John Greenleaf Whittier

6 books on BookJumpr, mentioned 8 times in other books.

Books by John Greenleaf Whittier

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm on Barbara Frietchie: “No one guessed the quiet pleasure that lay hidden in her heart when she watched the girl's dark head bent over her lessons at night, nor dreamed of her joy it, certain quiet evenings when Miranda went to prayer meeting; evenings when Rebecca would read aloud Hiawatha or Barbara Frietchie, The Bugle Song, or The Brook.”
The Story of My Life on In School Days: “He had a book of his poems in raised print from which I read "In School Days."”
The Story of My Life on Laus Deo: “I also recited "Laus Deo," and as I spoke the concluding verses, he placed in my hands a statue of a slave”
The Story of My Life on My Playmate: “Yesterday I read "In School Days" and "My Playmate," and I enjoyed them greatly.”
Captains Courageous on Skipper Ireson's Ride: “Then they called on Harvey, who felt very flattered, to contribute to the entertainment; but all that he could remember were some pieces of "Skipper Ireson's Ride" that he had been taught at the camp-school in the Adirondacks.”
The Octopus on Snow-Bound: “Can recite the whole of 'Snow Bound' without ever stopping.”
John Barleycorn on Snow-Bound: “They knew all about "Snow Bound" and "Sartor Resartus"; but the American editors of 1899 did not want such truck.”
The Job on Snow-Bound: “an argument as to whether Longfellow or Whittier was the better poet, by parroting the whole of "Snow Bound"”