Specimens of NarrationWilliam Tenney Brewster H. Holt, 1895 - 209 стор. |
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... horses used to shy when Barr - Saggott smiled . Kitty saw that smile . She looked to her left - front , gave an 15 almost imperceptible nod to Cubbon , and went on shooting . I wish I could describe the scene that followed . It was out ...
... horses used to shy when Barr - Saggott smiled . Kitty saw that smile . She looked to her left - front , gave an 15 almost imperceptible nod to Cubbon , and went on shooting . I wish I could describe the scene that followed . It was out ...
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... horse on to the Green , as Dinah walked rather quickly , and in advance of her com- panions , toward the cart under the maple tree . While 5 she was near Seth's tall figure she looked short , but when she had mounted the cart , and was ...
... horse on to the Green , as Dinah walked rather quickly , and in advance of her com- panions , toward the cart under the maple tree . While 5 she was near Seth's tall figure she looked short , but when she had mounted the cart , and was ...
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... horse to his brother to sell . The latter promptly killed him in a steeple - chase , and left Godfrey no resource but to tell his father everything . ] THROUGH the remainder of this day Godfrey , with only occasional fluctuations , kept ...
... horse to his brother to sell . The latter promptly killed him in a steeple - chase , and left Godfrey no resource but to tell his father everything . ] THROUGH the remainder of this day Godfrey , with only occasional fluctuations , kept ...
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... horses , wagon , furniture , and girl , with a peculiar charm of rarity . What possessed her to indulge in such a performance in the sight of the sparrows , blackbirds , and unper- ceived farmer , who were alone its spectators — whether ...
... horses , wagon , furniture , and girl , with a peculiar charm of rarity . What possessed her to indulge in such a performance in the sight of the sparrows , blackbirds , and unper- ceived farmer , who were alone its spectators — whether ...
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... Horse especially , and on our right wing of 15 Imperialists under the Prince of Savoy , who could neither advance his artillery nor his lines , the ground before him being cut up by ditches , morasses , and very difficult of passage for ...
... Horse especially , and on our right wing of 15 Imperialists under the Prince of Savoy , who could neither advance his artillery nor his lines , the ground before him being cut up by ditches , morasses , and very difficult of passage for ...
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Сторінка 156 - I drew near with that reverence which is due to a superior nature; and as my heart was entirely subdued by the captivating strains I had heard, I fell down at his feet and wept.
Сторінка 157 - that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other?" "What thou seest," said he, "is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun and reaching from the beginning of the world to its consummation. Examine now," said he, "this sea that is thus bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it." "I see a bridge," said I, "standing in the midst of the tide.
Сторінка 157 - I see, said I, a huge valley, and a prodigious tide of water rolling through it. The valley that thou seest, said he, is the vale of misery, and the tide of water that thou seest is part of the great tide of eternity. What is the reason...
Сторінка 156 - Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, Surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Сторінка 158 - But tell me further, said he, what thou discoverest on it. I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge into the great tide that flowed underneath it; and upon...
Сторінка 156 - I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, " Surely," said I, " man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Сторінка 156 - I had ever heard. They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and' qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place.
Сторінка 160 - I saw the valley opening at the farther end, and spreading forth into an immense ocean, that had a huge rock of adamant running through the midst of it, and dividing it into two equal parts. The clouds still rested on one half of it, insomuch that I could discover nothing in it ; but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted...
Сторінка 161 - Does life appear miserable, that gives thee opportunities of earning such a reward ? Is death to be feared, that will convey thee to so happy an existence ? Think not man was made in vain, who has such an Eternity reserved for him.
Сторінка 158 - ... them into the tide, and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire.