The Battersea series of standard reading books for boys, Livro 31879 |
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Página 7
... See what that mischievous monkey has done . " Turning round , she saw that a large monkey , which was kept on board the ship , had caught up the child with one of its long arms , and with the THE MONKEY AND THE BABY . 7.
... See what that mischievous monkey has done . " Turning round , she saw that a large monkey , which was kept on board the ship , had caught up the child with one of its long arms , and with the THE MONKEY AND THE BABY . 7.
Página 10
... round the dog's neck , rowed him out into the middle of the river , and then threw him in . The stone , however , was not heavy enough to sink the poor animal , which continued to swim after the boat . The boatman tried to keep him off ...
... round the dog's neck , rowed him out into the middle of the river , and then threw him in . The stone , however , was not heavy enough to sink the poor animal , which continued to swim after the boat . The boatman tried to keep him off ...
Página 17
... round a neighbouring tree , and so hold their prey tight until it is despatched . Or , if there is no time for them to get to land , they throw the line , with a buoy attached to it , into the water . The hippopotamus is then pursued in ...
... round a neighbouring tree , and so hold their prey tight until it is despatched . Or , if there is no time for them to get to land , they throw the line , with a buoy attached to it , into the water . The hippopotamus is then pursued in ...
Página 24
... round my neck with a strap , and , looking at me with a tenderness which I shall never forget , said : — " Andrew , I can no longer work ; I do not expect to live long ; if you do not succeed in earning bread for both of us I shall be ...
... round my neck with a strap , and , looking at me with a tenderness which I shall never forget , said : — " Andrew , I can no longer work ; I do not expect to live long ; if you do not succeed in earning bread for both of us I shall be ...
Página 25
... round my neck , The first hour I was out I sold nothing , and I was very much disheartened . Some children of my own age wanted me to put my tray down in a corner and join them in a game of marbles ; but I was on my guard . " No , no ...
... round my neck , The first hour I was out I sold nothing , and I was very much disheartened . Some children of my own age wanted me to put my tray down in a corner and join them in a game of marbles ; but I was on my guard . " No , no ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
African elephant animal baby Bandy bear beetle began Bingen birds boat brave breast BROWN BEAR cage Caldon-Low captain child cried crowns dark dead dear mother EDITOR elephant escape eyes farthing father fear feet fell flower forest friends gave green green woodpecker grew hand head hear heard heart hippopotamus hoopoes horse hunters hyæna inclosure Issachar jailer kind King Solomon laugh legs LESSON LITTLE PEDLAR live MARY HOWITT master mind mole mole-catcher morning neck nest never night oak-tree once peas poor prayer R. M. BALLANTYNE Rhine round rowlocks saved seized shillings ship side snow soldier Somebody's sometimes soon stood tail tears tell thing thought tiger took tray tree trunk turned watching white shark wind window wings wolves wood wounded young
Passagens conhecidas
Página 165 - Last night, the moon had a golden ring, And to-night no moon we see!" The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he.
Página 151 - I never more shall see my own, my native land : Take a message, and a token to some distant friends of mine; For I was born at...
Página 167 - But the father answered never a word, A frozen corpse was he. Lashed to the helm, all stiff and stark, With his face turned to the skies, The lantern gleamed through the gleaming snow On his fixed and glassy eyes. Then the maiden clasped her hands and prayed That saved she might be ; And she thought of Christ, who stilled the wave, On the Lake of Galilee.
Página 165 - Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds, That ope in the month of May.
Página 94 - THE GRAVES OF A HOUSEHOLD THEY grew in beauty side by side, They filled one home with glee ; Their graves are severed, far and wide, By mount, and stream, and sea.
Página 82 - I've spun a piece of hempen cloth, And I want to spin another — A little sheet for Mary's bed And an apron for her mother.
Página 159 - Matted and damp are the curls of gold, Kissing the snow of that fair young brow ; Pale are the lips of delicate mould — Somebody's darling is dying now. Back from his beautiful blue-veined brow Brush all the wandering waves of gold: Cross his hands on his bosom now, Somebody's darling is still and cold.
Página 166 - Come hither! come hither! my little daughter, And do not tremble so ; For I can weather the roughest gale That ever wind did blow.
Página 153 - I saw the blue Rhine sweep along— I heard, or seemed to hear, The German songs we used to sing, in chorus sweet and clear; And down the pleasant river, and up the slanting hill...
Página 153 - His voice grew faint and hoarser, — his grasp was childish weak, — His eyes put on a dying look — he sighed and ceased to speak : His comrade bent to lift him, but the spark of life had fled, — The soldier of the Legion, in a foreign land...