Popular English readings in prose and verse, ed. by R. FordRobert Ford 1892 |
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... Father , have mercy ; leave them not Alone , on the deep , to die ! And the gaunt crew prayed on the decks above , And the women prayed below ; " One drop of rain for Heaven's great love ! O Heaven , for a breeze to blow ! " But never a ...
... Father , have mercy ; leave them not Alone , on the deep , to die ! And the gaunt crew prayed on the decks above , And the women prayed below ; " One drop of rain for Heaven's great love ! O Heaven , for a breeze to blow ! " But never a ...
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... Father , " he lisped , " so good , so kind , Have pity on mother's pain ; For mother's sake , a little wind- Father , a little rain . ” And she heard them shout for the child from the deck , And she knelt on the cabin stairs- " The ...
... Father , " he lisped , " so good , so kind , Have pity on mother's pain ; For mother's sake , a little wind- Father , a little rain . ” And she heard them shout for the child from the deck , And she knelt on the cabin stairs- " The ...
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... Father has heard thy prayer ! " But the child had fallen asleep again , And lo ! in its sleep it smiled ; " Thank God , " she cried , " for His wind and His rain ; Thank God for my little child ! " By kind permission of the Author . HOW ...
... Father has heard thy prayer ! " But the child had fallen asleep again , And lo ! in its sleep it smiled ; " Thank God , " she cried , " for His wind and His rain ; Thank God for my little child ! " By kind permission of the Author . HOW ...
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... Father , ' looking upward in the chamber , We say softly for a charm . We know no other words , except ' Our Father , ' And we think that , in some pause of angels ' song , God may pluck them with the silence sweet to gather , And hold ...
... Father , ' looking upward in the chamber , We say softly for a charm . We know no other words , except ' Our Father , ' And we think that , in some pause of angels ' song , God may pluck them with the silence sweet to gather , And hold ...
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... father's ! The Namby build , Matilda the Namby build , every inch of him . Kick again , Bill - kick out , like mad . I say , ma'am ! I beg your pardon , ma'am ! : ور Ma'am ? I ran to the window . Was the major actually daring to address ...
... father's ! The Namby build , Matilda the Namby build , every inch of him . Kick again , Bill - kick out , like mad . I say , ma'am ! I beg your pardon , ma'am ! : ور Ma'am ? I ran to the window . Was the major actually daring to address ...
Términos y frases comunes
answer Ballyshannon Bardell Bardell's bless breath brother called chair CHARLES DICKENS child Christmas Cloudy Cluppins Colonel Quagg Court Cramp cried dead dear door dreadful EUGENE ARAM eyes face father fellah gentlemen GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA gold spectacles Grace-Walking hammer hand head hear heard heart Henry jury kind permission knees knew Lady Malkinshaw LAKOLA learned friend lick light looked Lord ma'am Marley minister mother Muggletonian Namby Namby's necklace never night once pale Pamby Pickwick plaintiff poor pray pwoverbs roared Robin Crusoe round Samivel Scripp Scrooge Sergeant Buzfuz ship shore shout sight silent smile Somers son's room soul stairs strap tears tell Teviotdale there's thing thought Tomato sauce took turned twas Uncle Podger vewy voice weep Weller wery westry wife wild wind window Winkle woice word young Zephaniah
Pasajes populares
Página 56 - Do ye hear the children weeping, O my brothers, Ere the sorrow comes with years? They are leaning their young heads against their mothers, And that cannot stop their tears. The young lambs are bleating in the meadows, The young birds are chirping in the nest, The young fawns are playing with the shadows, The young flowers are blowing toward the west — But the young, young children, O my brothers, They are weeping bitterly! They are weeping in the playtime of the others, In the country of the free.
Página 57 - Alas, alas, the children! they are seeking Death in life, as best to have: They are binding up their hearts away from breaking, With a cerement from the grave. Go out, children, from the mine and from the city, Sing out, children, as the little thrushes do: Pluck your handfuls of the meadow-cowslips pretty, Laugh aloud, to feel your fingers let them through!
Página 38 - 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 47 - Jacob," faltered" Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself. " Business!" cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. " Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were all my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!
Página 39 - MARLEY was dead : to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it : and Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to.
Página 55 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Página 59 - Our Father,' looking upward in the chamber, We say softly for a charm. We know no other words except 'Our Father,' And we think that, in some pause of angels' song, God may pluck them with the silence sweet to gather And hold both within His right hand which is strong. 'Our Father!' If He heard us, He would surely (For they call Him good and mild) Answer, smiling down the steep world very purely, 'Come and rest with me, my child,'
Página 86 - Of this man Pickwick I will say little : the subject presents but few attractions ; and I, gentlemen, am not the man, nor are you, gentlemen, the men, to delight in the contemplation of revolting heartlessness and of systematic villainy.
Página 41 - You're quite a powerful speaker, sir." he added, turning to his nephew. "I wonder you don't go into Parliament." "Don't be angry, uncle. Come! Dine with us to-morrow.