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Pagina 24
... fire and sword . On such an occasion , or on any other that required an immediate muster of the clan , the chief slew a goat , and making a cross of light wood , burnt the ends of it in the fire , and extin- guished them in the blood of ...
... fire and sword . On such an occasion , or on any other that required an immediate muster of the clan , the chief slew a goat , and making a cross of light wood , burnt the ends of it in the fire , and extin- guished them in the blood of ...
Pagina 59
... fire , smoke , and melted lava . " To these remarks the American boy thus replied- " Well , if your mountains are a little higher than ours , they are not half as long ; and ours , too , are constantly covered THE SIXTH STANDARD ...
... fire , smoke , and melted lava . " To these remarks the American boy thus replied- " Well , if your mountains are a little higher than ours , they are not half as long ; and ours , too , are constantly covered THE SIXTH STANDARD ...
Pagina 84
... fire to fifty huts . This was surely a savage vengeance . But the outrage that proved fatal to him was this . Having discovered the Philippine Islands , he became intimate with the natives , who were a friendly race , remarkably just in ...
... fire to fifty huts . This was surely a savage vengeance . But the outrage that proved fatal to him was this . Having discovered the Philippine Islands , he became intimate with the natives , who were a friendly race , remarkably just in ...
Pagina 88
... fire a loud salute ; ho ! gallants , draw your blades ; Thou sun , shine on her joyously - ye breezes , waft her wide ; Our glorious SEMPER EADEM * —the banner of our pride . The freshening breeze of eve unfurl'd that banner's massive ...
... fire a loud salute ; ho ! gallants , draw your blades ; Thou sun , shine on her joyously - ye breezes , waft her wide ; Our glorious SEMPER EADEM * —the banner of our pride . The freshening breeze of eve unfurl'd that banner's massive ...
Pagina 89
James Stuart Laurie. At once on all her stately gates arose the answering fires ; At once the loud alarum clash'd ... fire that burn'd on Gaunt's embattled pile , And the red glare of Skiddaw roused the burghers of Carlisle . Macaulay ...
James Stuart Laurie. At once on all her stately gates arose the answering fires ; At once the loud alarum clash'd ... fire that burn'd on Gaunt's embattled pile , And the red glare of Skiddaw roused the burghers of Carlisle . Macaulay ...
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
animals appeared arms asked become began better birds brought called carried cause child close course death door entered eyes face fall father fear feel feet fire four gave give given half hand head hear heard heart hope horse keep kind king labor learned leaves length less light living London look lost master means mind morning nature never night once passed person poor present Prince received remained replied round sail seemed seen shillings ship short side soon sound STANDARD success sure tell thing thought told took trees turn walked whole wild young
Populaire passages
Pagina 265 - Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,— " Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, " art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore: Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore !" Quoth the Raven,
Pagina 282 - May have broken the woof of my tent's thin roof, The stars peep behind her and peer; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees...
Pagina 67 - In the elder days of Art, Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part; For the gods see everywhere.
Pagina 263 - Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore, For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore, Nameless here for evermore.
Pagina 266 - thing of evil! - prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that bends above us - by that God we both adore Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore.
Pagina 266 - Nevermore.' 'Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!' I shrieked, upstarting 'Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore! Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken! Leave my loneliness unbroken! - quit the bust above my door! Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!
Pagina 269 - And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull, cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee; Say, Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honor...
Pagina 269 - Pr'ythee, lead me in : There take an inventory of all I have, To the last penny : 'tis the king's : my robe, And my integrity to heaven, is all I dare now call mine own. O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Pagina 267 - 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, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Pagina 267 - There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have ; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again.