The Christmas tree [ed. by G.F. Pardon].George Frederick Pardon 1856 |
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... seen it on the tree a little while ago -where was it now ? I felt like a thief , but I did not say a word . Presently I knew that all the party , and especially the children , were looking strangely at me ; and then Uncle George came ...
... seen it on the tree a little while ago -where was it now ? I felt like a thief , but I did not say a word . Presently I knew that all the party , and especially the children , were looking strangely at me ; and then Uncle George came ...
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... seen , and told some pretty stories which he had read concerning them . Some of these stories , my dear little readers , I will tell to you . You have only to fancy that , instead of reading a book , you are sitting in a pleasant room ...
... seen , and told some pretty stories which he had read concerning them . Some of these stories , my dear little readers , I will tell to you . You have only to fancy that , instead of reading a book , you are sitting in a pleasant room ...
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... seen by the naked eye , and which are known as infusoria , from their being mostly found in water infused , or filled , with vegetable matter . Now , if you recol- lect these particulars , you will have less difficulty in under ...
... seen by the naked eye , and which are known as infusoria , from their being mostly found in water infused , or filled , with vegetable matter . Now , if you recol- lect these particulars , you will have less difficulty in under ...
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... seen the awkward creature go through his performances - allow itself to be fed by a child , pick up a pin with its trunk , move easily and even gracefully about without hurting any one - they were really very much pleased ; and at last ...
... seen the awkward creature go through his performances - allow itself to be fed by a child , pick up a pin with its trunk , move easily and even gracefully about without hurting any one - they were really very much pleased ; and at last ...
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... seen the timid deer come down to drink and bathe beneath the shade of the old elm as daringly as if no sportsman ... seen the insects dance and dis- port upon the surface of the quiet stream , as if in very joy of their brief summer life ...
... seen the timid deer come down to drink and bathe beneath the shade of the old elm as daringly as if no sportsman ... seen the insects dance and dis- port upon the surface of the quiet stream , as if in very joy of their brief summer life ...
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actress Alma amuse animals Aunt Harriett's battle beautiful bird Blanche Leslie bless Boa Constrictor bright Buffalo called Charley child Christmas Tree Constantinople Cousin Rosa Crystal Palace Cuckoo curls darling dart dear dream Eagle earth Elephant eyes Falconry father feet fishes flowers forest Frogs girl glass Grafton Green green Gulf of Finland hand head heart Hippopotamus houses Indian inhabitants kinds knew Lady Clara land leave light Lion Lionel Hunter little Cuckoo little Ida live looked Lord Raglan mother native never night ocean palaces Paris Pearl Petersburg poor pretty prey Ragged School reptiles river round Russians sand seen Shark ships soon soul South America story stream sweet Sword Fish tears tell thought thousand told Turkey Turks Uncle George voice walked watch weary Whale wild wings wounded young Zoological Gardens
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Página 144 - Leaf after leaf he turned it o'er, Nor ever glanced aside — For the peace of his soul he read that book In the golden eventide; Much study had made him very lean, And pale, and leaden-eyed.
Página 145 - He told how murderers walk the earth Beneath the curse of Cain, — With crimson clouds before their eyes, And flames about their brain • For blood has left upon their souls Its everlasting stain !
Página 147 - And now from forth the frowning sky, from the heaven's topmost height, I heard a voice — the awful voice of the blood-avenging sprite : ' Thou guilty man, take up thy dead, and hide it from my sight...
Página 143 - TWAS in the prime of summer time, An evening calm and cool, And four-and-twenty happy boys Came bounding out of school : There were some that ran and some that leapt, Like troutlets in a pool. Away they sped with gamesome minds, And souls untouched by sin; To a level mead they came, and there They drave the wickets in : Pleasantly shone the setting sun Over the town of Lynn. Like sportive deer they coursed about, And shouted as they ran, — Turning to mirth all things of earth, As only...
Página 146 - One that had never done me wrong, A feeble man and old ; I led him to a lonely field, The moon shone clear and cold : Now here, said I, this man shall die, And I will have his gold ! "Two sudden blows with ragged stick.
Página 88 - Such as gleam in ancient lore ; And the singing of the sailors, And the answer from the shore ! Most of all, the Spanish ballad Haunts me oft, and tarries long, Of the noble Count Arnaldos And the sailor's mystic song.
Página 149 - With breathless speed, like a soul in chase, I took him up and ran;— There was no time to dig a grave Before the day began: In a lonesome wood, with heaps of leaves, I hid the murdered man! "And all that day I read in school, But my thought was other where; As soon as the mid-day task was done, In secret I was there: And a mighty wind had swept the leaves, And still the corse was bare!
Página 149 - As soon as the mid-day task was done, In secret I was there : And a mighty wind had swept the leaves, And still the corse was bare ! " Then down I cast me on my face And first began to weep, For I knew my secret then was one That earth refused to keep : Or land or sea, though he should be Ten thousand fathoms deep.
Página 145 - The Usher took six hasty strides, As smit with sudden pain, — Six hasty strides beyond the place, Then slowly back again ; And down he sat beside the lad, And...
Página 118 - Who, when he saw the first sand or ashes, by a casual intenseness of heat, melted into a metalline form, rugged with excrescences, and clouded with impurities, would have imagined, that in this shapeless lump lay concealed so many...