Standard Supplementary Readers, Livro 3William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart American Book Company, 1880 |
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... wife were sitting over the fire chatting together , he said to her , " I should like to sit up and watch to - night , that we may see who it is that comes and does my work for me . " The wife liked the idea . So they left a light ...
... wife were sitting over the fire chatting together , he said to her , " I should like to sit up and watch to - night , that we may see who it is that comes and does my work for me . " The wife liked the idea . So they left a light ...
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... wife said to the shoemaker , " These little folk have made us rich , and we ought to be thankful to them , and do them a service in return . I am quite vexed to see them run about as they do ; they have nothing upon their backs to keep ...
... wife said to the shoemaker , " These little folk have made us rich , and we ought to be thankful to them , and do them a service in return . I am quite vexed to see them run about as they do ; they have nothing upon their backs to keep ...
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... costs us double . " 9. " Shall we buy it back , Sisty ? " asked my father . 66 Oh , no , no , no ! it would spoil all , ” I cried , burying my face on my father's breast . 66 My wife , " said my father solemnly , 18 THE BOOK OF TALES .
... costs us double . " 9. " Shall we buy it back , Sisty ? " asked my father . 66 Oh , no , no , no ! it would spoil all , ” I cried , burying my face on my father's breast . 66 My wife , " said my father solemnly , 18 THE BOOK OF TALES .
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William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart. 66 My wife , " said my father solemnly , " this is my first lesson to our child , the sanctity and happiness of self - sacrifice . Undo not what it should teach him to his dying hour . " 6. THE ...
William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart. 66 My wife , " said my father solemnly , " this is my first lesson to our child , the sanctity and happiness of self - sacrifice . Undo not what it should teach him to his dying hour . " 6. THE ...
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... wife and a young daughter , was traveling in a sleigh over a bleak plain . About nightfall they reached an inn , and the nobleman called for a relay of horses to go on . The innkeeper begged him not to proceed . " There is danger ahead ...
... wife and a young daughter , was traveling in a sleigh over a bleak plain . About nightfall they reached an inn , and the nobleman called for a relay of horses to go on . The innkeeper begged him not to proceed . " There is danger ahead ...
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Página 175 - I CHATTER over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles, I bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the pebbles. With many a curve my banks I fret By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow. I chatter, chatter, as I flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever.
Página 272 - Our revels now are ended... These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air, And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind: we are such stuff As dreams are made on; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep..
Página 132 - Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy: You hardly could suspect — ( So tight he kept his lips compressed, Scarce any blood came through) You looked twice ere you saw his breast Was all but shot in two. "Well," cried he, "Emperor, by God's grace We've got you Ratisbon!
Página 85 - I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER. I REMEMBER, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn : He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day, But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away...
Página 12 - 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 132 - To see your flag-bird flap his vans Where I, to heart's desire, Perched him ! " The Chief's eye flashed ; his plans Soared up again like fire. The Chief's eye flashed ; but presently Softened itself, as sheathes A film the mother eagle's eye When her bruised eaglet breathes : " You're wounded ! " •
Página 55 - Not there, not there, my child!" " Is it where the feathery palm-trees rise, And the date grows ripe under sunny skies ?— Or 'midst the green islands of glittering seas, Where fragrant forests perfume the breeze, And strange bright birds, on their starry wings, Bear the rich hues of all glorious things...
Página 68 - You've had a pleasant run! Shall we be trotting home again?' But answer came there none — And this was scarcely odd, because They'd eaten every one.
Página 101 - His long red cloak, well brushed and neat, He manfully did throw. Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing o'er the stones, With caution and good heed.
Página 104 - But yet his horse was not a whit Inclined to tarry there ; For why? — his owner had a house Full ten miles off, at Ware. So like an arrow swift he flew, Shot by an archer strong ; So did he fly — which brings me to The middle of my song.