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" Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside, Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses! "
Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie - Page 5
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1854 - 102 pages
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The Southern literary messenger, Volume 14

1848 - 780 pages
..."Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers, Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the way-side, Black, yet how softly...brown shade of her tresses ! Sweet was her breath a» the breath of tine that feed in the meadows." Oh, Mr. Longfellow ! was ever maiden of Acadie so...
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The New Englander, Volume 6

1848 - 628 pages
...leaves. That maiden of seventeen summers was fair to behold ; her eyes were black as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside ; black, yet how softly...they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses. Her breath was sweet as the breath of kine that feed in the meadows. Now, it is almost impossible to...
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The Metropolitan, Volume 52

1848 - 476 pages
...behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Elack were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn t>7 "^ way-side, Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath...her breath as the breath of kine that feed in the "When in the harvest heat she bore to the reapers at noontide Flagons of home-brewed ale, ah! fair...
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New Englander and Yale Review, Volume 6

Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1848 - 628 pages
...leaves. That maiden of seventeen summers was fair to behold ; her eyes were black as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside ; black, yet how softly...they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses. Her breath was sweet as the breath of kine that feed in the meadows. Now, it is almost impossible to...
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The American Whig Review, Volume 1; Volume 7

1848 - 722 pages
...able to lift themselves up to the height of his greatness. The comparison in the extract quoted — " Sweet was her breath as the breath of kine that feed in the meadows," is neither suggested nor suggestive, neither natural nor well chosen, but forced, unapt -and not new....
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The American Whig Review, Volume 1; Volume 7

1848 - 734 pages
...able to lift themselves up to the height of his greatness. The comparison in the extract quoted — " Sweet was her breath as the breath of kine that feed in the meadows," is neither suggested nor suggestive, neither natural nor well chosen, but forced, unapt and not new....
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The Benares Magazine, Volume 3

1850 - 560 pages
...Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the way-side, Black, yet how softly...they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses 1 Sweet was her breath as the breath of the kine that feed in the meadows. When in the harvest heat...
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The North British review

1852 - 620 pages
...maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by tho way side ; Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown...ah ! fair, in sooth, was the maiden. Fairer was she on Sunday morn, while the bell from its turret Sprinkled with holy sounds the air, as the priest with...
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Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 27

John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1852 - 610 pages
...maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the way side ; 5UPI F V RR X ) $Z Bg 'w h{ U 6 dJl _ $ = > 1eؤ u... 3E5 v$$թ'7 kw TG N -jdM/gN O3 Ypd /J tᄐ(n Ks|) on Sunday mom, while the bell from its turret Sprinkled with holy sounds the air, as the priest with...
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Handbuch der nordamericanischen National-Literatur: Sammlung von ...

Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 pages
...Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes äs the berry that grows on the thorn by the way-side, Black, yet how softly they gleamed bcnesth the brown shade of her tresses! Sweet was her breath äs the breath of kine that feed in the...
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