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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! "
Littell's Living Age - Page 380
1849
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Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1897 - 118 pages
...Roman Catholic Jesus (Luke i. 28). The devotion in the communities is recited morning, noon, and 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, 66 Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses!...
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School Reading by Grades: First [-eighth] Year, Books 6-7

James Baldwin - 1897 - 488 pages
...his cheeks as brown as the oak leaves. Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. 10 Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside, Black, yet hoAV softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses ! Sweet was her breath as the breath...
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The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from ..., Volume 15

Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 578 pages
...with snowflakes ; White as the snow were his locks, and his cheeks as brown as the oak leaves. Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers....her tresses ! Sweet was her breath as the breath of the kine that feed in the Flagons of home-brewed ale, ah ! fair in sooth was the maiden. Fairer was...
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The Vassarion

1898 - 266 pages
..."He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow." VOORHEES, GRACE L'AMOREAUX 134 North St., Auburn, NY "Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside." WARD, EDITH GILLETTE 1726 Hinman Ave., Evanston, 111. "Held her head high and cared for no one." WENTWORTH,...
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The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature ..., Volume 17

Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 432 pages
...with snowflakes ; White as the snow were his locks, and his cheeks as brown as the oak leaves. Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers....her tresses ! Sweet was her breath as the breath of the kine that feed in the meadows, When in the harvest heat she bore to the reapers at noontide Flagons...
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The Windsor Magazine, Volume 9

1899 - 770 pages
...observances, each doing her duty in the state of life in which God has placed her. This is Evangeline — Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers....softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresse -i î Sweet was her breath as the breath of kine that feed in the meadows. When in the harvest...
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Bulletin

1901 - 818 pages
...Bellefontaine, the wealthiest farmer of Grand-Pr6, Dwelt on his goodly acres. d Hearty and hale was he. e Sweet was her breath as the breath of kine that feed in the meadows, f Thus to the Gaspereau's mouth moved on that mournful procession. 13 Describe the departure of the...
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Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1900 - 184 pages
...with snow-flakes ; White as the snow were his locks, and his cheeks as brown as the oak-leaves. Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers....feed in the meadows. When in the harvest heat she bcre to the reapers at noontide Flagons of home-brewed ale, ah ! fair in sooth was the maiden. Fairer...
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An American Anthology, 1787-1900: Selections Illustrating the Editor's ...

Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1900 - 968 pages
...with snowtlakes; White as the snow were his locks, and hit cheeks as brown as the oak-leaves. Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers....they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses t Sweet was her breath as the breath of kine that feed in the meadows. When in the harvest heat she...
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Lessons in Language and Grammar, Book 2

Horace Sumner Tarbell, Martha Tarbell - 1900 - 360 pages
...with snowflakes, White as the snow were his locks, and his cheeks as brown as the oak-leaves. Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers....the berry that grows on the thorn by the way-side. — LONGFELLOW. II. Write the following sentences so as to emphasize the predicate adjective : —...
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