The Normal Course in Reading, Volume 4Silver, Burdett, 1890 |
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... body of the delta . These , because they are surrounded by water , are called islands , and because they have once been parts of deltas are called delta islands . In the cut you may see some representative delta islands . Do you think ...
... body of the delta . These , because they are surrounded by water , are called islands , and because they have once been parts of deltas are called delta islands . In the cut you may see some representative delta islands . Do you think ...
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... body , so Harry can measure you . me . " Your body , pussy , is covered with soft , beauti- ful fur , which protects it from heat and cold . In stroking you , one should be very careful to rub from the head , not toward it , because ...
... body , so Harry can measure you . me . " Your body , pussy , is covered with soft , beauti- ful fur , which protects it from heat and cold . In stroking you , one should be very careful to rub from the head , not toward it , because ...
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... body enables her to spring upon her prey . Her retractile claws are fitted for catching and holding her victims . Her sharp teeth are well adapted to cutting and tearing flesh , and her long tongue aids in conveying liquid to her mouth ...
... body enables her to spring upon her prey . Her retractile claws are fitted for catching and holding her victims . Her sharp teeth are well adapted to cutting and tearing flesh , and her long tongue aids in conveying liquid to her mouth ...
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... body covered with hair . He does not obtain his food by springing upon it ; therefore he does not need the strong muscles which show in ridges through the loose skin of the cat's body . The dog has four toes on each foot . Each fore ...
... body covered with hair . He does not obtain his food by springing upon it ; therefore he does not need the strong muscles which show in ridges through the loose skin of the cat's body . The dog has four toes on each foot . Each fore ...
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... body covered with long hair . His head is large , and his tail is bushy . He is some- times called the Alpine Spaniel , because his home is among the Alps Mountains in Switzerland . There are several roads or passes which lead over ...
... body covered with long hair . His head is large , and his tail is bushy . He is some- times called the Alpine Spaniel , because his home is among the Alps Mountains in Switzerland . There are several roads or passes which lead over ...
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animals banana bear beautiful become birds blossoms branches bright Britons brooks buds called carried Ceres child colonists colony colors Columbus covered creeping dark delta delta island earth England fastened feet FELICIA HEMANS flow flowers forests Fred gardener green ground grow hills honey Indians insects island ivy green John Barleycorn king lake land larvæ layer learned leaves Little white Lily live look mother moths mountain nest never night o'er ocean palm pebbles perianth pistil plants Pluto poems pollen potato Proserpina Quakers rain river rock roots sailing Saint Bernard dogs sand Saxons seeds seen ships shoots shore silkworm skin sleep soft soil soon spring stamens star-spangled banner stem story stream sweet tell thee thought tree voyage waves wild WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT wind wings winter withered wrinkles
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Página 71 - 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 214 - Oft to his frozen lair Tracked I the grisly bear, While from my path the hare Fled like a shadow; Oft through the forest dark Followed the were-wolf's bark, Until the soaring lark Sang from the meadow. " But when I older grew, Joining a corsair's crew, O'er the dark sea I flew With the marauders. Wild was the life we led; Many the souls that sped, Many the hearts that bled, By our stern orders.
Página 12 - TO him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Página 335 - O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses?
Página 95 - True worth is in being, not seeming; In doing each day that goes by. Some little good — not in dreaming Of great things to do by and by. For whatever men say in their blindness. And spite of the fancies of youth. There's nothing so kingly as kindness. And nothing so royal as truth.
Página 335 - Oh ! say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming...
Página 336 - Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave; And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Página 213 - Take heed, that in thy verse Thou dost the tale rehearse, Else dread a dead man's curse ! For this I sought thee. " Far in the Northern land, By the wild Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand, Tamed the ger-falcon ; And, with my skates fast-bound, Skimmed the half-frozen Sound, That the poor whimpering hound Trembled to walk on.
Página 282 - In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord, King' James, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, &c., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honour of our king and country...
Página 122 - But the cheerful spring came kindly on, And show'rs began to fall; John Barleycorn got up again, And sore surpris'd them all. The sultry suns of summer came, And he grew thick and strong; His head weel arm'd wi' pointed spears, That no one should him wrong.