Little Classics, Volume 17Rossiter Johnson Houghton, Mifflin, 1880 |
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... tell the truth , I did n't sleep a wink that night . We launched the canoe , entered , put off , and had safely mounted the second big roller just as it broke under us with terrific power , when I heard a shrill cry above the roar of ...
... tell the truth , I did n't sleep a wink that night . We launched the canoe , entered , put off , and had safely mounted the second big roller just as it broke under us with terrific power , when I heard a shrill cry above the roar of ...
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... telling him of my discovery , begging his secret from him . In vain I besought him . It was his trouble ; he must go back ! " I told him he should go back as soon as possible ; that we would look for ourselves , and see when a vessel ...
... telling him of my discovery , begging his secret from him . In vain I besought him . It was his trouble ; he must go back ! " I told him he should go back as soon as possible ; that we would look for ourselves , and see when a vessel ...
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... telling me of a thousand charming secrets ; expressing all the natural graces that at first attracted me to him , and imploring me over and over to return with him and dwell in the antipodes . How near I came to resolving , then and ...
... telling me of a thousand charming secrets ; expressing all the natural graces that at first attracted me to him , and imploring me over and over to return with him and dwell in the antipodes . How near I came to resolving , then and ...
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... telling of the wonder- ful things he had seen , more sects than the gods of the South Seas , more doubters than believers , contradic- tions and insults and suspicions everywhere . They laughed again when they thought of us , and pitied ...
... telling of the wonder- ful things he had seen , more sects than the gods of the South Seas , more doubters than believers , contradic- tions and insults and suspicions everywhere . They laughed again when they thought of us , and pitied ...
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... Tell me , " tell me , Niga , where has his spirit gone ? " " He is here , now , " said Niga ; " he can see us . Perhaps , some day , we shall see him . ” " You have more faith than our philosophers , for they have reasoned themselves ...
... Tell me , " tell me , Niga , where has his spirit gone ? " " He is here , now , " said Niga ; " he can see us . Perhaps , some day , we shall see him . ” " You have more faith than our philosophers , for they have reasoned themselves ...
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Page 180 - Well, do not swear : although I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contract to-night : It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden ; Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be Ere one can say "It lightens.
Page 159 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Page 165 - I'll frown and be perverse and say thee nay, So thou wilt woo; but else, not for the world. In truth, fair Montague, I am too fond, And therefore thou mayst think my haviour light: But trust me, gentleman, I'll prove more true Than those that have more cunning to be strange.
Page 219 - Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness; on the happiness of others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit, followed not as a means, but as itself an ideal end.
Page 166 - I should have been more strange, I must confess, But that thou overheard'st, ere I was ware, My true love's passion: therefore pardon me, And not impute this yielding to light love, Which the dark night hath so discovered.
Page 256 - Ecstasy ! My pulse, as yours, doth temperately keep time, And makes as healthful music : it is not madness That I have utter'd : bring me to the test, And I the matter will re-word, which madness Would gambol from.
Page 165 - Thou know'st the mask of night is on my face, Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek For that which thou hast heard me speak to-night. Fain would I dwell on form, fain, fain deny What I have spoke: but farewell compliment! Dost thou love me? I know thou wilt say 'Ay,' And I will take thy word: yet, if thou swear'st, Thou mayst prove false: at lovers' perjuries, They say, Jove laughs.
Page 205 - Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty — Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense. So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world.
Page 258 - Night primeval and of Chaos old ! Before her, fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus
Page 239 - While all melts under our feet, we may well catch at any exquisite passion, or any contribution to knowledge that seems by a lifted horizon to set the spirit free for a moment, or any stirring of the senses, strange dyes, strange colours, and curious odours, or work of the artist's hands, or the face of one's friend.