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Pagina 26
... night . 6. " I Can't " is a coward half fainting with fright ; At the first thought of peril he slinks out of sight ; Skulks and hides till the noise of the battle is past , Or sells his best friends and turns traitor at last . 7. " I ...
... night . 6. " I Can't " is a coward half fainting with fright ; At the first thought of peril he slinks out of sight ; Skulks and hides till the noise of the battle is past , Or sells his best friends and turns traitor at last . 7. " I ...
Pagina 28
... night after night , while my mother , with no other light than that of a candle examined me in my lessons . 5. The interest of the spectators was excited to the highest pitch , as word after word was spelled by each . At length the ...
... night after night , while my mother , with no other light than that of a candle examined me in my lessons . 5. The interest of the spectators was excited to the highest pitch , as word after word was spelled by each . At length the ...
Pagina 34
... night she called me to her room , and asked me to repeat to . her the Ten Commandments ; and then we knelt down together , and she prayed that I might understand how wicked it was to bear false witness against my neighbour , and that ...
... night she called me to her room , and asked me to repeat to . her the Ten Commandments ; and then we knelt down together , and she prayed that I might understand how wicked it was to bear false witness against my neighbour , and that ...
Pagina 38
... 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 half - brother , who was a bishop . His name was Odo , and he was called ...
... 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 half - brother , who was a bishop . His name was Odo , and he was called ...
Pagina 45
... night ; many , however , are taken by means of the hook , the favourite bait being a strip of flesh cut from the tail of a fresh mackerel , or a bit of red cloth ; the fish bite most readily when the boat is sailing rapidly before the ...
... night ; many , however , are taken by means of the hook , the favourite bait being a strip of flesh cut from the tail of a fresh mackerel , or a bit of red cloth ; the fish bite most readily when the boat is sailing rapidly before the ...
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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.