A Bagatelle by the Studenst of Columbia CollegeNot by the faculty, 1855 - 47 pages |
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... deep thought , and also in a magnificent black silk dressing - gown which his illustrious predecessor was wont to wear in affairs of State . His hair is dishevelled , and when , at length , he raises his head , marks of extreme ...
... deep thought , and also in a magnificent black silk dressing - gown which his illustrious predecessor was wont to wear in affairs of State . His hair is dishevelled , and when , at length , he raises his head , marks of extreme ...
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... deep To fit us for the kingly rank of Prex . [ Drinks . [ The roll of the - door - bell is heard in the distance . The KING starts and drops the goblet . So scon ! so soon ! Enter MAC - CHIAVELLI and ANTONY TAURUS . Time flies apace ...
... deep To fit us for the kingly rank of Prex . [ Drinks . [ The roll of the - door - bell is heard in the distance . The KING starts and drops the goblet . So scon ! so soon ! Enter MAC - CHIAVELLI and ANTONY TAURUS . Time flies apace ...
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Columbiana. Dig deep within your bosoms then , And draw from thence supplies of plans ; - Ransack the store - house of your brains , And use their contents to your will ! Let not a single thought run by , But seize it by its tiny wing ...
Columbiana. Dig deep within your bosoms then , And draw from thence supplies of plans ; - Ransack the store - house of your brains , And use their contents to your will ! Let not a single thought run by , But seize it by its tiny wing ...
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Columbiana. haired Hobby - horse . He was a man of deep and inquiring mind , accustomed to analytical investigations of the most abstruse nature , We were sitting together one evening by the fireside , discussing deep and mighty subjects ...
Columbiana. haired Hobby - horse . He was a man of deep and inquiring mind , accustomed to analytical investigations of the most abstruse nature , We were sitting together one evening by the fireside , discussing deep and mighty subjects ...
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... deep subterranean vault ) . Gentlemen ! do you remember where you are ? Stephen ! you will report all those gentle- men who do not proceed immediately to my lecture - room . [ JAMES , the Abderite , disappears . Seniors all rush after ...
... deep subterranean vault ) . Gentlemen ! do you remember where you are ? Stephen ! you will report all those gentle- men who do not proceed immediately to my lecture - room . [ JAMES , the Abderite , disappears . Seniors all rush after ...
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Abderite Abderite's Alma alumni Answered Jimmy BAGATELLE beautiful beneath Broadway Bull Cabinet rise chair Codfish COLUMBIA COLLEGE Comedy dark Dark Ages diddled doth Drackett E'en extemporaneous Extracts from Comet eyes fifes floor Freshman friend of yore gentlemen gingerbread Greek haired Hobby-horse hands head hear heard hearers heart Henry human illustrious ipsorum manorum James Jim or devil keep our throne King learned Leave the room lecture lecture-room libations lofty lost classic lore MAC-CHIAVELLI PARVUS magnificent merely cried mighty mind mortal Nevermore night nose o'er old green door ominous friend organ-grinder passis penult phasis Play Prex Prof quaff Quoth poor Jimmy regal rush SCENE Scrubbs seat Seniors Shaddle Shaddle's shades Sickathisstomach Sir Johannes Camel Smallhead soft pine bench sophomore spectators Squirm STEPHEN is seen suddenly tapping Taurus tea-bell rings thee thou thought tion truly I implore UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN unto weak wish no reply wont words
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Page 36 - Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before; But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token, And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, 'Lenore!
Page 38 - Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted— On this home by Horror haunted— tell me truly, I implore— Is there— is there balm in Gilead?— tell me— tell me, I implore!
Page 18 - I pray you, speak not ; he grows worse and worse; Question enrages him : at once, good night : — Stand not upon the order of your going, But go at once.
Page 35 - 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.
Page 36 - Tis the wind and nothing more!" Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore; Not the least obeisance made he; not an instant...
Page 6 - a the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.