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Pagina 11
... king of Lydia . dow ' - ered , presented . in - i ' - tials , first letters of a name . EXERCISES . - 1 . The Latin prefix a- , ab- , or abs- , means from or away ; as avert , to turn from or away ; absolve , to loose from ; abstain ...
... king of Lydia . dow ' - ered , presented . in - i ' - tials , first letters of a name . EXERCISES . - 1 . The Latin prefix a- , ab- , or abs- , means from or away ; as avert , to turn from or away ; absolve , to loose from ; abstain ...
Pagina 30
... King of two hands , he does his part In every useful toil and art ; A heritage , it seems to me , A king might wish to hold in fee . 5. What doth the poor man's son inherit ? Wishes o'erjoyed with humble things . A rank adjudged by toil ...
... King of two hands , he does his part In every useful toil and art ; A heritage , it seems to me , A king might wish to hold in fee . 5. What doth the poor man's son inherit ? Wishes o'erjoyed with humble things . A rank adjudged by toil ...
Pagina 31
... king might wish to hold in fee . 7. O rich man's son ! there is a toil That with all others level stands ; Large charity doth never soil , But only whiten , soft white hands- This is the best crop from thy lands ; A heritage , it seems ...
... king might wish to hold in fee . 7. O rich man's son ! there is a toil That with all others level stands ; Large charity doth never soil , But only whiten , soft white hands- This is the best crop from thy lands ; A heritage , it seems ...
Pagina 108
... king is content to be borne on men's shoulders . priest is not too proud to do the same . question whether it is not irreligious to attempt to shift from men's shoulders their natural burdens . The high Indeed , I 5. Then , as to its ...
... king is content to be borne on men's shoulders . priest is not too proud to do the same . question whether it is not irreligious to attempt to shift from men's shoulders their natural burdens . The high Indeed , I 5. Then , as to its ...
Pagina 112
... king of the Etruscan or Tuscan town of Clusium , was asked by Tarquin , the former king of Rome , who had been expelled from that city , to assist him in fighting the Romans and recovering his kingdom . Porsena did so , marched against ...
... king of the Etruscan or Tuscan town of Clusium , was asked by Tarquin , the former king of Rome , who had been expelled from that city , to assist him in fighting the Romans and recovering his kingdom . Porsena did so , marched against ...
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Analyse and parse Antonio Bassanio BATTLE OF PLASSEY birds Bob Sawyer brave breath Brutus Cæsar candles carbonic-acid gas char'-ac-ter Charles Dickens Charles II Charles Kingsley child doth earth English EXERCISES.-1 eyes father fear fire flying carriages following words gave give Gratiano Greek prefix guns hand head hear heart heritage hills hold in fee honourable Horatius horses hour in'-no-cence kind king lady Lars Porsena Latin prefix lesson light living looked Lord Lord Lucan man's son inherit MARK ANTONY means mel'-an-chol-y morning Nerissa never night noble oc-ca'-sions oxygen parse the following passed person Pickwick poor Portia prairie dogs Richard Jefferies ring river round Saxon prefix sentences shillings Shylock side sight skates soldier spe'-cies speak tell thee thing thou trees turned Venice Weller wild Winkle wood young
Populaire passages
Pagina 193 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Pagina 230 - twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here.
Pagina 133 - 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...
Pagina 229 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed, — in breeze, or gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark heaving; — boundless, endless, and sublime. The image of eternity, the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Pagina 173 - WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread, — • Stitch— stitch— stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt; And still with a voice of dolorous pitch She sang the "Song of the Shirt!
Pagina 199 - Myself and what is mine to you and yours Is now converted: but now I was the lord Of this fair mansion, master of my servants, Queen o'er myself; and even now, but now, This house, these servants, and this same myself Are yours, my lord. I give them with this ring...
Pagina 173 - Oh! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet. With the sky above my head. And the grass beneath my feet ; For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meal!
Pagina 134 - Through the high wood echoing shrill. Sometime walking, not unseen, By hedge-row elms, on hillocks green, Right against the eastern gate, Where the great sun begins his state...
Pagina 220 - THE EPITAPH Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frowned not on his humble birth, And melancholy marked him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, . Heaven did a recompense as largely send: He gave to misery all he had, a tear: He gained from heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend.
Pagina 112 - Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...