The Writings of Mark Twain, Volume 22American Publishing Company, 1900 - Christian Science |
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Page 125 - Well, I'm only a stranger here, and I ain't got no frog; but if I had a frog I'd bet you." And then Smiley says, "That's all right — that's all right — if you'll hold my box a minute I'll go and get you a frog.
Page 275 - ... planet with sound and splendor, then faded to dream-stuff and passed away; the Greek and the Roman followed, and made a vast noise, and they are gone; other peoples have sprung up and held their torch high for a time, but it burned out, and they sit in twilight now, or have vanished. The Jew saw them all, beat them all, and is now what he always was, exhibiting no decadence, no infirmities of age, no weakening of his parts, no slowing of his energies, no dulling of his alert and aggressive mind....
Page 60 - ... midnight possess their own repose, For the weary winds are silent, or the moon is in the deep : Some respite to its turbulence unresting ocean , knows; Whatever moves, or toils, or grieves, hath its appointed sleep. Thou in the grave shalt rest...
Page 125 - I don't see no p'ints about that frog that's any better'n any other frog." "Maybe you don't," Smiley says. "Maybe you understand frogs and maybe you don't understand 'em; maybe you've had experience, and maybe you ain't only a amature, as it were. Anyways, I've got my opinion, and I'll resk forty dollars that he can outjump any frog in Calaveras County.
Page 80 - They require that when the personages of a tale deal in conversation, the talk shall sound like human talk, and be talk such as human beings would be likely to talk in the given circumstances, and have a discoverable meaning, also a discoverable purpose, and a show of relevancy, and remain in the neighborhood of the subject in hand, and be interesting to the reader, and help out the tale, and stop when the people cannot think of anything more to say.
Page 93 - She's in the forest— hanging from the boughs of the trees, in a soft rain— in the dew on the open grass— the clouds that float about in the blue heavens— the birds that sing in the woods— the sweet springs where I slake my thirst— and in all the other glorious gifts that come from God's Providence!
Page 26 - Which this lone spirit travelled, . . . wilt thou not turn Those spirit-beaming eyes and look on me, Until I be assured that Earth is Heaven And Heaven is Earth? Harriet! let death all mortal ties dissolve, But ours shall not be mortal.
Page 60 - Away!' Tempt not with one last tear thy friend's ungentle mood : Thy lover's eye, so glazed and cold, dares not entreat thy stay: Duty and dereliction guide thee back to solitude.
Page 39 - Eliza is still with us — not here ! — but will be with me when the infinite malice of destiny forces me to depart." Eliza is she who blocked that game — the game in London — the one where we were purposing to dine every night with one of the " three charming ladies " who fed tea and manna and late hours to Hogg at Bracknell. Shelley could send Eliza away, of course; could have cleared her out long ago if so minded, just as he had previously done with a predecessor of hers whom he had first...
Page 78 - The Pathfinder and The Deerslayer stand at the head of Cooper's novels as artistic creations. There are others of his works which contain parts as perfect as are to be found in these, and scenes even more thrilling. Not one can be compared with either of them as a finished whole. The defects in both of these tales are comparatively slight. They were pure works of art. — Prof. Lounsbury. The five tales reveal an extraordinary fullness of invention. . . . One of the very greatest characters in fiction,...