Cassell's Readable readers, Llibre 51885 |
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Pàgina 19
... ship , and go sailing proudly across that mysterious waste of waters . Then the town itself is full of hints and flavours of the sea . The gables and roofs of the houses facing eastward are covered with red rust , like the flukes of old ...
... ship , and go sailing proudly across that mysterious waste of waters . Then the town itself is full of hints and flavours of the sea . The gables and roofs of the houses facing eastward are covered with red rust , like the flukes of old ...
Pàgina 23
... bird wheels In circles round the mast , And sing when deep in foam the ship Ploughs onward to the blast . 2. What care the mariners for gales ? There's music in their roar , When wide the berth along the lee And leagues of. THE MARINERS .
... bird wheels In circles round the mast , And sing when deep in foam the ship Ploughs onward to the blast . 2. What care the mariners for gales ? There's music in their roar , When wide the berth along the lee And leagues of. THE MARINERS .
Pàgina 24
... coast To their storm - shattered sails ; And men on shore will bless the ship That could so guided be , Safe in the hollow of His hand To brave the mighty sea ! PARK BENJAMIN . V I. THE CRUISE OF THE " DOLPHIN . " 24 FIFTH READING BOOK .
... coast To their storm - shattered sails ; And men on shore will bless the ship That could so guided be , Safe in the hollow of His hand To brave the mighty sea ! PARK BENJAMIN . V I. THE CRUISE OF THE " DOLPHIN . " 24 FIFTH READING BOOK .
Pàgina 29
... ship in full sail , with a fortunate gale , Holds proudly on her way ; Where the nets are spread on the grass to dry , And asleep , hard by , the fishermen lie , Under the tent of the warm blue sky , With the hushing wave on its golden ...
... ship in full sail , with a fortunate gale , Holds proudly on her way ; Where the nets are spread on the grass to dry , And asleep , hard by , the fishermen lie , Under the tent of the warm blue sky , With the hushing wave on its golden ...
Pàgina 30
... ship rolls on the hidden shoals , And scatters her planks on the beach ; Where slate and straw through the village spin , And a cottage fronts the fiercest din . With a sailor's wife sitting sad within , Hearkening the wind and the ...
... ship rolls on the hidden shoals , And scatters her planks on the beach ; Where slate and straw through the village spin , And a cottage fronts the fiercest din . With a sailor's wife sitting sad within , Hearkening the wind and the ...
Frases i termes més freqüents
Abbot Alnaschar Arabs archers archery Arth battle Binny Wallace boat brave bread brother cabin camels Cassell's castle Catherine Catskill mountains cried Dame van Winkle death desert door drachms England English Estes Park Evarts eyes face fear fire grace Greek slave hand head heard heart heaven honour horse hour Hubert ISABELLA L keep king Lady Fleming lake Lars Porsena light little prince living Lochleven Locksley look madam ment morning mountain never night o'er old woman passed Phil Adams poem poor Prince John Queen QUEEN OF SCOTS replied rest Revenge Rip van Winkle river rocks Roland Græme round Rowlocks sail sand Satrap Seyton ship shoot shore shot shout side Sir Richard sleep soldier soon Spanish stand tent thee thou tongue took village wife wind word yeoman دو
Passatges populars
Pàgina 112 - Van Bummel, the schoolmaster?" "He went off to the wars too, was a great militia general, and is now in congress." Rip's heart died away at hearing of these sad changes in his home and friends, and finding himself thus alone in the world. Every answer puzzled him too, by treating of such enormous lapses of time, and of matters which he could not understand: war — congress — Stony Point; — he had no courage to ask after any more friends, but cried out in despair, "Does nobody here know Rip Van...
Pàgina 198 - On the lofty British line. It was ten of April morn by the chime ; As they drifted on their path There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between.
Pàgina 109 - The orator bustled up to him, and, drawing him partly aside, inquired " on which side he voted ?" Rip stared in vacant stupidity. Another short but busy little fellow pulled him by the arm, and, rising on tiptoe, inquired in his ear, " whether he was Federal or Democrat...
Pàgina 101 - On waking, he found himself on the green knoll whence he had first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes. It was a bright, sunny morning. The birds were hopping and twittering among the bushes, and the eagle was wheeling aloft and breasting the pure mountain breeze. "Surely," thought Rip. "I have not slept here all night.
Pàgina 90 - ... about their summits, which, in the last rays of the setting sun, will glow and light up like a crown of glory. At the foot of these fairy mountains...
Pàgina 94 - Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on; a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. For a long while he used to console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village; which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait of His Majesty George the Third.
Pàgina 110 - Nicholas Vedder! why, he is dead and gone these eighteen years! There was a wooden tombstone in the churchyard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotten and gone too.
Pàgina 104 - 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," thought Rip, " and if this frolic should lay me up with a fit of the rheumatism, I shall have a blessed time with Dame Van Winkle." With some difficulty he got down into the glen : he found the gully up which he and his companion had ascended the preceding evening ; but to his astonishment a mountain stream was now foaming down it, leaping from rock to rock, and...
Pàgina 194 - And the night went down, and the sun smiled out far over the summer sea, And the Spanish fleet with broken sides lay round us all in a ring; But they dared not touch us again, for they fear'd that we still could sting, So they watch'd what the end would be.
Pàgina 95 - ... of his wife, was to take gun in hand and stroll away into the woods. Here he would sometimes seat himself at the foot of a tree, and share the contents of his wallet with Wolf, with whom he sympathized as a fellowsufferer in persecution. "Poor Wolf...