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... seen . Returning from his finished tour Grown ten times perter than before ; Whatever word you chance to drop , The travelled fool your mouth will stop : ' Sir , if my judgment you'll allow- I've seen - and sure I ought to know . ' So ...
... seen . Returning from his finished tour Grown ten times perter than before ; Whatever word you chance to drop , The travelled fool your mouth will stop : ' Sir , if my judgment you'll allow- I've seen - and sure I ought to know . ' So ...
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... seen it , sir , as well as you , And must again affirm it blue ; At leisure I the beast surveyed Extended in the cooling shade . ' " ' Tis green , ' tis green , sir , I assure ye . ' ' Green ' cries the other in a fury : " ' Why , sir ...
... seen it , sir , as well as you , And must again affirm it blue ; At leisure I the beast surveyed Extended in the cooling shade . ' " ' Tis green , ' tis green , sir , I assure ye . ' ' Green ' cries the other in a fury : " ' Why , sir ...
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... seen The reptile , you'll pronounce him green . ' ' Well , then , at once to ease your doubt , ' Replies the man , ' I'll turn him out : And when before your eyes I've set him , If you don't find him black , I'll eat him . ' He said ...
... seen The reptile , you'll pronounce him green . ' ' Well , then , at once to ease your doubt , ' Replies the man , ' I'll turn him out : And when before your eyes I've set him , If you don't find him black , I'll eat him . ' He said ...
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... seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms , Than reign in this horrible place . 3 . I am out of humanity's reach , I must finish my journey alone , Never hear the sweet music of speech ; I start at the sound of my own . BY ...
... seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms , Than reign in this horrible place . 3 . I am out of humanity's reach , I must finish my journey alone , Never hear the sweet music of speech ; I start at the sound of my own . BY ...
Página 42
... seen . 3 . To - morrow is our wedding - day , And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton , All in a chaise and pair . JOHN GILPIN . My sister and my sister's child ,. JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown ; A train - band ...
... seen . 3 . To - morrow is our wedding - day , And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton , All in a chaise and pair . JOHN GILPIN . My sister and my sister's child ,. JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown ; A train - band ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
ALEXANDER SELKIRK Alice beneath bird blast blasting wind bless blood-hounds blossoms blow breast breath Camel carrion crow cheer child cried croak dark dead dear door doth e'er earth Edmonton fair fear feast field-mouse flew flower Gelert green grief hand happy HARVEST MOON hath hear heard heart Heaven high castle horse hour humble JOHN GILPIN king's grave Ladybird land learning light live Llewellyn's lonely look looked and smiled Lord mind morn mother ne'er never night nought o'er old crow Pages poor praise Price 18 red fox rest round Schiraz sighed silent simoom skies sleep smile song soon sorrow soul sound stood sweet tears thee thine things thou dost thou hast thought Thwack tree Twas unto vale voice walls watch wild wind wings wise wood Wood-cuts young youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 168 - Thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible or dimly seen In these Thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels ; for ye behold Him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle His throne rejoicing : ye in heaven ; On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, Him last, Him midst, and without end.
Página 105 - At church with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.
Página 55 - But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage And froze the genial current of the soul.
Página 179 - tis said, when all were fired, Filled with fury, rapt, inspired, From the supporting myrtles round They snatched her instruments of sound; And, as they oft had heard apart Sweet lessons of her forceful art, Each (for madness ruled the hour) Would prove his own expressive power.
Página 55 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre...
Página 35 - How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will ; Whose armour is his honest thought And simple truth his utmost skill...
Página 39 - The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an Almighty hand. Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth...
Página 103 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place.
Página 180 - He threw his blood-stained sword, in thunder, down ; And with a withering look, The war-denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe...
Página 57 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.