Muskingum Legends: With Other Sketches and Papers Descriptive of the Young Men of Germany and the Old Boys of AmericaJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1871 - 352 sider |
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Side 13
... took a judi- cious swig . Then he squatted down , struck the tail of his rake into a summer - crack , wiped the perspiration from his forehead with his arm , winked wickedly with his right eye , and laughed to himself . He watched Daddy ...
... took a judi- cious swig . Then he squatted down , struck the tail of his rake into a summer - crack , wiped the perspiration from his forehead with his arm , winked wickedly with his right eye , and laughed to himself . He watched Daddy ...
Side 18
... took his eyesight out and whittled it , by which means he made it so very sharp and fierce that , when he looked at one of his country's enemies , with both eyes . at once , they made a hole quite through his head . His black moustache ...
... took his eyesight out and whittled it , by which means he made it so very sharp and fierce that , when he looked at one of his country's enemies , with both eyes . at once , they made a hole quite through his head . His black moustache ...
Side 23
... took deliberate and deadly aim , fired across the river , and totally killed and abolished a small dog . In commemoration of this great victory , the patriotic maidens of that neighborhood caused the rifle - pit to be inclosed with an ...
... took deliberate and deadly aim , fired across the river , and totally killed and abolished a small dog . In commemoration of this great victory , the patriotic maidens of that neighborhood caused the rifle - pit to be inclosed with an ...
Side 26
... took a magic arrow from his quiver , placed it in his good ashen bow , and sped it on a long and lofty flight through heaven toward the village . With an eager and a hungry motion the barbed arrow cleft the mellow air , slipping through ...
... took a magic arrow from his quiver , placed it in his good ashen bow , and sped it on a long and lofty flight through heaven toward the village . With an eager and a hungry motion the barbed arrow cleft the mellow air , slipping through ...
Side 36
... took a blackberry into his mouth to moisten it , and then spoke as follows : " Men are not ruled by wisdom . My arms are not long , but I can reach above my head . My feet are not nice , but they carry my head wheresoever it goes . " A ...
... took a blackberry into his mouth to moisten it , and then spoke as follows : " Men are not ruled by wisdom . My arms are not long , but I can reach above my head . My feet are not nice , but they carry my head wheresoever it goes . " A ...
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Muskingum Legends: With Other Sketches and Papers Descriptive of the Young ... Stephen Powers Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1871 |
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Side 353 - And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.
Side 311 - If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot.
Side 304 - They see nothing wrong in the rule that to the victors belong the spoils of the enemy.
Side 223 - Horatio, what a wounded name, Things standing thus unknown, shall live behind me. If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart, Absent thee from felicity awhile, And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain, To tell my story.
Side 299 - WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then from his mansion in the sun She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land.
Side 9 - And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race. And so he did, and won it too, For he got first to town ; Nor stopped till where he had got up He did again get down. Now let us sing, long live the king...
Side 24 - Hunts in their meadows, and his fresh-dug den Yawns by my path. The gopher mines the ground Where stood their swarming cities. All is gone — All — save the piles of earth that hold their bones — The platforms where they worshipped unknown gods — The barriers which they builded from the soil To keep the foe at bay...
Side 78 - Their dearest action in the tented field, And little of this great world can I speak, More than pertains to feats of broil and battle, And therefore little shall I grace my cause In speaking for myself. Yet, by your gracious patience...
Side 300 - Resolved, That a committee, in conjunction with one from the Senate, be appointed to consider on the most suitable manner of paying honor to the memory of the man, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his fellow-citizens.
Side 292 - All was ended now, the hope, and the fear, and the sorrow, All the aching of heart, the restless, unsatisfied longing, All the dull, deep pain, and constant anguish of patience ! And, as she pressed once more the lifeless head to her bosom, Meekly she bowed her own, and murmured,