The Battersea series of standard reading books for boys, Libro 31879 |
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Página 118
... KING OF THE HOOPOES . genii obedient rebellious memorial delicately obeisance merops Issachar sufficient emerald councillor shekel sovereign diamond ostrich cabalistic subservient veracious destiny unfrequented In the days of King Solomon ...
... KING OF THE HOOPOES . genii obedient rebellious memorial delicately obeisance merops Issachar sufficient emerald councillor shekel sovereign diamond ostrich cabalistic subservient veracious destiny unfrequented In the days of King Solomon ...
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... of the royal throne , and of those ministers whose duty it was to attend upon the person of the sovereign . Four genii of the air then took the four corners of the carpet , and carried it with its contents wherever King Solomon desired .
... of the royal throne , and of those ministers whose duty it was to attend upon the person of the sovereign . Four genii of the air then took the four corners of the carpet , and carried it with its contents wherever King Solomon desired .
Página 120
... of the king , they sheltered him from the rays of the sun . When the journey was over , and King Solomon sat upon his golden throne , in his palace of ivory , whereof the doors were emerald , and the windows of diamonds , larger even ...
... of the king , they sheltered him from the rays of the sun . When the journey was over , and King Solomon sat upon his golden throne , in his palace of ivory , whereof the doors were emerald , and the windows of diamonds , larger even ...
Página 121
... of the sun , but they could not agree together . Then the queen took the king of the hoopoes apart , and said to him , " My dear lord and husband , listen to my words ; and , as we have pre- served the head of King Solomon , let us ask for ...
... of the sun , but they could not agree together . Then the queen took the king of the hoopoes apart , and said to him , " My dear lord and husband , listen to my words ; and , as we have pre- served the head of King Solomon , let us ask for ...
Página 122
... Solomon replied , " Crowns of gold shall ye have ; but , behold , thou art a foolish bird . And when the evil days shall come upon thee , and thou seest the folly of thy heart , return hither to me , and I will give thee help . " So the ...
... Solomon replied , " Crowns of gold shall ye have ; but , behold , thou art a foolish bird . And when the evil days shall come upon thee , and thou seest the folly of thy heart , return hither to me , and I will give thee help . " So the ...
Términos y frases comunes
African elephant animal baby Bandy bear beetle began Bingen birds boat brave breast BROWN BEAR cage Caldon-Low captain child cried crowns dark dead dear mother EDITOR elephant escape eyes farthing father fear feet fell flower forest friends gave green green woodpecker grew hand head hear heard heart hippopotamus hoopoes horse hunters hyæna inclosure Issachar jailer kind King Solomon laugh legs LESSON LITTLE PEDLAR live MARY HOWITT master mind mole mole-catcher morning neck nest never night oak-tree once peas poor prayer R. M. BALLANTYNE Rhine round rowlocks saved seized shillings ship side snow soldier Somebody's sometimes soon stood tail tears tell thing thought tiger took tray tree trunk turned watching white shark wind window wings wolves wood wounded young
Pasajes populares
Página 165 - Last night, the moon had a golden ring, And to-night no moon we see!" The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he.
Página 151 - I never more shall see my own, my native land : Take a message, and a token to some distant friends of mine; For I was born at...
Página 167 - But the father answered never a word, A frozen corpse was he. Lashed to the helm, all stiff and stark, With his face turned to the skies, The lantern gleamed through the gleaming snow On his fixed and glassy eyes. Then the maiden clasped her hands and prayed That saved she might be ; And she thought of Christ, who stilled the wave, On the Lake of Galilee.
Página 165 - Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds, That ope in the month of May.
Página 94 - THE GRAVES OF A HOUSEHOLD THEY grew in beauty side by side, They filled one home with glee ; Their graves are severed, far and wide, By mount, and stream, and sea.
Página 82 - I've spun a piece of hempen cloth, And I want to spin another — A little sheet for Mary's bed And an apron for her mother.
Página 159 - Matted and damp are the curls of gold, Kissing the snow of that fair young brow ; Pale are the lips of delicate mould — Somebody's darling is dying now. Back from his beautiful blue-veined brow Brush all the wandering waves of gold: Cross his hands on his bosom now, Somebody's darling is still and cold.
Página 166 - Come hither! come hither! my little daughter, And do not tremble so ; For I can weather the roughest gale That ever wind did blow.
Página 153 - I saw the blue Rhine sweep along— I heard, or seemed to hear, The German songs we used to sing, in chorus sweet and clear; And down the pleasant river, and up the slanting hill...
Página 153 - His voice grew faint and hoarser, — his grasp was childish weak, — His eyes put on a dying look — he sighed and ceased to speak : His comrade bent to lift him, but the spark of life had fled, — The soldier of the Legion, in a foreign land...