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But of what befell him I shall now sing to thee, lest thou grow weary of my prose: All silent Black Earl Roderick Went to his room away, Full angry, with his throbbing heart And fitful fancy's play. He sat him by the bright hearth-side, And turned towards the door; And there upon the threshold stood His lady, weeping sore.
I, who have for a hearth-side only the fire of an honest pipe 'Way there, my lad! pull us in and forget what a loose tongue and a soft summer night have given thee to hear from a silly old German who is grown weak of head and sore at soul. How the lights twinkle!" Had I felt any doubt at all of the truth of his narration I should have ceased to do so when for the next few days I watched Mr.
It is true, we are but faint-hearted crusaders, even the walkers, nowadays, who undertake no persevering, never-ending enterprises. Our expeditions are but tours, and come round again at evening to the old hearth-side from which we set out. Half the walk is but retracing our steps.
She picked up puss in a round, comfortable ball, and carried her back to the hearth-side chair; there she stroked her until her touchy ladyship had settled down again to purring content. Then Amelia, still smiling, and with an absent look, as if her mind wandered through lovely possibilities of a sort which can never be undone, drew forth the spinning-wheel, and fitted a roll to the spindle.
Hurrah! there's father at the window, side of Aunt Louisa. Won't he be pleased I met you halfway and brought you home!" Oh! it was beautiful, the autumn twilight, the smoke of her own hearth-side rising through the brick chimneys! She thought she had left the way of peace behind her, but no, the way of peace was here, where her duty was, and her husband and children.
Her father's voice, rising from the hearth-side, brought her to action. "Wal! wal!" he was saying, "don' keep th' door open all night." With a defiant step forward, and as if to bar intrusion, she spread out her arms. "You're here," she said in a low tone.
A bright fire and a singing coffee-pail welcomed the three as the door swung wide, and the section-boss, who was urging Marylyn to "rustle some grub," turned with a testy word. But he fell silent when he saw Lounsbury, and edged into the dusky shelter of the hearth-side. The storekeeper nodded to him, shook hands absently with the younger girl, and took a bench.
Let them find it, as in Jamaica, in a plot of ground, their seed and tools, their hearth-side and marriage, their freedom, and the shelter of a country which wants to use the products of their hands.
"Now we come to the last affair the salaries and pensions of the French actors," said the king; "but first tell me the news in Berlin what report has trumpeted forth in the last few days." "Your majesty, the latest news in Berlin, which rumor brings home to every hearth-side and every heart is, that your majesty has declared war with Austria on account of the Bavarian succession.
For every walk is a sort of crusade, preached by some Peter the Hermit in us, to go forth and reconquer this Holy Land from the hands of the Infidels. It is true, we are but faint-hearted crusaders, even the walkers, nowadays, who undertake no persevering, never-ending enterprises. Our expeditions are but tours, and come round again at evening to the old hearth-side from which we set out.
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