 | David Starr Jordan - 1906 - 80 ページ
...Had writ of Little Nell. Perhaps 'twas boyish fancy, for the reader Was youngest of them all, Tet, as he read, from clustering pine and cedar A silence seemed to fall. Thejir trees gathering closer in the shadows Listened in every spray, While the whole camp with little... | |
 | 1907 - 668 ページ
...hands of listless leisure To hear the tale anew. And then, while round them shadows gathered 'aster. And as the firelight fell. He read aloud the book...clustering pine and cedar A silence seemed to fall; The pine-trees, gathering closer in the shadows. Listened in every spray. While the whole camp, with Nell... | |
 | George Henry Nettleton - 1901 - 270 ページ
...Bret Harte pictures the Californian miners dropping their cards to gather round the fire while one " Read aloud the book wherein the Master Had writ of ' Little Nell.' " When he defended himself against his " alleged tendency to confuse recognized standards of morality... | |
 | Sir Frank Thomas Marzials - 1908 - 600 ページ
...cards were dropped from hands of listjess leisure To hear the tale anew; * Francis Ijret Harte, — ED. And then, while round them shadows gathered faster,...clustering pine and cedar A silence seemed to fall; The nr~trees, gathering closer in the shadows, Listened in every spray, While the whole camp, with "Nell,"... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1908 - 684 ページ
...hoarded volume drew, And cards were dropped from hands of listless leisure To hear the tale anew ; And then, while round them shadows gathered faster,...fancy — for the reader Was youngest of them all, — The death of Little Nell had also a painful effect on Macready, as the following extracts from... | |
 | Clark Ezra Carr - 1908 - 592 ページ
...A hoarded volume drew, And cards were dropped from hands of listless leisure To hear the tale anew. And then, while round them shadows gathered faster,...wherein the master Had writ of "Little Nell." Perhaps 't was boyish fancy, for the reader Was youngest of them all ; But as he read, from clustering pine... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1909 - 400 ページ
...A hoarded volume drew, And cards were dropped from hands of listless leisure To hear the tale anew. And then, while round them shadows gathered faster,...— But, as he read, from clustering pine and cedar The fir-trees, gathering closer In the shadows, Listened in. every spray, While the whole camp, with... | |
 | 1912 - 748 ページ
...A hoarded volume drew; And cards were dropped from hands of listless leisure To hear the tale anew. "And then, while round them shadows gathered faster...clustering pine and cedar A silence seemed to fall. ''The fir trees, gathering closer in their shadows, Listened in every spray; While the whole camp with Nell... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1912 - 136 ページ
...hoarded volume drew, 10 And cards were dropped from hands of listless leisure To hear the tale anew. And then, while round them shadows gathered faster,...firelight fell, He read aloud the book wherein the Master 15 Had writ of " Little Nell." Perhaps 't was boyish fancy, — for the reader Was youngest of them... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1912 - 128 ページ
...hoarded volume drew, JQ And cards were dropped from hands of listless leisure To hear the tale anew. And then, while round them shadows gathered faster,...firelight fell, He read aloud the book wherein the Master 15 Perhaps 7t was boyish fancy, — for the reader Was youngest of them all, — But, as he read, from... | |
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... painted The ruddy tints of health On haggard face and form that drooped and fainted In the fierce race for wealth; Till one arose, and from his pack's scant treasure A hoarded volume drew, And cards were dropped from hands of listless leisure To hear... 
