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Page vii
... Cold - water Man , 8. Ocean , 9. Fate of the " Royal George , " 10. The Sound of the Sea ,. 11. Loss of the " Arctic , " 12. Home , 13. Press On ! 14. Rhyme of the Rail , 15. The Hour of Death , 16. Death of Oriska , • 17. Lord Ullin's ...
... Cold - water Man , 8. Ocean , 9. Fate of the " Royal George , " 10. The Sound of the Sea ,. 11. Loss of the " Arctic , " 12. Home , 13. Press On ! 14. Rhyme of the Rail , 15. The Hour of Death , 16. Death of Oriska , • 17. Lord Ullin's ...
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... Cold - water Man , The Mysterious Visitor , The September Gale , The Bachelors ' Sale , A Frenchman's Receipt for Ratsbane , A Poet's Miseries , Epitaph on the King of the Sandwich Islands , • PAGE Hood , 106 J. G. Saxe , 71 • J ...
... Cold - water Man , The Mysterious Visitor , The September Gale , The Bachelors ' Sale , A Frenchman's Receipt for Ratsbane , A Poet's Miseries , Epitaph on the King of the Sandwich Islands , • PAGE Hood , 106 J. G. Saxe , 71 • J ...
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... cold and sluggish temperament and inexpressive habit . Con- templative and reflective thought , and profound abstraction , or any other state of mere intellectual activity , do not incline to outward expression by bodily action ; as ...
... cold and sluggish temperament and inexpressive habit . Con- templative and reflective thought , and profound abstraction , or any other state of mere intellectual activity , do not incline to outward expression by bodily action ; as ...
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... cold ; - Unreal mockery , hence ! " Hence ! horrible shadow , An upward sweep of gesture sometimes takes place in aston- ishment , or in an arousing call , or summons . Thus , B. h . v.— H. o . " Awake ! B. h . v . A. e . - Arise ! or ...
... cold ; - Unreal mockery , hence ! " Hence ! horrible shadow , An upward sweep of gesture sometimes takes place in aston- ishment , or in an arousing call , or summons . Thus , B. h . v.— H. o . " Awake ! B. h . v . A. e . - Arise ! or ...
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... cold and gray , Lifeless , but beautiful he lay ; And from the sky , serene and far , A voice fell , like a falling star , Excelsior ! Ex . IV . - LOOK ALOFT . J. LAWRENCE , JR . In the tempest of life , when the wave and the gale Are ...
... cold and gray , Lifeless , but beautiful he lay ; And from the sky , serene and far , A voice fell , like a falling star , Excelsior ! Ex . IV . - LOOK ALOFT . J. LAWRENCE , JR . In the tempest of life , when the wave and the gale Are ...
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