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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... young when the battle of Marathon was fought against the Persians , upon the skilful conduct of the general , Miltiades , being everywhere talked about , he was observed to be thoughtful and re- served , alone by himself ; he passed the ...
... young when the battle of Marathon was fought against the Persians , upon the skilful conduct of the general , Miltiades , being everywhere talked about , he was observed to be thoughtful and re- served , alone by himself ; he passed the ...
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... young wife homeward , From the land of the Dacotahs ; 1 When the birds sang in the thickets , And the streamlets laughed and glistened , And the air was full of fragrance , .. And the lovely Laughing Water , Said , with voice that did ...
... young wife homeward , From the land of the Dacotahs ; 1 When the birds sang in the thickets , And the streamlets laughed and glistened , And the air was full of fragrance , .. And the lovely Laughing Water , Said , with voice that did ...
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... His children gathered near , and looked on- their young hearts painfully throbbing . They could not fully appreciate the difficult circum- stances in which this occurrence had placed them ; nor 50 Locusts . The AUTHOR.
... His children gathered near , and looked on- their young hearts painfully throbbing . They could not fully appreciate the difficult circum- stances in which this occurrence had placed them ; nor 50 Locusts . The AUTHOR.
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... young lady , and know what state of mind the old gentleman's in , and all about it ; then you'll know what to do next . " " No doubt , " said Martin . " You are quite right . " They were raising their glasses to their lips , when their ...
... young lady , and know what state of mind the old gentleman's in , and all about it ; then you'll know what to do next . " " No doubt , " said Martin . " You are quite right . " They were raising their glasses to their lips , when their ...
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... young blacksmith of one - and- twenty , to whom fairs were almost as familiar as horseshoes , why he should lose his sleep on the occasion , is less easy to discover , -perhaps from sympathy . Through Tom's impatience , the party were ...
... young blacksmith of one - and- twenty , to whom fairs were almost as familiar as horseshoes , why he should lose his sleep on the occasion , is less easy to discover , -perhaps from sympathy . Through Tom's impatience , the party were ...
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appearance asked battle beautiful become brother called cause coming continued court cried dark death England English eyes face fair father fear feeling feet field fire gave give hall hand head hear heard heart Henry Henry Wharton hope hundred interest judges keep kind king ladies land leave light lion live locusts London look Lord manner means miles mind Miss natural never night occasion once passed person play present Prince prisoner Pyramus Quin remained rest returned rise round seemed seen shell ship side speak stand Street tell thee thing thou thought thousand took tree true turn wall watch whole wind young
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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.