The Sixth ReaderCowperthwait & Company, 1872 - 408 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 36
Página 6
... English literature , such a compilation as Underwood's Handbook will be found ex- cellent for that purpose . The writer would here express his obligations to Messrs . J. R. Osgood & Co. for permission to use extracts from their ...
... English literature , such a compilation as Underwood's Handbook will be found ex- cellent for that purpose . The writer would here express his obligations to Messrs . J. R. Osgood & Co. for permission to use extracts from their ...
Página 24
... English cannot be so brûtal as to make.such things lawful . 5 . 4. Now , in building of chaises , I tell you what , There is always somewhere a weakest spot ; And that's the reason , beyond a doubt , A chaise breaks down , but does n't ...
... English cannot be so brûtal as to make.such things lawful . 5 . 4. Now , in building of chaises , I tell you what , There is always somewhere a weakest spot ; And that's the reason , beyond a doubt , A chaise breaks down , but does n't ...
Página 42
... English dèad ! Moderate . In peace , there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility ; Loud . But when the blast of war blows in our ears , Then imitate the action of the tiger ; Stiffen the sinews , summon up the ...
... English dèad ! Moderate . In peace , there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility ; Loud . But when the blast of war blows in our ears , Then imitate the action of the tiger ; Stiffen the sinews , summon up the ...
Página 46
... ENGLISH LANGUAGE . Now clear , pure , hard , bright , and one by one , like to hail- stones , Short words fall from his lips fast as the first of a shòwer , — Now in twofold column , Spondee , Iamb , and Trochee , Unbroke , firm - set ...
... ENGLISH LANGUAGE . Now clear , pure , hard , bright , and one by one , like to hail- stones , Short words fall from his lips fast as the first of a shòwer , — Now in twofold column , Spondee , Iamb , and Trochee , Unbroke , firm - set ...
Página 50
... English ambassador , and the French minister , Vergennes , dining together at Versailles , a toast from each was called for and agreed to . The British minister began with : " George III . — who , like the sun in his meridian , spreads ...
... English ambassador , and the French minister , Vergennes , dining together at Versailles , a toast from each was called for and agreed to . The British minister began with : " George III . — who , like the sun in his meridian , spreads ...
Contenido
12 | |
32 | |
40 | |
52 | |
62 | |
69 | |
70 | |
85 | |
168 | |
182 | |
197 | |
209 | |
212 | |
222 | |
225 | |
234 | |
87 | |
93 | |
96 | |
99 | |
105 | |
107 | |
113 | |
117 | |
123 | |
125 | |
129 | |
136 | |
140 | |
149 | |
150 | |
156 | |
238 | |
240 | |
246 | |
249 | |
257 | |
260 | |
283 | |
303 | |
372 | |
387 | |
393 | |
396 | |
401 | |
402 | |
407 | |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
Acadian arms beauty beneath bird black crows blood blow blue born brave breath Catiline clang clouds cried Crowfield Cusha dark dead death deep earth England eyes father feel fire flowers France gates give glory gold golden hand Harvard College hath head hear heard heart heaven hill honor hour Hyder Ali JOAQUIN MILLER KARST land leaves light live Lochinvar look Lord LORD MACAULAY loud Mabel Malahide morning mountain Nature Neph never night o'er ocean pass poet poor pray retina rise Rome round sail Scrooge shadow ship shore shout silent sings soul sound speak spirit stand stars stone stood stream sweet T. B. ALDRICH tears thee thing thou thought thunder toll tone Trinity College turned village maid visual perception voice waves wild wind word young
Pasajes populares
Página 57 - Shylock, we would have moneys : ' you say so ; You, that did void your rheum upon my beard And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold : moneys is your suit. What should I say to you ? Should I not say ' Hath a dog money ? is it possible A cur can lend three thousand ducats...
Página 91 - Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Página 114 - I WIND about, and in and out, With here a blossom sailing, And here and there a lusty trout, And here and there a grayling...
Página 360 - Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: — not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld thou rollest now.
Página 360 - The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.
Página 343 - When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun. I wield the flail of the lashing hail, And whiten the green plains under, And then again I dissolve it in rain, And laugh as I pass in thunder. I sift the snow on the mountains below, And their great pines groan aghast ; And all the night 'tis my pillow white, While I sleep in the arms of the blast.
Página 377 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it : Wherein I spoke of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field ; Of hair-breadth 'scapes i' the imminent deadly breach...
Página 344 - The volcanoes are dim, and the stars reel and swim, When the whirlwinds my banner unfurl.
Página 255 - All this? ay, more: Fret till your proud heart break; Go, show your slaves how choleric you are, And make your bondmen tremble.
Página 49 - The mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel, And the former called the latter 'Little Prig; Bun replied, 'You are doubtless very big; But all sorts of things and weather Must be taken in together, To make up a year And a sphere. And I think it no disgrace To occupy my place. If I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I, And not half so spry. I'll not deny you make A very pretty squirrel track; Talents differ; all is well and wisely put; If I cannot carry forests on my back, Neither can you...