A Third Class Reader: Consisting of Extracts in Prose and Verse, for the Use of the Third Classes in Public and Private Schools : with an Introductory Treatise on Reading and the Training of Vocal OrgansSwan, Brewer and Tileston, 1858 - 182 páginas |
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... piece is found in the Child's Friend for 1848. It is there stated to have originally appeared in a newspaper . ] THERE is a little girl of six years old , residing on the bor- ders of the pond which supplies water for the furnace works ...
... piece is found in the Child's Friend for 1848. It is there stated to have originally appeared in a newspaper . ] THERE is a little girl of six years old , residing on the bor- ders of the pond which supplies water for the furnace works ...
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... was a little ashamed , by making believe throw a piece of money into the extended hat . Your horse is a very good horse : but he has learned all your charitable tricks , and will never do for a 16 THE THIRD CLASS READER .
... was a little ashamed , by making believe throw a piece of money into the extended hat . Your horse is a very good horse : but he has learned all your charitable tricks , and will never do for a 16 THE THIRD CLASS READER .
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... piece of wood , and threw it towards him . The sagacious dog saw the whole business in an instant ; he dropped his own piece , and immediately seized that which had been cast to him ; and then , with a degree of strength and ...
... piece of wood , and threw it towards him . The sagacious dog saw the whole business in an instant ; he dropped his own piece , and immediately seized that which had been cast to him ; and then , with a degree of strength and ...
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... piece of wood , attached to the stern of a vessel by hinges , by which the vessel is steered . Helm , the handle or instrument , by which the rudder is turned . To take the helm means to take charge of steering the vessel . bundles them ...
... piece of wood , attached to the stern of a vessel by hinges , by which the vessel is steered . Helm , the handle or instrument , by which the rudder is turned . To take the helm means to take charge of steering the vessel . bundles them ...
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... piece of business without fail . I never saw that quiet , iron look change but once . I will tell you about it . It was one of those days after the battle of Trenton , when he tried to concentrate the troops scattered over the country ...
... piece of business without fail . I never saw that quiet , iron look change but once . I will tell you about it . It was one of those days after the battle of Trenton , when he tried to concentrate the troops scattered over the country ...
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A Third Class Reader: Consisting of Extracts in Prose and Verse, for the Use ... George Stillman Hillard Visualização integral - 1857 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
a-we Accented animal arms articulation battle of Trenton beautiful Benjamin Benjamin West bird breath brother called canton of Glarus chamois child compound crows dark dear death e-nd e-ve Eagle earth EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE element eyes father fear feel feet fire flowers foot friends girl give grave ground Gustavus hand happy hath head hear heard heart heaven horse Inchcape Inchcape rock Indian insect king knew lady little Ben live look master monkey morning mother mountain mouth never Newfoundland dog night Nokomis o'er once oo-ze orthoepy Pibroch rock seemed Shagreen Sir Walter Scott smiled sound speak spirit spring stones storm subtonic syllable tear tell temper thee thing thou thought Tödi Tom Allen tonic took tree Unaccented vessel vocal vocule voice Wallace watch waves wild wings words young Zenaida dove
Passagens conhecidas
Página 160 - TWAS the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse ; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads...
Página 140 - Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For thou, O Lord, art with me still ; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade.
Página 109 - BREATHES there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land ! Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, As home his footsteps he hath turned, From wandering on a foreign strand...
Página 87 - And falling and brawling and sprawling, And driving and riving and striving, And sprinkling and twinkling and wrinkling, And sounding...
Página xxv - Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire, I do wander every where, Swifter than the moon's sphere; And I serve the Fairy Queen, To dew her orbs upon the green. The cowslips tall her pensioners be; In their gold coats spots you see; Those be rubies, fairy favours, In those freckles live their savours.
Página 158 - Tongue was the lawyer and argued the cause With a great deal of skill, and a wig full of learning, While chief baron Ear sat to balance the laws, So famed for his talent in nicely discerning. In behalf of the Nose, it will quickly appear, And your lordship...
Página 111 - How soft the music of those village bells,' Falling at intervals upon the ear In cadence sweet ! now dying all away, Now pealing loud again, and louder still, Clear and sonorous, as the gale comes on ! With easy force it opens all the cells Where Memory slept.
Página 72 - Saw the moon rise from the water Rippling, rounding from the water, Saw the flecks and shadows on it, Whispered, "What is that, Nokomis?" And the good Nokomis answered: "Once a warrior, very angry, Seized his grandmother, and threw her Up into the sky at midnight; Right against the moon he threw her; T is her body that you see there." Saw the rainbow in the heaven, In the eastern sky, the rainbow, Whispered, "What is that, Nokomis?
Página 109 - From wandering on a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go mark him well : For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim ; Despite those titles, power and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored and unsung.
Página 18 - With truth for my creed and God for my guide ; She taught me to lisp my earliest prayer, As I knelt beside that old arm-chair.