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March Court , The Wagoner , 9 The Sleet , 11 The Sale , 13 The Mockingbird , 19
Interesting Ruins on the Rappahannock , 20 The Great Western , 25 The
Mechanician and Uncle Simon , 27 The Heart , 36 Parody on Bryant's Autumn ,
38 Sally ...
March Court , The Wagoner , 9 The Sleet , 11 The Sale , 13 The Mockingbird , 19
Interesting Ruins on the Rappahannock , 20 The Great Western , 25 The
Mechanician and Uncle Simon , 27 The Heart , 36 Parody on Bryant's Autumn ,
38 Sally ...
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MARCH COURT , , COURT DAY ! what an important day in Virginia ! what a day
of bustle and business ! what a requisition is made upon every mode of
conveyance to the little metropolis of the County ! How many debts are then to be
paid !
MARCH COURT , , COURT DAY ! what an important day in Virginia ! what a day
of bustle and business ! what a requisition is made upon every mode of
conveyance to the little metropolis of the County ! How many debts are then to be
paid !
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wards in the court house , you might hear something like the following colloquy :
Judge . “ What is your excuse , sir ? ” Juror . " I am a lawyer , sir . " Judge . “ Do
you follow the law now , sir ? " Juror . “ No , sir , the law follows me . ” Judge .
wards in the court house , you might hear something like the following colloquy :
Judge . “ What is your excuse , sir ? ” Juror . " I am a lawyer , sir . " Judge . “ Do
you follow the law now , sir ? " Juror . “ No , sir , the law follows me . ” Judge .
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I bore me up heroically ; I attended the summons to court with alacrity ; I walked
through the gaping crowd with a firm step and manly look , and repeated the “ not
guilty , with a clear and determined voice . All the horrible pageantry of a trial had
...
I bore me up heroically ; I attended the summons to court with alacrity ; I walked
through the gaping crowd with a firm step and manly look , and repeated the “ not
guilty , with a clear and determined voice . All the horrible pageantry of a trial had
...
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It was staking all , he admitted , upon a desperate throw ; but seeing no better
chance , if the court would have patience to make the inquiry and it failed , he
would at once surrender the cause and give up the prisoner to his fate . The court
, of ...
It was staking all , he admitted , upon a desperate throw ; but seeing no better
chance , if the court would have patience to make the inquiry and it failed , he
would at once surrender the cause and give up the prisoner to his fate . The court
, of ...
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الصفحة 200 - A pleasing land of drowsy-head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye ; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, For ever flushing round a summer sky...
الصفحة 192 - As loath to leave the helpless maid, When, fast as shaft can fly, Bloodshot his eyes, his nostrils spread, The loose rein dangling from his head. Housing and saddle bloody red, Lord Marmion's steed rushed by...
الصفحة 196 - Of the first year ! a beauty ripe as harvest ! Whose skin is whiter than a swan all over, Than silver, snow, or lilies! a soft lip, Would tempt you to eternity of kissing! And flesh that melteth in the touch to blood ! Bright as your gold, and lovely as your gold ! Volp.
الصفحة 144 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view; I knew him well, and every truant knew...
الصفحة 83 - Taint in poetry, is it ?" interposed his father. " No, no/' replied Sam. " Wery glad to hear it," said Mr. Weller. " Poetry's unnat'ral ; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin...
الصفحة 7 - I've often thought if I were asked Whose lot I envied most — What one, I thought most lightly tasked Of man's unnumber'd host — I'd say, I'd be a mountain boy, And drive a noble team, Wo, hoy ! Wo, hoy ! I'd cry, And lightly fly Into my saddle seat ; My rein I'd slack — My whip I'd crack — • What music is so sweet ? Six blacks I'd drive, of ample chest, All carrying high the head ; All...
الصفحة 115 - The floor of Heaven was thick inlaid With patines of bright gold ;"* A firmament beneath was made — A mimic Heaven unroll'd.
الصفحة 22 - Entertaining his friends with kindness, he was neither a prodigal nor a thrifty host. His first wife was Judith, daughter of John Armistead, Esq. ; his second, Betty, a descendant of the noble family of the Landons, by whom he had many children, on whose education he expended a considerable portion of his property.
الصفحة 40 - The tomb was railed round with green railing, and a sentinel walked round it night and day, to prevent approach within the railing. There was no inscription upon the tomb. The ground surrounding it, it was understood, was to be laid out as gardens, for the accommodation of those who came to visit the grave of the departed Emperor. The cemetery of Napoleon is a singular instance of adaptation to the character of the individual...
الصفحة 7 - This appeal was too cogent to be resisted ? Up jumped one of the justices, and protested that " it was not to be borne ; let the prisoner go : away with your British authorities !" The counsel for the accused rubbed his hands and winked at the attorney ; the attorney stood aghast ; his astonishment was too great for utterance, and the negress was halfway home, before he recovered from his amazement.