Appletons' School ReadersD. Appleton, 1878 |
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... spirit , and sad images Of the stern agony , and shroud , and pall , And breathless darkness , and the narrow house , Make thee to shudder and grow sick at heart , Go forth under the open sky and list To Nature's teachings , while from ...
... spirit , and sad images Of the stern agony , and shroud , and pall , And breathless darkness , and the narrow house , Make thee to shudder and grow sick at heart , Go forth under the open sky and list To Nature's teachings , while from ...
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... spirits , with my tongue , throat , and palate as raw as beef , what could I do ? I could not swallow ; and , clapping my hands upon my mouth , the liquor spurted through my fingers like a fountain , over all the dishes , and I was ...
... spirits , with my tongue , throat , and palate as raw as beef , what could I do ? I could not swallow ; and , clapping my hands upon my mouth , the liquor spurted through my fingers like a fountain , over all the dishes , and I was ...
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... spirits . " V. How much is thirty thousand pounds in our money ? " Wondrous difficulty " and " prodigious use ” —are those expressions accurate and ele- gant here ? What is there ridiculous in the assertion that his knowledge of ...
... spirits . " V. How much is thirty thousand pounds in our money ? " Wondrous difficulty " and " prodigious use ” —are those expressions accurate and ele- gant here ? What is there ridiculous in the assertion that his knowledge of ...
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... spirit ; him ! cut off by Providence , in the hour of over- whelming anxiety and thick gloom ; falling , ere he saw the star of his country rise ; pouring out his generous blood , like water , before he knew whether it would fer- tilize ...
... spirit ; him ! cut off by Providence , in the hour of over- whelming anxiety and thick gloom ; falling , ere he saw the star of his country rise ; pouring out his generous blood , like water , before he knew whether it would fer- tilize ...
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... spirits of Le Fevre , which were waxing cold and slow within him , and were retreating to their last citadel , the heart , rallied back ; the film forsook his eyes for a moment ; he looked up wistfully in my Uncle Toby's face , then ...
... spirits of Le Fevre , which were waxing cold and slow within him , and were retreating to their last citadel , the heart , rallied back ; the film forsook his eyes for a moment ; he looked up wistfully in my Uncle Toby's face , then ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Absalom accent battle beautiful bird breath brother Brutus Cæsar called Cataract of Lodore Caudle cloud cuirassiers dark death dream earth English Explain expression eyes father feet fell foot friends give Gout grave ground hand hast hath Haunted Palace head hear heard heart heaven hill honor horses ideas Julius Cæsar king light live looked Lord Lord Byron Mark Antony meaning meter miles morning mountain Nature never night noble Norman Note o'er Oliver Goldsmith piece poem poet poetry poor PREPARATION.-I Psalm rest rhythm Rip Van Winkle rocks Sir John Moore sleep smile song soul sound speak Squeers stanza stood style sweet syllables tell thee things thirteen colonies thou thought thousand Twenty-third Psalm valley verse voice wild William Shakespeare wind words
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 181 - Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And, sure, he is an honorable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause: What cause withholds you then to mourn for him?
Seite 250 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet But hark!
Seite 420 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Seite 413 - Peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun ! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Seite 19 - 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.
Seite 233 - River where ford there was none: But ere he alighted at Netherby gate The bride had consented, the gallant came late: For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar.
Seite 233 - LOCHINVAR. LADY HERON'S SONG. 12. O, young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best, And save his good broad-sword he weapons had none ; He rode all unarmed, and he rode all alone. So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.
Seite 429 - Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound Over some wide-watered shore. Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Seite 251 - Cameron's gathering" rose, The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard,— and heard, too, have her Saxon foes; How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills Their...
Seite 68 - THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.