Relfe brothers' model reading-books, in prose and verse, ed., with notes and intr. by R.F. Charles, Volumen5Richard Fletcher Charles 1882 |
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Página 11
... dancing was over , the whole party formed a great circle on the ground , and the boiled rice and sugar was distributed , to the delight of all , C. Darwin . III . THE FORSAKEN MERMAN . COME , dear children A Corrobery . II.
... dancing was over , the whole party formed a great circle on the ground , and the boiled rice and sugar was distributed , to the delight of all , C. Darwin . III . THE FORSAKEN MERMAN . COME , dear children A Corrobery . II.
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... , Peter breaks in amongst them , in the full uniform of the European soldier . The ancient Czars vanish to appear no more , and Peter remains with us , occupying henceforward the whole horizon . Coun- tenance , and Peter the Great . 17.
... , Peter breaks in amongst them , in the full uniform of the European soldier . The ancient Czars vanish to appear no more , and Peter remains with us , occupying henceforward the whole horizon . Coun- tenance , and Peter the Great . 17.
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... whole Herculean course , more actually Hercules - like than any of modern times , and proudly set forth in the famous statue erected by Catherine II . In front of the Isaak Church , built to commemorate his birthday , in the midst of ...
... whole Herculean course , more actually Hercules - like than any of modern times , and proudly set forth in the famous statue erected by Catherine II . In front of the Isaak Church , built to commemorate his birthday , in the midst of ...
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... whole , it was , with many noble elements , a wild Oriental people , ruled by a court wrapped round and round in Oriental ceremonial . What must the man have been , who , born and bred in this atmosphere , conceived , and by one ...
... whole , it was , with many noble elements , a wild Oriental people , ruled by a court wrapped round and round in Oriental ceremonial . What must the man have been , who , born and bred in this atmosphere , conceived , and by one ...
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... whole school . He was declared to be a " perfect mischief . " When Bell Hill was informed of the beasts he brought with him , she used to say to the boy , " Now , do not bring any more of these nasty and dangerous things here again ...
... whole school . He was declared to be a " perfect mischief . " When Bell Hill was informed of the beasts he brought with him , she used to say to the boy , " Now , do not bring any more of these nasty and dangerous things here again ...
Términos y frases comunes
A. P. Stanley battle beautiful birds Black Prince brother burning called carnivoras castle chief mate church court cried dark dear doth Duke Dunnet Head England English eyes fair father feeling feet fields fire forest furnace garden gazing Gentlemanly Interest gentlemen grave hall hand hath head hear heard heart Henry Wharton Hiawatha Holborn Head honour Kenilworth Castle kind king kraal labour ladies land light lion lives locusts London looked Lord maize Mariposa Grove Martin miles Minnehaha Miss Matty Miss Pole moon never night noble o'er once Palissy passed Pecksniff play prisoner Pyramus Pyramus and Thisbe queen Quin round Saturn seen shell silence stood Street Swartboy sweet tell thee Themistocles thing Thisby thou thought Tower trees turn voice wall watch Westminster Hall wind wings words
Pasajes populares
Página 98 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth ; And constancy lives in realms above ; And life is thorny ; and youth is vain ; And to be wroth with one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain.
Página 43 - A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
Página 293 - Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Página 306 - My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government; they will cling and grapple to you, and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance. But let it...
Página 166 - I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot resist : A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain...
Página 292 - Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Página 112 - I had never before seen any of them. I bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it.
Página 141 - I thought of this, and I was glad, For thought of them had made me mad; But I was curious to ascend To my barr'd windows, and to bend Once more, upon the mountains high, The quiet of a loving eye.
Página 159 - It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log, at last, dry, bald, and sere: A lily of a day, Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall, and die that night; It was the plant, and flower of light. In small proportions, we just beauties see: And in short measures, life may perfect be.
Página 119 - But mine the sorrow, mine the fault, And well my life shall pay ; I'll seek the solitude he sought, And stretch me where he lay. " And there forlorn, despairing, hid, I'll lay me down and die ; 'Tvvas so for me that Edwin did, And so for him will I.