The Pacific Coast First [-fifth] Reader, Volume 5A. L. Bancroft, 1875 |
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... writers in the several departments of litera- ture have been fairly introduced . The literature of the Pacific Coast has received , as is believed to be proper , some special recognition , but not to the extent of being sectional or ...
... writers in the several departments of litera- ture have been fairly introduced . The literature of the Pacific Coast has received , as is believed to be proper , some special recognition , but not to the extent of being sectional or ...
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... writing some charming tales and sketches , which he afterwards published under the title of Mosses from an Old Manse . This popular work was followed by those extraordinary romances , The Scarlet Letter , The House of Seven Gables , The ...
... writing some charming tales and sketches , which he afterwards published under the title of Mosses from an Old Manse . This popular work was followed by those extraordinary romances , The Scarlet Letter , The House of Seven Gables , The ...
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... writer , was born in 1774. He was educated at Westminster School , and afterward spent two years at Oxford . He re- sided in the Lake district , the companion and friend of the poet Wordsworth . His private life was without a stain ...
... writer , was born in 1774. He was educated at Westminster School , and afterward spent two years at Oxford . He re- sided in the Lake district , the companion and friend of the poet Wordsworth . His private life was without a stain ...
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... writers , was born in Cambridge , Mass . , August 29 , 1809. He graduated at Harvard College in 1829. He received ... writing poetry at an early age , and has pro- duced some of the finest verse of the time . Upon the establishment of ...
... writers , was born in Cambridge , Mass . , August 29 , 1809. He graduated at Harvard College in 1829. He received ... writing poetry at an early age , and has pro- duced some of the finest verse of the time . Upon the establishment of ...
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... writers of the time . His leading works consist of Essays , Miscel- lanies , Representative Men , English Traits , Poems , Conduct of Life , and Society and Solitude . He resides at the historic town of Concord , Mass . ORDS natural ...
... writers of the time . His leading works consist of Essays , Miscel- lanies , Representative Men , English Traits , Poems , Conduct of Life , and Society and Solitude . He resides at the historic town of Concord , Mass . ORDS natural ...
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Página 80 - Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December; And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; - vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow - sorrow for the lost Lenore For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore Nameless here for evermore.
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Página 81 - This it is and nothing more." Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, " Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore; But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you "—here I opened wide the door.
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Página 82 - But the Raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird and bust and door; Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore, What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore.
Página 83 - thing of evil! - prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that bends above us - by that God we both adore Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore.
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