 | Jacob W. Shoemaker - Readers - 1888 - 236 pages
...other ; There was a curtain over it — 'Twas in a darkened place, And few or none had ever looked Upon my mother's face ; Or seen her pale, expressive...words upon the book, For with a sidelong glance I marked My uncle's fearful look, And saw how all his quivering frame In strong convulsions shook. A... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - Readers - 1904 - 896 pages
...mother. There was a curtain over it, — 'Twas in a darkened place, And few or none had ever looked Upon my mother's face, Or seen her pale expressive...words upon the book ; For with a sidelong glance I marked My uncle's fearful look, And saw how all his quivering frame In strong convulsions shook. A... | |
 | Grenville Kleiser - Oratory - 1908 - 456 pages
...other ; There was a curtain over it, — • 'Twas in a darkened place, And few or none had ever looked Upon my mother's face, Or seen her pale expressive...words upon the book; For with a sidelong glance I marked My uncle's fearful look, And saw how all his quivering frame In strong convulsions shook. A... | |
 | Grenville Kleiser - Oratory - 1908 - 452 pages
...darkened place, [And few or none had ever looked Upon my mother's face, Or seen her pale expressive smil« Of melancholy grace. One night — I do remember well,...The wind was howling high, And through the ancient corridor* It sounded drearily — I sat and read in that old hall ; My uncle sat close by. I read —... | |
 | Recitations - 1909 - 636 pages
...other ; There was a curtain over it — 'Twos iu a darkened place, And few or none had ever looked Upon my mother's face ; Or seen her pale, expressive...sounded drearily ; I sat and read in that old hall ; My uucle sat close by. I read — but little understood The words upon the book, For with a sidelong glance... | |
 | Grenville Kleiser - Elocution - 1909 - 456 pages
...PRACTISE 359 There was a curtain over it,— 'Twas in a darkened place, And few or none had ever looked Upon my mother's face, Or seen her pale expressive smile Of melancholy grace. One night—I do remember well, The wind was howling high, And through the ancient corridors It sounded... | |
 | Frank Honywell Fenno - Elocution - 1912 - 206 pages
...mother . There was a curtain over it, — 'Twas in a darkened place, And few or none had ever looked Upon my mother's face, Or seen her pale expressive...words upon the book ; For with a sidelong glance I marked My uncle's fearful look, And saw how all his quivering frame In strong convulsions shook . A... | |
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