author: nathaniel parker willis

Dashes at Life with a Free Pencil

... it . If I read Kenilworth now , I see Mike The neighborhood of the Spa of ... It gives a comfortable shelter to an old seneschal , who stands where the giant ... cloud- castle on the sky ; the bright blue plane of the western heavens ...

The New Mirror

... eye , Which wander'd now so wild and high . * The hour had waned ; the sunbeam fell Full on the palace pinnacle , The golden crescent on its spire Beam'd o'er a cross ! his eye shot fire ; That cross was o'er the crescent set , The day ...

The New Mirror

... my thoughts are turning Through mem'ry's vista , on the shadowed past , Whose ... heart - chords that they move , Trembling responsive . They move , each ... search of employment , build me those fifteen arches before May - day , and ...

Famous Persons and Famous Places

... distance to London is , I believe , 220 miles , and we did it in five hours - an acceleration of speed which is ... cars to each train , and at different prices . I chanced to light upon first class , and paid £ 5 for two places - my nurse ...

The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe: Arthur Gordon Pym. Miscellanies

Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis. HOW TO WRITE A BLACKWOOD ARTICLE . " In the name of the Prophet - figs !! " Cry of Turkish fig pedler , I PRESUME every body ... HOW TO WRITE A BLACKWOOD ARTICLE . HOW TO WRITE A BLACKWOOD Article,

The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe: Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym. Miscellanies

Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis. HOW TO WRITE A BLACKWOOD ARTICLE . " In the name of the Prophet - figs !! " Cry of Turkish fig - pedler . I PRESUME every body ... HOW TO WRITE A BLACKWOOD ARTICLE . HOW TO WRITE A BLACKWOOD ARTICLE,

Dashes at Life with a Free Pencil

... the proof - sheets of that glorious - GLORIOUS - say glorious ! " - 64 Brigadier . - Glorious . Committee . - Hood's " Midsummer Fairies " -the most delicious " Rococo " conceivable ? Yes ? Be off ! FROM the window in which I spin my ...

Dashes at Life with a Free Pencil

... it . If I read Kenilworth now , I see Mike tower . The neighborhood of the ... It gives a comfortable shelter to an old seneschal , who stands where the giant ... cloud- castle on the sky ; the bright blue plane of the western heavens ...

The Poems, Sacred, Passionate, and Humorous, of Nathaniel Parker Willis

... enchanted quill and pilgrim's sandal ; What of old Lardner , ( gracious ! how they flout him ! ) Without this broad- ( and Heavy- ) side of scandal ; What of Will Shakspeare had he kept a " Boz " Like Johnson - would be curious ...

The Dollar Magazine

... depraved - should such ever pnetrate so pastoral a recess - would fear to outrage . parishioners are few , the ... dawn ; and when the sun swells above the hori- zon , its slant rays fall on the turfy graves and carved monuments , invest- ing ...

The Prose Works of N.P. Willis

... gate , and told us very gravely that the evil eye was upon him . He had ... ruins of the ancient Terynthus , the city of Hercules . The walls , built of the largest ends . It would puzzle ... high cheek - bones , are the || most marked features ...

The Complete Works of N.P. Willis

... gate , and told us very gravely that the evil eye was upon him . He had ... ruins of the ancient Terynthus , inner room was thrown open . His majesty ... puzzle modern mechanics to carry canopy of velvet ) , and with a low bow to each of ...

Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe

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Pencillings by the Way: Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in France, Italy, Greece, Asia Minor, Turkey and England

... ruins of the ancient Terynthus , the city of Hercules . The walls , built of the largest ends . It would puzzle ... gate , and told us very Presented , with the commodore , to King Otho ... high cheek - bones , are the most marked features of ...

The Dollar Magazine

... chord was touched which vibrated through her heart , and she could no longer restrain her tears . Ed- mund besought her , with the utmost tenderness of manner , not to give way to emotions so violent ; but she only locked his hand more ...

Out-Doors at Idlewild; or, The Shaping of a Home on the Banks of the Hudson

... odforce, which I hope to have in readiness for distribution by the middle of November. If you wish, I will send you a bundle of them for distribution among your friends. 'I take the liberty to send you two more wands. They are set as to ...

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