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... bird sang to it ? 14. Why is the waterfall said to have had at one season little voice or none ? 15. At what season would that be ? 16. What probably became of the rose ? Hay - Making . [ The following lines , by Joanna Baillie ...
... bird sang to it ? 14. Why is the waterfall said to have had at one season little voice or none ? 15. At what season would that be ? 16. What probably became of the rose ? Hay - Making . [ The following lines , by Joanna Baillie ...
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... ex - tinct ' , no longer found in . free , at THIS magnificent bird is spread over a large por- tion of the world , being found in the British Islands , and in various parts of Europe , Asia. FIFTH READER , 15 THE GOLDEN EAGLE,
... ex - tinct ' , no longer found in . free , at THIS magnificent bird is spread over a large por- tion of the world , being found in the British Islands , and in various parts of Europe , Asia. FIFTH READER , 15 THE GOLDEN EAGLE,
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... bird in point of size , for a full - grown female measures about three feet six inches in length , and the expanse of her wings is about nine feet . The male is less by about six inches . In England the golden eagle has long been ...
... bird in point of size , for a full - grown female measures about three feet six inches in length , and the expanse of her wings is about nine feet . The male is less by about six inches . In England the golden eagle has long been ...
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... bird sleeping after a surfeit on a dead sheep , conceived the idea of taking him alive ; and for that purpose approached the bird noiselessly , and clasped him in his arms . The eagle recover- ing , and unable to use his wings ...
... bird sleeping after a surfeit on a dead sheep , conceived the idea of taking him alive ; and for that purpose approached the bird noiselessly , and clasped him in his arms . The eagle recover- ing , and unable to use his wings ...
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... bird ; but the talons were yet too firmly clutched to open . Taking out his knife , he severed the leg from the body , and walked with the pene- trating member to the village dispensary to have it removed . A golden eagle had been ...
... bird ; but the talons were yet too firmly clutched to open . Taking out his knife , he severed the leg from the body , and walked with the pene- trating member to the village dispensary to have it removed . A golden eagle had been ...
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The revised series. First (-Sixth) reader, ed. by T. Morrison Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) Vista completa - 1884 |
The revised series. First (-Sixth) reader, ed. by T. Morrison Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) Vista completa - 1884 |
The revised series. First (-Sixth) reader, ed. by T. Morrison Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) Vista completa - 1884 |
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Página 103 - O Mary! dear departed shade! Where is thy place of blissful rest? See'st thou thy lover lowly laid? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast?
Página 204 - Tis because resentment ties All the terrors of our tongues. " Rome shall perish ! — write that word In the blood that she has spilt ! Perish, hopeless and abhorred, Deep in ruin as in guilt.
Página 25 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning.
Página 123 - And my poor fool is hang'd! No, no, no life! Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never! Pray you undo this button. Thank you, sir. Do you see this? Look on her! look! her lips! Look there, look there!
Página 147 - All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
Página 166 - Work — work — work ! In the dull December light, And work — work — work! When the weather is warm and bright — While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs And twit me with the Spring.
Página 237 - It is the hour when lovers' vows Seem sweet in every whisper'd word ; And gentle winds, and waters near, Make music to the lonely ear. Each flower the dews have lightly wet, And in the sky the stars are met, And on the wave is deeper blue, And on the leaf a browner hue, And in the heaven that clear obscure, So softly dark, and darkly pure...
Página 146 - the breakers roar? For methinks we should be near the shore.' 'Now where we are I cannot tell, But I wish I could hear the Inchcape Bell.
Página 165 - But why do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ; Oh, God! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap...
Página 87 - Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...