Cassell's Readable readers, Livro 21885 |
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... young , and literary fitness for recitation , -- and for the most part from the great storehouse of English lyric verse . Lyrics appeal most readily to young people , are best understood , and have the paramount advantage of oneness and ...
... young , and literary fitness for recitation , -- and for the most part from the great storehouse of English lyric verse . Lyrics appeal most readily to young people , are best understood , and have the paramount advantage of oneness and ...
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... " very sorry , " I began . " I am 7. " Oh , well , I forgive you , " said the Mouse , " for I dare say you are very young , and have not learned manners yet . But I must tell you we THE STORY OF A BAD SHILLING . - PART V. 19.
... " very sorry , " I began . " I am 7. " Oh , well , I forgive you , " said the Mouse , " for I dare say you are very young , and have not learned manners yet . But I must tell you we THE STORY OF A BAD SHILLING . - PART V. 19.
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... young girl , who drew a thin shawl round her to keep out the bitter wind , that made her cough sadly , while she sifted her boxful through a fine sieve . 2. All the things she found she put in heaps . Bits of mouldy bread , cabbage ...
... young girl , who drew a thin shawl round her to keep out the bitter wind , that made her cough sadly , while she sifted her boxful through a fine sieve . 2. All the things she found she put in heaps . Bits of mouldy bread , cabbage ...
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... young woman , " he said at last , " I will give you ten shillings for this stone . It will be dear to me at that price - very dear — but I like to be generous . " 8. " Ten shillings ! " cried poor Nelly . " But I cannot take that , sir ...
... young woman , " he said at last , " I will give you ten shillings for this stone . It will be dear to me at that price - very dear — but I like to be generous . " 8. " Ten shillings ! " cried poor Nelly . " But I cannot take that , sir ...
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... young chickens . Sometimes I came to a railway station , where everybody seemed to be in such a hurry , that I began to think catching trains must be the hardest work men ever did . 2. Sometimes I was the whole fortune of some poor ...
... young chickens . Sometimes I came to a railway station , where everybody seemed to be in such a hurry , that I began to think catching trains must be the hardest work men ever did . 2. Sometimes I was the whole fortune of some poor ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
bad shilling BAD SHILLING.-Part began bells birds blow BOOK bright bring brothers brown cats climb cloth boards cried crown dangerous dear diamond Donald door eagle EAGLE'S EAGLE'S NEST.-Part eyes face father fear feel fell gave girl give glad hand happy hard head hear heard hope Hush keep killed kind king knew ledge light looked loved milk mind moment mother mountain mouse Nelly nest never night nuts once piece poor pretty Prince Beryl pull quickly reached READER rest Ring Robin rock Rosie round seemed seen sharp shilling side singing soon sound stand Standard STORY tell thanked thing thought told took tree turned valley walk White White Cat wings wished wood young
Passagens conhecidas
Página 73 - In his bed at night. Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a-hunting For fear of little men ; Wee folk, good folk, Trooping all together; Green jacket, red cap, And white owl's feather!
Página 11 - THE cock is crowing, The stream is flowing, The small birds twitter, The lake doth glitter, The green field sleeps in the sun ; The oldest and youngest Are at work with the strongest ; The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising ; There are forty feeding like one ! Like an army defeated The Snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill...
Página 2 - ANSWER TO A CHILD'S QUESTION. Do you ask what the birds say ? The sparrow, the dove, The linnet and thrush say, " I love, and I love ! " In the winter they're silent — the wind is so strong ; What it says, I don't know, but it sings a loud song. But green leaves, and blossoms, and sunny warm weather, And singing, and loving — all come back together.
Página 73 - They stole little Bridget For seven years long ; When she came down again Her friends were all gone. They took her lightly back, Between the night and morrow, They thought that she was fast asleep, But she was dead with sorrow.
Página 111 - It was not in the battle; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak, She ran upon no rock.
Página 110 - TOLL for the brave! The brave that are no more ! All sunk beneath the wave, Fast by their native shore ! Eight hundred of the brave, Whose courage well was tried, Had made the vessel heel, And laid her on her side. A land breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset; Down -went the Royal George, "With all her crew complete.
Página 110 - Toll for the brave! Brave Kempenfelt is gone; His last sea-fight is fought; His work of glory done. It was not in the battle; No tempest gave the shock; She sprang no fatal leak...
Página 80 - So the merry brown thrush sings away in the tree, To you and to me, to you and to me; And he sings...
Página 117 - And there came the Beetle, so blind and so black, Who carried the Emmet, his friend, on his back ; And there was the Gnat, and the Dragon-fly too ; With all their relations, green, orange, and blue.
Página 118 - Snail, with his horns peeping out from his shell, Came from a great distance — the length of an ell. A mushroom their table, and on it was laid A water-dock leaf, which a table-cloth made ; The viands were various, to each of their taste, And the Bee brought his honey to crown the repast. There, close on his haunches, so solemn and wise, The Frog from a corner looked up to the skies ; And the Squirrel, well pleased such diversion to see, Sat cracking his nuts overhead in a tree.