore it, And named a trysting day, And bade his messengers ride forth, East and west and south and north, To summon his array.
Página 102 - It knocked upon the mountain and recoiled upon the flat, For Casey, mighty Casey, was advancing to the bat. There was ease in Casey's manner as he stepped into his place. There was pride in Casey's bearing and a smile on Casey's face. And when, responding to the cheers, he lightly doffed his hat, No stranger in the crowd could doubt 'twas Casey at the bat.
Página 245 - Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your flight, Make me a child again just for to-night!