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" Whose beard descending swept his aged breast; The ruined spendthrift, now no longer proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed; The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away, Wept o'er his wounds, or... "
The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland - Page 381
by Abraham Mills - 1851
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Third Book for Reading and Spelling

Samuel Worcester - 1849 - 298 pages
...guest, Whose beard descending swept his aged breast ; The ruined spendthrift, now no longer proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed...talked the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or, lales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch and showed how fields were won. 4. Pleased with his guests,...
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Works, Volume 7

Washington Irving - 1849 - 1154 pages
...; The ruin'd spendthrift, now no longer proud, Claim'd kindred there, and had his claims allow'd ; The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his...away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned...
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Exercises in Rhetorical Reading: With a Series of Introductory Lessons ...

Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 466 pages
...guest, 10 Whose beard, descending, swept his aged breast ; The ruined spendthrift, now no longer proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed....stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away, 15 Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were...
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The Massachusetts Teacher: A Journal of School and Home Education, Volumes 25-26

1872 - 826 pages
...[Janhelp thinking that the interest and mental activity awakened by the stories of the old soldier, who " Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won," were, at least, of equal educational value. We think a teacher who will read or tell one good story...
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Beauties of the British Poets ...

George Croly - 1850 - 442 pages
...aged breast ; The ruined spendthrift, now no longer proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claim allowed The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat...Shouldered his crutch, and s'howed how fields were v.'on. Pleased with his guest, the good man learned to glow. And quite forgot their vices in their...
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Orations and Speeches on Various Occasions, Volume 3

Edward Everett - 1859 - 872 pages
...now no longer proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claim allowed. The broken soldier, kindly bid to stay, Sat by his fire and talked the night away,...done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields are won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their errors in their...
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Cyclopedia of English Literature: a Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 pages
...his guest, Whose beard descending swept his aged breast ; The ruined spendthrift now no longer proud, evening gilds the tide, How close and small the hedges lie 1 wo ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve...
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Poems for Young People

William Chambers - 1851 - 200 pages
...Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed; The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by the fire, and talked the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds,...learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their wo ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave, ere charity began. Thus to relieve...
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Works, Volume 11

Washington Irving - 1851 - 400 pages
...the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder" d his crutch, and show'd how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the...vices in their woe ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began." The family of the worthy pastor consisted of five...
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The Works of Washington Irving: Oliver Goldsmith

Washington Irving - 1851 - 402 pages
...talk'd the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder"d his crutch, and show'd how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the...vices in their woe ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began." / The family of the worthy pastor consisted of five...
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