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Pagina 24
... looks like it , except that it is a little more glistening . 8. It has , however , most wonderful and mysterious properties . One is , that it attracts to itself iron and other metals . Another property of the magnet is equally ...
... looks like it , except that it is a little more glistening . 8. It has , however , most wonderful and mysterious properties . One is , that it attracts to itself iron and other metals . Another property of the magnet is equally ...
Pagina 29
... look my new friend in the face ? My heart seemed to rise in my throat , and almost suffocated me . The hot tears scalded my eyes , but I kept them back ; and , as soon as possible , quietly slipped away from my companions , and ...
... look my new friend in the face ? My heart seemed to rise in my throat , and almost suffocated me . The hot tears scalded my eyes , but I kept them back ; and , as soon as possible , quietly slipped away from my companions , and ...
Pagina 33
... look of horror , and the red blood came up in a blush all over her face and neck , as she answered , " No , sir . " She thought he intended to inquire if she had ever blasphemed ! 5 " I do not mean that , " said the judge ; who saw her ...
... look of horror , and the red blood came up in a blush all over her face and neck , as she answered , " No , sir . " She thought he intended to inquire if she had ever blasphemed ! 5 " I do not mean that , " said the judge ; who saw her ...
Pagina 37
... look over ...... to keep in awe ............ to have power over Secondary Meaning , or Synonomous Phrases . to darken . to fatigue . to upset . to terrify . to subdue . to superintend . A THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS . In - ter - vened LITTLE ...
... look over ...... to keep in awe ............ to have power over Secondary Meaning , or Synonomous Phrases . to darken . to fatigue . to upset . to terrify . to subdue . to superintend . A THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS . In - ter - vened LITTLE ...
Pagina 48
... look beside him , and there , outside the wicket , stood an ill - looking , half - starved mongrel , with a ragged ear and one eye . " It's the tinker's dog , " muttered Drover , " a poaching thief , what does he want , staring at me ...
... look beside him , and there , outside the wicket , stood an ill - looking , half - starved mongrel , with a ragged ear and one eye . " It's the tinker's dog , " muttered Drover , " a poaching thief , what does he want , staring at me ...
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animal answer appearance apple arms asked beautiful better boat bring called captain carry cause child clear close cloud coming continued cotton covered dark death earth Examples eyes fall father feet field fire flowers formed friends give gold hand head heard heart hold horse hour hundred iron judge keep kind King labour leaves length light Literal Meaning live look morning mountain move natural never night once pass person piece plant poor reached reads remember replied round School Secondary Meaning seemed seen shine ship side snow soon stand stone stood stream strong Synonomous Phrases tell things thought throw told tree truth turn written young
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.