McGuffey's First [-sixth] Eclectic Reader, Volume 5American Book Company, 1920 |
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... engines . Môrt'gaged ( pro . môr'gajd ) , given as security for debt . 9. Ging'ham , a kind of cotton cloth which is dyed before it is woven . 10. Păn'to - mime , acting without speaking , dumb show . 12. Hys - těr'ie - al , convulsive ...
... engines . Môrt'gaged ( pro . môr'gajd ) , given as security for debt . 9. Ging'ham , a kind of cotton cloth which is dyed before it is woven . 10. Păn'to - mime , acting without speaking , dumb show . 12. Hys - těr'ie - al , convulsive ...
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... engines of war . LXI . THE ENGLISH SKYLARK . Elihu Burritt ( b . 1810 , d . 1879 ) , " the learned blacksmith , " was born in New Britain , Conn . His father was a shoemaker . Having received only a limited amount of instruction at the ...
... engines of war . LXI . THE ENGLISH SKYLARK . Elihu Burritt ( b . 1810 , d . 1879 ) , " the learned blacksmith , " was born in New Britain , Conn . His father was a shoemaker . Having received only a limited amount of instruction at the ...
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... engine house to procure another engineer , for I supposed there were three or four in reserve there , but I was disappointed . 2. I heard the puffing of the steamer , and the passengers would be on hand in fifteen minutes . I ran to the ...
... engine house to procure another engineer , for I supposed there were three or four in reserve there , but I was disappointed . 2. I heard the puffing of the steamer , and the passengers would be on hand in fifteen minutes . I ran to the ...
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... engine for you . " " Ha ! " I uttered , " are you an engineer ? " — - " I am , sir one of the oldest in the country and am now on my way to make arrangements for a great im- provement I have invented for the application of steam to a ...
... engine for you . " " Ha ! " I uttered , " are you an engineer ? " — - " I am , sir one of the oldest in the country and am now on my way to make arrangements for a great im- provement I have invented for the application of steam to a ...
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... engine in charge of the fireman , and all ready for a start . Kroller got upon the platform , and I followed him . I had never seen a man betray such a peculiar aptness amid machinery as he did . He let on the steam in an instant , but ...
... engine in charge of the fireman , and all ready for a start . Kroller got upon the platform , and I followed him . I had never seen a man betray such a peculiar aptness amid machinery as he did . He let on the steam in an instant , but ...
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McGuffey's First [-sixth] Eclectic Reader, Volume 5 William Holmes McGuffey Visualização integral - 1920 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
arms BATTLE OF BLENHEIM beautiful began Bingen bird bless bobolink born called Caroline Anne Southey Caudle chee child children of men circumflex corn cried dead dear death DEFINITIONS DEFINITIONS.-1 earth engine England eyes face falling inflection father fire flowers Gesler give green hand head hear heard heart heaven hills honor horse hour inflection King knew Kroller land light lived look Lord Louis Legrand Lucknow Middlebury College morning mother Nelly Gray never night Nikolai Karamzin o'er pity poems poet Polly poor portmanteaus replied Simbirsk sing smile snow soldier song soon sound Spink Squeers Squire stood stranger subvocals Swipes tears Tell thee things thou hast thought trees turned unto Verner voice wife wild William Cullen Bryant William Reed wind wonderful wood word young
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Página 247 - ... boy, That he shouts with his sister at play ! O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a...
Página 183 - Sir, before God, I believe the hour is come. My judgment approves this measure, and my whole heart is in it. All that I have, and all that I am, and all that I hope, in this life, I am now ready here to stake upon it; and I leave off as I began, that live or die, survive or perish, I am for the Declaration.
Página 262 - And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong!
Página 152 - Thou coveredst it with the deep As with a garment : The waters stood above the mountains. At Thy rebuke They fled ; At the voice of Thy thunder They hasted away.
Página 265 - Oft, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain has bound me, Fond Memory brings the light Of other days around me; The smiles, the tears, • Of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken ; The eyes that shone, Now dimm'd and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken! Thus, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain hath bound me, Sad Memory brings the light Of other days around me.
Página 138 - The village smithy stands ; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands ; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.
Página 80 - Nay, not so," Replied the Angel. Abou spoke more low, But cheerly still; and said, "I pray thee, then, Write me as one that loves his fellow-men." The angel wrote, and vanished. The next night It came again with a great wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, And lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.
Página 102 - Where are the flowers, the fair young flowers, that lately sprang and stood In brighter light, and softer airs, a beauteous sisterhood? Alas! they all are in their graves, the gentle race of flowers Are lying in their lowly beds, with the fair and good of ours. The rain is falling where they lie, but the cold November rain Calls not from out the gloomy earth the lovely ones again.
Página 305 - Again he felt and fumbled at the pig. It did not burn him so much now ; still, he licked his fingers from a sort of habit. The truth at length broke into his slow understanding that it was the pig that smelt so, and the pig that tasted so delicious...
Página 73 - When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him; and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet...