The Granville series. Reading book. Standard 1-61881 |
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Granville series. dered on , and dashed themselves to pieces before they reached the land , every fragment of the late whole seemed possessed by the full might of its wrath , rushing to be gathered to the composition of another monster ...
Granville series. dered on , and dashed themselves to pieces before they reached the land , every fragment of the late whole seemed possessed by the full might of its wrath , rushing to be gathered to the composition of another monster ...
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... , and in a moment was buffeting with the water , rising with the hills , falling with the valleys , lost beneath the foam ; then drawn again to land . They hauled in hastily . 20. He was hurt . I could see blood on SIXTH READING BOOK . 19.
... , and in a moment was buffeting with the water , rising with the hills , falling with the valleys , lost beneath the foam ; then drawn again to land . They hauled in hastily . 20. He was hurt . I could see blood on SIXTH READING BOOK . 19.
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... land . " Now haste , Bernardo , haste , for there in very truth is he , The father whom thy faithful heart hath yearned so long to see . " His dark eye flash'd , his proud breast heaved , his cheeks ' blood came and went ; He reached ...
... land . " Now haste , Bernardo , haste , for there in very truth is he , The father whom thy faithful heart hath yearned so long to see . " His dark eye flash'd , his proud breast heaved , his cheeks ' blood came and went ; He reached ...
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... land seemed to be more certain . The birds began to appear in flocks , making towards the south - west . Columbus , in imita- tion of the Portuguese navigators , who had been guided in several of their discoveries by the motion of birds ...
... land seemed to be more certain . The birds began to appear in flocks , making towards the south - west . Columbus , in imita- tion of the Portuguese navigators , who had been guided in several of their discoveries by the motion of birds ...
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... land were now so numerous and pro- mising that he deemed them infallible . For some days the sounding - line had reached the bottom , and the soil which it brought up in- dicated land to be at no great distance . 7. The flocks of birds ...
... land were now so numerous and pro- mising that he deemed them infallible . For some days the sounding - line had reached the bottom , and the soil which it brought up in- dicated land to be at no great distance . 7. The flocks of birds ...
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Страница 72 - A hurry of hoofs in a village street, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark, And beneath, from the pebbles, in passing, a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet: That was all! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding that night; And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat.
Страница 8 - They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won ; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun : But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. " Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won, And our good Prince Eugene." " Why, 'twas a very wicked thing," Said little Wilhelmine. " Nay, nay, my little girl," quoth he, " It was a famous victory. " And everybody praised the Duke Who this great fight did win." " But what good came of it at last ? " Quoth little Peterkin. "...
Страница 196 - Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Страница 297 - The name of the child, the air of the mother, the tone of her voice, all awakened a train of recollections in his mind. "What is your name, my good woman?
Страница 101 - Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ; Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign.
Страница 222 - Like a poet hidden In the light of thought, Singing hymns unbidden, Till the world is wrought To sympathy with hopes and fears it heeded not...
Страница 93 - A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind!
Страница 298 - All stood amazed, until an old woman, tottering out from among the crowd, put her hand to her brow, and peering under it in his face for a moment, exclaimed : "Sure enough ! It is Rip Van Winkle — it is himself. Welcome home again, old neighbor. Why, where have you been these twenty long years?
Страница 280 - It could not be from the want of assiduity or perseverance ; for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long and heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble.
Страница 230 - Take thine eyes off the bridge, said he, and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend. Upon looking up, What mean, said I, those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to time? I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and among many other feathered creatures several little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches.