 | William Franklin Webster - 1912 - 368 pages
...figurative language is often called metaphorical. The cataracts blow their trumpets from the steep. Hearty and hale was he, an oak that is covered with snow-flakes. Life is not an idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom. And heated hot with burning fears, And dipt... | |
 | Mary E. Doyle - 1913 - 240 pages
...village, and nearer the Basin of Minas, Benedict Bellefontaine, the wealthiest farmer of Grande-Pre", Dwelt on his goodly acres ; and with him, directing...snow were his locks, and his cheeks as brown as the oak leaves. Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as the berry... | |
 | Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.) - 1913 - 770 pages
...What was, shall live as before; The evil is null, is nought, is silence implying sound. (h) Stalwart and stately in form was the man of seventy winters;...as brown as the oak-leaves, 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,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1914 - 52 pages
...wealthiest farmer of Grand-Pre, Dwelt on his goodly acres ; and with him, directing his household, eo Gentle Evangeline lived, his child, and the pride...as brown as the oak-leaves. Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers ; 65 Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the... | |
 | Howard Roscoe Driggs - 1914 - 464 pages
...little brook heard it and built a roof. 5. One had a large head, broad face, and small, piggish eyes. 6. Hearty and hale was he, an oak that is covered with snowflakes. 7. He shut his book, rose from the table, and entered the dining room. 9. Men groaned and clasped their... | |
 | 1915 - 316 pages
...directing his household, 60 Gentle Evangeline lived, his child, and the pride of the village. Stalwart and stately in form was the man of seventy winters,...snow were his locks, and his cheeks as brown as the oak leaves. Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. 65 Black were her eyes as the... | |
 | Mary Edwards Calhoun, Emma Leonora MacAlarney - 1915 - 670 pages
...day and the hearts of the owners ; There the richest was poor, and the poorest lived in abundance. Hearty and hale was he, an oak that is covered with...as brown as the oak-leaves. Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers ; Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the... | |
 | 1918 - 438 pages
...but reflecting an image of heaven? Hearty and hale was he, an oak that is covered with snoivflakes; White as the snow were his locks, and his cheeks as brown as the oak-leaves. Silently one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots... | |
 | Harry Lyman Koopman - 1919 - 648 pages
...day and the hearts of the owners ; There the richest was poor, and the poorest lived in abundance. Gentle Evangeline lived, his child, and the pride...as brown as the oak-leaves. 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,... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1920 - 668 pages
...village, and nearer the Basin of Minas, 1s Benedict Bellefontaine, the wealthiest farmer of Grand-Pre, Dwelt on his goodly acres; and with him, directing...Evangeline lived, his child, and the pride of the village. Stalwart and stately in form was the man of seventy winters; Hearty and hale was he, an oak that is... | |
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Hearty and hale was he, an oak that is covered with snow-flakes; White as the snow were his locks, and his cheeks as brown as the oak-leaves. 
