Nelson's Literature Readers, Cartea 2T. Nelson and Sons, 1905 - 464 pagini |
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Pagina 2
... close - locked solitude - which was hidden away from the daylight , was deaf to the song of birds , and started to no human tones - Eppie was a creature of endless claims and ever - growing desires , seeking and loving sunshine , and ...
... close - locked solitude - which was hidden away from the daylight , was deaf to the song of birds , and started to no human tones - Eppie was a creature of endless claims and ever - growing desires , seeking and loving sunshine , and ...
Pagina 42
... close behind . " " Let's take a drink and be off , " said the other . now . In a few hours they had forgotten the whole affair , nor once imagined that the recording angel had written down the crime of murder against their souls , in ...
... close behind . " " Let's take a drink and be off , " said the other . now . In a few hours they had forgotten the whole affair , nor once imagined that the recording angel had written down the crime of murder against their souls , in ...
Pagina 45
... close of a toil- some day's march the army , long after sunset , took up its quarters in a grove of mango trees near Plassey , within a mile of the enemy . Clive was unable to sleep ; he heard , through the whole night , the sound of ...
... close of a toil- some day's march the army , long after sunset , took up its quarters in a grove of mango trees near Plassey , within a mile of the enemy . Clive was unable to sleep ; he heard , through the whole night , the sound of ...
Pagina 60
... close to them as possible , and he dispatched them with his hatchet at will . The precaution which he took against want in case of sickness was to lame kids when very young , so that they might recover their health , but never be ...
... close to them as possible , and he dispatched them with his hatchet at will . The precaution which he took against want in case of sickness was to lame kids when very young , so that they might recover their health , but never be ...
Pagina 64
... close beside one of the stone bowers , in which , beside a fruit stall , sat an old woman , with a pan of charcoal at her feet , and a book in her hand , in which she appeared to be reading intently . There I stood , just above the ...
... close beside one of the stone bowers , in which , beside a fruit stall , sat an old woman , with a pan of charcoal at her feet , and a book in her hand , in which she appeared to be reading intently . There I stood , just above the ...
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Termeni și expresii frecvente
Alexander Selkirk Amadis ancient arms Atahualpa Bashkirs Bastille battle began bird body bonny lass brave bonny lass Cæsar called chamber door D'Alegre Danegeld dark David Swan dead death deep ditch earth enemy England English eyes fear feet Flammock forest hand hath head hear heard heart heaven honour horse Inca Julius Cæsar Kalmucks king labour ladder land living look Lord Mary Ambree morning mountain nature never Nevermore night noble Normans o'er passed person praise prince Quoth the raven raven river rocks Roman round scene shore side sing Sir Patrick Spens sleep soldiers soul sound Spaniards stone stood stream sword thanes thee things thou thought thousand tion trees troops turned voice wall water-meadows waves whole wild wind Witan Witenagemot wonder wood word Zoetermeer Zoeterwoude
Pasaje populare
Pagina 327 - Yet not to thine eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world — with kings, The powerful of the earth — the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre.
Pagina 303 - As a sick girl. Ye gods, it doth amaze me A man of such a feeble temper should So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone.
Pagina 130 - And I will make thee beds of roses, And a thousand fragrant posies : A cap of flowers, and a kirtle, Embroider"d all with leaves of myrtle.
Pagina 403 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries ; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes : And thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, — when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble...
Pagina 215 - Haste thee nymph and bring with thee Jest and youthful jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles. Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled care derides. And laughter holding both his sides.
Pagina 290 - For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.
Pagina 119 - Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door — Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door: This it is, and nothing more.
Pagina 326 - Yet a few days, and thee The all-beholding sun shall see no more In all his course ; nor yet in the cold ground, Where thy pale form was laid, with many tears, Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist . Thy image. Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again...
Pagina 391 - ... no receipt openeth the heart but a true friend, to whom you may impart griefs, joys, fears, hopes, suspicions, counsels, and whatsoever lieth upon the heart to oppress it, in a kind of civil shrift or confession.
Pagina 401 - I have ventured. Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders. This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me.