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“Land of Albania! let me bend mine eyes On thee; thou rugged nurse of savage men!” —Childe Harold The heavens were still studded with stars, when Hawkeye came to arouse the sleepers. Casti…
“If you find a man there, he shall die a flea's death.” —Merry Wives of Windsor. The party had landed on the border of a region that is, even to this day, less known to the inhabitants of …
“Bot.—Abibl we all met? Qui.—Pat—pat; and here's a marvelous convenient place for our rehearsal.” —Midsummer Night's Dream The reader may better imagine, than we describe th…
“But though the beast of game The privilege of chase may claim; Though space and law the stag we lend Ere hound we slip, or bow we bend; Whoever recked, where, how, or when The pr…
“Thus spoke the sage: the kings without d elay Dissolve the council, and their chief obey.” —Pope's Iliad A single moment served to convince the youth that he was mistaken. A hand was…
“Snug.—Have you the lion's part written? Pray you, if it be, give it to me, f or I am slow of study. Quince.—You may do it extempore, for it is nothing but roaring.” —Mids…
“Bot.—Let me play the lion too.” —Midsummer Night's Dream Notwithstanding the high resolution of Hawkeye he fully comprehended all the difficulties and danger he was about to incur. In his…
“Ant. I shall remember: When C'sar says Do this, it is performed.” —Julius Caesar The impatience of the savages who lingered about the prison of Uncas, as has been seen, had overcome th…
“Brief, I pray f or you; for you see, 'tis a busy time with me.” —Much Ado About Nothing. The tribe, or rather half tribe, of Delawares, which has been so often mentioned, and whose presen…
“The assembly seated, rising o'er the rest, Achilles thus the king of men addressed.” —Pope's Illiad Cora stood foremost among the prisoners, entwining her arms in those of Alice…
