Cassell's Readable readers, Livro 11885 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
a-bout a-gain a-way an-oth-er ap-ples apron big as tea-cups big as towers Bil-ly blue bright Captain Gay Charlie and John CHARLIE GAY.-Part Charlie went home Charlie's mother chest child cir-cus copper castle cried dear dog with eyes door Droop-ing Elm-tree English eyes as big farm-er fast father and mother forgot GEORGE MACDONALD glad gold happy HARVEST DANCE HAWTREY in-side in-to India John Mills kill knee la-dy land of counterpane lit-tle girl Lit-tle white Li-ly little Amy little boy locket looked LORD HOUGHTON love or money MAMMA mas-ter merry mill-wheels night o-ver old witch on-ly po-ny pony poor lit-tle Frank PRETTY LADY pretty thing princess R. L. STEVENSON read-y round scarlet Pimpernel shad-ow soldier soon sta-ble stories sun-shine sweet tell things thought tinder-box TINDER-BOX.-Part tir-ed took Top-sy TOP-SY.-Part town tree tricks Turtle-dove TURTLE-DOVE'S NEST ve-ry vi-o-lets
Passagens conhecidas
Página 25 - Boy's Song Where the pools are bright and deep, Where the gray trout lies asleep, Up the river and o'er the lea, That's the way for Billy and me. Where the blackbird sings the latest, Where the hawthorn blooms the sweetest, Where the nestlings chirp and flee, That's the way for Billy and me. Where the mowers mow the cleanest, Where the hay lies thick and greenest, There to trace the homeward bee, That's the way for Billy and me.
Página 17 - A fair little girl sat under a tree. Sewing as long as her eyes could see; Then smoothed her work, and folded it right. And said, 'Dear work, Good Night! Good Night!
Página 25 - Up the river and o'er the lea, That's the way for Billy and me. Where the blackbird sings the latest, Where the hawthorn blooms the sweetest, Where the nestlings chirp and flee, That's the way for Billy and me. Where the mowers mow the cleanest, Where the hay lies thick and greenest ; There to trace the homeward bee, That's the way for Billy and me.
Página 19 - Though she saw him there, like a ball of light; For she knew he had God's time to keep All over the world, and never could sleep. The tall pink foxglove bowed his head — The violets curtsied, and went to bed; And good little Lucy tied up her hair, And said, on her knees, her favourite prayer.
Página 91 - The buds are all opening — the dew's on the flower ; If you shake but a branch, see, there falls quite a shower. By the side of their mothers, look under the trees, How the young lambs are skipping about as they please ; And by all those rings on the water I know The fishes are merrily swimming below. The bee, I dare...
Página 53 - UP into the cherry tree Who should climb but little me? I held the trunk with both my hands And looked abroad on foreign lands. I saw the next door garden lie, Adorned with flowers, before my eye, And many pleasant places more That I had never seen before.
Página 34 - A SOLDIER came marching along the high road. One, two ! One, two ! He had his knapsack on his back and his sword at his side, for he had been to the wars and he was on his way home now.
Página 19 - And said, on her knees, her favorite prayer. And while on her pillow she softly lay, She knew nothing more till again it was day; And all things said to the beautiful sun, "Good morning, good morning! our work is begun.
Página 93 - Get up, for when all things are merry and glad, Good children should never be lazy and sad ; For God gives us daylight, dear sister, that we May rejoice like the lark, and may work like the bee.
Página 68 - She wanders lowing here and there, And yet she cannot stray, All in the pleasant open air, The pleasant light of day; And blown by all the winds that pass And wet with all the showers, She walks among the meadow grass And eats the meadow flowers.