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Pagina 17
... death . 14. " We almost reached the sheltered bay , We could see father stand Upon the little jetty here , His sickle in his hand- The houses white , the yellow fields , The safe and pleasant land . 15. " And Dick , though pale as any ...
... death . 14. " We almost reached the sheltered bay , We could see father stand Upon the little jetty here , His sickle in his hand- The houses white , the yellow fields , The safe and pleasant land . 15. " And Dick , though pale as any ...
Pagina 20
... death . 8. " Not many years ago , during a storm at sea , a stupid sea - captain ordered his passengers to go below in the hold of the vessel . Then he covered up the hold , so that no fresh air could enter . When the storm was over he ...
... death . 8. " Not many years ago , during a storm at sea , a stupid sea - captain ordered his passengers to go below in the hold of the vessel . Then he covered up the hold , so that no fresh air could enter . When the storm was over he ...
Pagina 38
... death . On the other hand , the Normans employed the greater part of the night in repeating forms of prayer ; and when the morning dawned , these devotions were concluded by a public service in the Norman camp , conducted by the Duke's ...
... death . On the other hand , the Normans employed the greater part of the night in repeating forms of prayer ; and when the morning dawned , these devotions were concluded by a public service in the Norman camp , conducted by the Duke's ...
Pagina 39
... death with them in their flight . The clang of arms , sword against sword , and battle - axe and mace against helmet and shield , could have been heard a long way off . So could the cries which were raised from time to time , loud ...
... death with them in their flight . The clang of arms , sword against sword , and battle - axe and mace against helmet and shield , could have been heard a long way off . So could the cries which were raised from time to time , loud ...
Pagina 41
... death , threw up his arms , then fell from his horse , a dead man . That dead man was King Harold ! 10. The English were discomfited before ; but while their king lived they had no thought of yield- ing . But when he fell , their ...
... death , threw up his arms , then fell from his horse , a dead man . That dead man was King Harold ! 10. The English were discomfited before ; but while their king lived they had no thought of yield- ing . But when he fell , their ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 150 - Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land? There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth; There was manhood's brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth.
Pagina 66 - The boy ! — oh, where was he ? Ask of the winds, that far around With fragments strewed the sea, — With mast, and helm, and pennon fair, That well had borne their part ; But the noblest thing that perished there, Was that young faithful heart ! THOMAS CAMPBELL.
Pagina 123 - Soldier's Dream OUR bugles sang truce, for the night-cloud had lowered, And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky; And thousands had sunk on the ground over-powered The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die.
Pagina 66 - And shouted but once more aloud, "My father! must I stay?" While o'er him fast, through sail and shroud, The wreathing fires made way. They...
Pagina 165 - I had now a mind to try how many cobwebs a single spider could furnish, wherefore I destroyed this, and the insect set about another. When I destroyed the other also, its whole stock seemed entirely exhausted, and it could spin no more. The arts it made use of to support itself, now deprived of its great means of subsistence, were indeed surprising. I have seen it roll up its legs like a ball, and lie motionless for hours together, but cautiously watching all the time ; when a fly happened to approach...
Pagina 90 - Upon this, the weights, who had never been accused of light conduct, used all their influence in urging him to proceed; when, as with one consent, the wheels began to turn, the hands began to move, the pendulum began to...
Pagina 65 - Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm ; A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though child-like form.
Pagina 132 - Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds, That ope in the month of May. The skipper he stood beside the helm, His pipe was in his mouth, And he watched how the veering flaw did blow The smoke now West, now South. Then up and spake...
Pagina 164 - Now then, in peaceable possession of what was justly its own, it waited three days with the utmost impatience, repairing the breaches of its web, and taking no sustenance that I could perceive. At last, however, a large blue fly fell into the snare, and struggled hard to get loose. The spider gave it leave to entangle itself as much as possible, but it seemed to be too strong for the cobweb. I must own I was greatly surprised when I saw the spider immediately sally out, and in less than a minute...
Pagina 164 - Soon, then, a terrible encounter ensued, in which the invader seemed to have the victory, and the laborious spider was obliged to take refuge in its hole.