The Illustrated London Reading BookPrinted and published at the office of The Illustrated London News, 1851 - 264 páginas |
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Página 19
... rock before them . The hospitable monks , though their revenue is scanty , open their doors to every stranger that presents himself . To be cold , to be weary , to be benighted , constitutes the title to their comfortable shelter ...
... rock before them . The hospitable monks , though their revenue is scanty , open their doors to every stranger that presents himself . To be cold , to be weary , to be benighted , constitutes the title to their comfortable shelter ...
Página 52
... rock , which defies the attacks of surrounding waters ; the other is a hut placed on the shore , which every wind shakes and every wave overflows . BLAIR . THE IVY IN THE DUNGEON . Ivy in a dungeon. 52 ILLUSTRATED LONDON READING BOOK .
... rock , which defies the attacks of surrounding waters ; the other is a hut placed on the shore , which every wind shakes and every wave overflows . BLAIR . THE IVY IN THE DUNGEON . Ivy in a dungeon. 52 ILLUSTRATED LONDON READING BOOK .
Página 68
... rock . The condors may oftentimes be seen at a great height , soaring over a certain spot in the most graceful spires and circles . Besides feeding on carrion , the condors will frequently attack young goats and lambs . Hence , the ...
... rock . The condors may oftentimes be seen at a great height , soaring over a certain spot in the most graceful spires and circles . Besides feeding on carrion , the condors will frequently attack young goats and lambs . Hence , the ...
Página 78
... rock , his head in air , Like sculptor's breathing stone : Then , snorting from the rapid race , Snuffs the free air a moment's space , Glares grimly on the baffled chase , And seeks the covert lone . Hunting has been a favourite sport ...
... rock , his head in air , Like sculptor's breathing stone : Then , snorting from the rapid race , Snuffs the free air a moment's space , Glares grimly on the baffled chase , And seeks the covert lone . Hunting has been a favourite sport ...
Página 84
... rock , and preserve it cool and clear , it is said , throughout the year . The tops of this range of mountains are ... rocks , are to be seen the remains of the renowned cedars with which Lebanon once abounded ; but a much larger ...
... rock , and preserve it cool and clear , it is said , throughout the year . The tops of this range of mountains are ... rocks , are to be seen the remains of the renowned cedars with which Lebanon once abounded ; but a much larger ...
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 145 - Now strike the golden lyre again : A louder yet, and yet a louder strain ! Break his bands of sleep asunder And rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark ! the horrid sound Has raised up his head : As awaked from the dead And amazed he stares around. Revenge, revenge...
Página 205 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God.
Página 186 - ... for expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one: but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.
Página 186 - Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them: for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them and above them, won by observation.
Página 190 - See through this air, this ocean, and this earth, All matter quick, and bursting into birth! Above, how high progressive life may go ! Around, how wide ! how deep extend below ! Vast chain of being! which from God began; Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from infinite to thee; From thee to nothing...
Página 172 - By the festal cities' blaze, Whilst the wine-cup shines in light ; And yet amidst that joy and uproar Let us think of them that sleep, Full many a fathom deep, By thy wild and stormy steep, Elsinore...
Página 109 - You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet ; Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone? Of two such lessons, why forget The nobler and the manlier one?
Página 228 - She'd come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse: which I, observing, Took once a pliant hour, and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart That. I would all my pilgrimage dilate...
Página 186 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy...
Página 203 - Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...