Progressive English Reader, Volume 4Oliver and Boyd, 1872 |
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... be - gan to wish his friends would come back . All at once he saw a ver - y large ti - ger come and stand up - on the bank , just a - bove the boat . What must the poor boy have felt when he saw the fierce beast fix his eyes up - on him ...
... be - gan to wish his friends would come back . All at once he saw a ver - y large ti - ger come and stand up - on the bank , just a - bove the boat . What must the poor boy have felt when he saw the fierce beast fix his eyes up - on him ...
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... be - gan to read . " An old man came back to his home , which he had left for man - y years ; his friends came round him , ask - ing him where he had been , and what he had seen ; and this was one of the tales he told them : " I left ...
... be - gan to read . " An old man came back to his home , which he had left for man - y years ; his friends came round him , ask - ing him where he had been , and what he had seen ; and this was one of the tales he told them : " I left ...
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... be - gan to make them hiss . The noise pleased him , and to hasten their roast - ing , he placed more hot coals up - on them , and be - gan to blow them with all the strength of his lungs . All at once a chest - nut burst with a loud re ...
... be - gan to make them hiss . The noise pleased him , and to hasten their roast - ing , he placed more hot coals up - on them , and be - gan to blow them with all the strength of his lungs . All at once a chest - nut burst with a loud re ...
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... be - gan to fall . The pret - ty tints of au - tumn , red and yel - low , ap - peared on the leaves , and the winds blew them off . What had sprung up from out of the earth fell a - gain in - to the earth . Then win - ter came , and God ...
... be - gan to fall . The pret - ty tints of au - tumn , red and yel - low , ap - peared on the leaves , and the winds blew them off . What had sprung up from out of the earth fell a - gain in - to the earth . Then win - ter came , and God ...
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... be - gan to bark and wag his tail . Lit - tle Jer - ry an - swered with an air of con - se - quence , " I will keep out the cows ; it takes me to look after the corn ; " and Jer - ry strut - ted a - way with Wag - tail at his heels ...
... be - gan to bark and wag his tail . Lit - tle Jer - ry an - swered with an air of con - se - quence , " I will keep out the cows ; it takes me to look after the corn ; " and Jer - ry strut - ted a - way with Wag - tail at his heels ...
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Página 223 - Ah luckless speech, and bootless boast! For which he paid full dear; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallop'd off with all his might, As he had done before.
Página 221 - Until he came unto the Wash Of Edmonton so gay; And there he threw the Wash about On both sides of the way, Just like unto a trundling mop, Or a wild goose at play. At Edmonton his loving wife From the balcony spied Her tender husband, wondering much To see how he did ride. "Stop, stop, John Gilpin!— Here's the house !" They all at once did cry; "The dinner waits, and we are tired;"— Said Gilpin, "So am I!
Página 223 - And thus unto the youth she said That drove them to the Bell, " This shall be yours when you bring back My husband safe and well." The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain, Whom in a trice he tried to stop, By catching at his rein: But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted steed he frighted more, And made him faster run. Away went Gilpin, and away Went post-boy at his heels, The post-boy's horse right glad to miss The lumbering of the wheels.
Página 224 - Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman! Not one of them was mute; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race.
Página 157 - Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Página 219 - That's well said ; And for that wine is dear, We will be furnished with our own, Which is both bright and clear. John Gilpin kissed his loving wife; O'erjoyed was he to find That though on pleasure she was bent, She had a frugal mind, The morning came, the chaise was brought, But yet was not allowed To drive up to the door, lest all Should say that she was proud.
Página 222 - What news? what news? your tidings tell; Tell me you must and shall — Say why bare-headed you are come, Or why you come at all ? Now Gilpin had a pleasant wit, And loved a timely joke!
Página 223 - And gallop'd off with all his might As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig; He lost them sooner than at first, For why? they were too big. Now...
Página 9 - The First Part comprehends Words in Common Use, Terms connected with Science and the Fine Arts, Historical, Geographical, and Biographical Names, with the Pronunciation according to the French Academy and the most eminent Lexicographers and Grammarians. The Second Part is an ample Dictionary of English words, with the Pronunciation according to the best Authorities. The whole is preceded by a Practical and Comprehensive System of French Pronunciation. 7s. 6d., strongly bound.
Página 220 - Fair and softly," John he cried, But John he cried in vain ; That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot...