Readings in prose and verse: or, No.iv of a new series of school-booksAssociation, 1847 - 144 páginas |
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Página 25
... it is somewhat less than a pigeon ; in shape it is like the magpie ; and it has round standing- out nostrils . It is one of those birds that mi- grate from one country to another . It visit B us in the spring , and quits us long before 25.
... it is somewhat less than a pigeon ; in shape it is like the magpie ; and it has round standing- out nostrils . It is one of those birds that mi- grate from one country to another . It visit B us in the spring , and quits us long before 25.
Página 26
... bird ! thy bower is ever green , Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song , No winter in thy year . " It is only the male cuckoo , however , whose voice is here spoken of : the note of the fe- male differs from it , is ...
... bird ! thy bower is ever green , Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song , No winter in thy year . " It is only the male cuckoo , however , whose voice is here spoken of : the note of the fe- male differs from it , is ...
Página 27
... birds of that size to produce , it must be laid in the nest of a large bird , and then the young cuckoo would not have the same chance of living , by freeing itself from the presence of the other young birds , which would be as strong ...
... birds of that size to produce , it must be laid in the nest of a large bird , and then the young cuckoo would not have the same chance of living , by freeing itself from the presence of the other young birds , which would be as strong ...
Página 28
... bird of prey , and pecks with great fury at any object we present to it , often making a chuckling noise , like a young hawk . When fledged , it follows the sparrow , or other bird that has reared it , for a very little time : be- ing ...
... bird of prey , and pecks with great fury at any object we present to it , often making a chuckling noise , like a young hawk . When fledged , it follows the sparrow , or other bird that has reared it , for a very little time : be- ing ...
Página 29
... birds came and pecked off a few flakes of the wool to line their nests , and make them soft and warm for their young ; but they took so little that I could easily spare it . We had long led this quiet life , when one day there was a ...
... birds came and pecked off a few flakes of the wool to line their nests , and make them soft and warm for their young ; but they took so little that I could easily spare it . We had long led this quiet life , when one day there was a ...
Términos y frases comunes
army Baliol battle beast beautiful behold bird brave bread brother called cloth coat colour corn creature cried cuckoo dreamed a dream Eagle earth English eyes Falkirk famine father William feet flax flowers green ground hand hath heaven HISTORY OF SCOTLAND Hugh Cressingham Ishmaelites Israel Joseph said unto killed kind King of England King of Scotland kingdom kingdom of Scotland land of Canaan land of Egypt Lion live look Lord maid Maid of Norway mamma mill mountains nest night Norway parlour plant pony Potiphar pray prey prison Queen of Scotland raoh sack Scots Scottish sent sheep smoke sorrow spring steam stone Swallow sweet tell thee thing thou hast thy servant tree turned unto his brethren unto Joseph Wallace William the Lion Willy wings wood wool young youth
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Página 62 - Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him ; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me.
Página 65 - And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him ; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
Página 65 - And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them : and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived : and Israel said, It is enough ; Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him before I die.
Página 63 - And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen ; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
Página 120 - OFT I had heard of Lucy Gray : And, when I crossed the wild, I chanced to see at break of day The solitary child. No mate, no comrade Lucy knew ; She dwelt on a wide moor — The sweetest thing that ever grew Beside a human door ! You yet may spy the fawn at play, The hare upon the green ; But the sweet face of Lucy Gray Will never more be seen. " To-night will be a stormy night — You to the town must go ; And take a lantern, child, to light Your mother through the snow.
Página 130 - This world is all a fleeting show For man's illusion given ; The smiles of joy, the tears of woe, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow, — There's nothing true but Heaven...
Página 22 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Página 131 - THOU art, O God ! the life and light Of all this wondrous world we see ; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from thee. Where'er we turn thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine.
Página 131 - God, the life and light •*• Of all this wondrous world we see ; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from thee. Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine. When day, with farewell beam, delays Among the opening clouds of even, And we can almost think we gaze Through golden vistas into heaven, — Those hues, that mark the sun's decline So soft, so radiant, Lord, are thine.
Página 68 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind : for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.