The golden gift, a book for the youngWilliam P. ***, 1868 |
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... round their hearth - fire of peats , and held their little family councils upon what was to be done towards any chance - if chance remained- of yet giving aid to their parents ; for a slender hope had sprung up that some hovel or sheep ...
... round their hearth - fire of peats , and held their little family councils upon what was to be done towards any chance - if chance remained- of yet giving aid to their parents ; for a slender hope had sprung up that some hovel or sheep ...
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... - drifts had shifted during the night ; and though the wooden bridge was still impracticable , a low wall had been exposed , over which , by a circuit round the brook , it C No seemed possible that a road might be found 16 THE GOLDEN GIFT .
... - drifts had shifted during the night ; and though the wooden bridge was still impracticable , a low wall had been exposed , over which , by a circuit round the brook , it C No seemed possible that a road might be found 16 THE GOLDEN GIFT .
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... round , Now at the clouds , and now at the green grass , And all absorbed in reveries profound Of fair Almira in the upper class , Who was , as in a sonnet he had said , As pure as water , and as good as bread . These came together in ...
... round , Now at the clouds , and now at the green grass , And all absorbed in reveries profound Of fair Almira in the upper class , Who was , as in a sonnet he had said , As pure as water , and as good as bread . These came together in ...
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... round . The Squire presided , dignified and tall , His air impressive and his reasoning sound : Ill fared it with the birds , both great and small ; Hardly a friend in all that crowd they found , But enemies enough , who every one ...
... round . The Squire presided , dignified and tall , His air impressive and his reasoning sound : Ill fared it with the birds , both great and small ; Hardly a friend in all that crowd they found , But enemies enough , who every one ...
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... round these birds were brought , By order of the town , with anxious quest , And , loosened from their wicker prisons , sought In woods and fields the places they loved best , Singing loud canticles , which many thought Were satires to ...
... round these birds were brought , By order of the town , with anxious quest , And , loosened from their wicker prisons , sought In woods and fields the places they loved best , Singing loud canticles , which many thought Were satires to ...
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babe BATTLE OF BLENHEIM beautiful birds breast Bremen BROKEN FLOWER child Christiana Clever Alice Corporal creature cried Dame Van Winkle dark daughter dead dear donkey door eyes father forbear to weep girl Grasmere great-grandmother Field Griffin hand Harrison Weir head heard heart heaven heiress hole Holly-Tree John Gilpin Killingworth laughed Little white Lily live looked Magpie morning mother mountain neighbourhood never night o'er Paterson pipe poor pray prayer quoth rain Regina Reynard Reynard the Fox Rip Van Winkle Rip's rock round Sancho Sarah Green sentry-box sing sleep smiled snow stood stormy winds story sweet baby tail thee thing thou thought told took town tree turned Twas Uncle Toby Uncle Toby's village voice waiting wife wild WILLIAM WORDSWORTH window winds do blow wonder woods
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Страница 86 - Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak She quells the floods below — As they roar on the shore, When the stormy winds do blow ; When the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Страница 148 - My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face ; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case. Said John, It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware. So turning to his horse, he said, I am in haste to dine ; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine.
Страница 56 - Old Kaspar took it from the boy, Who stood expectant by; And then the old man shook his head, And with a natural sigh, ' 'Tis some poor fellow's skull,' said he, 'Who fell in the great victory.
Страница 67 - Wolf would wag his tail, look wistfully in his master's face, and if dogs can feel pity I verily believe he reciprocated the sentiment with all his heart.
Страница 143 - Good lack ! quoth he, yet bring it me, My leathern belt likewise, In which I bear my trusty sword When I do exercise.
Страница 23 - Some ship in distress, that cannot live In such an angry sea!" "O father! I see a gleaming light, O say, what may it be?" But the father answered never a word, A frozen corpse was he. Lashed to the helm, all stiff and stark, With his face turned to the skies; The lantern gleamed through the gleaming snow On his fixed and glassy eyes. Then the maiden clasped her hands, and prayed That saved she might be; And she thought of Christ, who stilled the waves, On the Lake of Galilee.
Страница 71 - ... his gun. Wolf, too, had disappeared, but he might have strayed away after a squirrel or partridge. He whistled after him and shouted his name, but all in vain; the echoes repeated his whistle and shout, but no dog was to be seen. He determined to revisit the scene of the last evening's gambol, and if he met with any of the party, to demand his dog and gun. As he rose to walk, he found himself stiff in the joints, and wanting in his usual activity. " These mountain beds do not agree with me...
Страница 66 - Rip Van Winkle, however, was one of those happy mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would rather starve on a penny than work for a pound.
Страница 69 - He was a short square-built old fellow, with thick bushy hair, and a grizzled beard. His dress was of the antique Dutch fashion — a cloth jerkin...
Страница 76 - Rip Van Winkle yonder, leaning against the tree." Rip looked, and beheld a precise counterpart of himself, as he went up the mountain ; apparently as lazy, and certainly as ragged. The poor fellow was now completely confounded. He doubted his own identity, and whether he was himself or another man.