Readings in prose and verse: or, No.iv of a new series of school-booksAssociation, 1847 - 144 páginas |
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... sides pianked with it . No wood is equal to this in supporting a weight , or in resisting a strain ; and it is less apt than any other to rot under water , or to splinter by a cannon shot . It is said also that no insects will eat into ...
... sides pianked with it . No wood is equal to this in supporting a weight , or in resisting a strain ; and it is less apt than any other to rot under water , or to splinter by a cannon shot . It is said also that no insects will eat into ...
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... side of the nest , till it reached the top , where , resting for a moment , it threw off its load with a jerk , and set the sparrow quite over the nest . After stopping a little , and feeling about with the extreme part of its wings ...
... side of the nest , till it reached the top , where , resting for a moment , it threw off its load with a jerk , and set the sparrow quite over the nest . After stopping a little , and feeling about with the extreme part of its wings ...
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... sound of a bell is nothing but the metal tongue striking against the in- side of the bell ; and you know what a noise it makes . ' 66 99 Well , " continued the button , “ after we had been beaten into flat sheets , we were sent 34.
... sound of a bell is nothing but the metal tongue striking against the in- side of the bell ; and you know what a noise it makes . ' 66 99 Well , " continued the button , “ after we had been beaten into flat sheets , we were sent 34.
Página 39
... side of the breast- bone . The weight of these muscles greatly exceeds the weight of the flesh of all the other parts of the body . The swallow is able to fly at the rate of more than a hundred miles in an hour . The little bird that ...
... side of the breast- bone . The weight of these muscles greatly exceeds the weight of the flesh of all the other parts of the body . The swallow is able to fly at the rate of more than a hundred miles in an hour . The little bird that ...
Página 71
... side to side . When the hunters have shot and wounded him , the dogs are set upon him , and then a desperate battle ensues ; the Lion defending himself bravely to the last gasp of his life , and often killing many of the dogs before he ...
... side to side . When the hunters have shot and wounded him , the dogs are set upon him , and then a desperate battle ensues ; the Lion defending himself bravely to the last gasp of his life , and often killing many of the dogs before he ...
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
Pasajes populares
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.