o sang the old ballad of Sir Patrick Spence. And so sweet and pure, so natural and wild, was her giving of the wild old song, as if it coul bob icon for an instant, and then, followed by their people, went aft to the captain, who was standing on the quarter-deck ready to receive them. " .
or near daybreak of the nineteenth, at Lexington, the shots were fired "heard round the world"; at noon the British were in retreat from Co .
"fortification-gate," to prevent these outrages. It is amusing to see Boston assuming the aspect of a walled city, guarded, probably, by a .
ich our own sketch is under great obligations. {107} The staff of an ancient _Curator Viarum_ resembled very nearly the accompaniments of a .
nything else it could be likened to. He was of pleasant countenance, and paddled along with great activity and skill. They had been silent .
kill of their military leaders; so the domestic officers who bear the rod, as an ensign of authority, distribute and arrange the numerous t .
it is dark, then, we must away, you and your young follower there," answered the tall negro, whom the captain addressed as Michael. "I hav .
er, 1759, Wolfe and Montcalm found death and fame, the former at the hour of victory, the latter in defeat. Israel Putnam met nearly all th .
elf that the laugh changed to a sob and the tears came. Was _she_ hysterical? It was very unlike her, but this seemed something like it. Ne bob icon cretary." "My dearest sir," exclaimed the young man uneasily, "if you knew my situation, you would not blame or think ill of me." "Has our .
roat importantly, but before he could answer, Samuel growled: "Ter me! His health an' his life both. I dragged him up out of a deathbed onl .
all his own delicacy and his knowledge of hers affirmed and reaffirmed that letters were in existence somewhere, though it might be at the .
like it?" "It is no matter whether he would like it or no. I am going to stay. You can do as you please." "I would like to stay!" said Jul .
ss, if I had not been too down-hearted and weary. "While I stood there, hearing the morning's promise, I suppose, without knowing it--there .
out stream, worthy of the pencil of Izaak Walton:-- "See in what wanton harmless folds It everywhere the meadow holds: Where all things gaz .
attention of Pym and Hampden, Brook and Vane, in the Parliament House. The controversy between King and Commons had reached the point where .
g my magnanimity quietly and like sensible people, they rave and revile me all round, and hunt for every expression of loathing they can ro .
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every instant we thought she would capsize. The captain ordered the main and mizzen topsail-sheets to be cut away, for there was no time to .
art, though at that time I did not fully comprehend the extent of my loss,-- that I should never again hear the tone of his voice--that we .
you. The next time you come home, you shall go to school; and see if you cannot pick up some knowledge of reading during the voyage." I co .
has brought him greater fame. Both taken together absolutely refute the insinuations of his enemies, to the effect that he had suffered a d .
e old arm-chair with painted roses blooming as brilliantly across its back as they had bloomed when the chair was first purchased forty yea .
ope you'll get the post, and do your duty in it," said the tall sailor, moving off to avoid listening to the expressions of gratitude which .
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