Relfe brothers' model reading-books, in prose and verse, ed., with notes and intr. by R.F. Charles, Volum 1Richard Fletcher Charles 1882 |
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Pàgina 13
... bird ; but no , it is too big for a bird . It is a ship , with one - two , aye , more than two sails . Here is one close by , it is near the land . No , that is not a ship , that is a boat . A boat is not so big as a ship . Look ! a man ...
... bird ; but no , it is too big for a bird . It is a ship , with one - two , aye , more than two sails . Here is one close by , it is near the land . No , that is not a ship , that is a boat . A boat is not so big as a ship . Look ! a man ...
Pàgina 15
... more thou'lt see . " A rose's brief bright life of joy , Such unto him was given ; Go - thou must play alone , my boy ! Thy brother is in heaven ! " " And has he left his birds and flowers , The Child's First Grief . 15 Mrs Barwell.
... more thou'lt see . " A rose's brief bright life of joy , Such unto him was given ; Go - thou must play alone , my boy ! Thy brother is in heaven ! " " And has he left his birds and flowers , The Child's First Grief . 15 Mrs Barwell.
Pàgina 16
Richard Fletcher Charles. " And has he left his birds and flowers , And must I call in vain ? And , through the long , long summer hours , Will he not come again ? " And by the brook , and in the glade , Are all our wanderings o'er ? Oh ...
Richard Fletcher Charles. " And has he left his birds and flowers , And must I call in vain ? And , through the long , long summer hours , Will he not come again ? " And by the brook , and in the glade , Are all our wanderings o'er ? Oh ...
Pàgina 17
... birds , and eat such berries and roots as they can find . They are very inoffensive , only attacking the natives in self - defence . The Arctic bears are great thieves , never failing to rob an Esquimaux cache if they can meet with one ...
... birds , and eat such berries and roots as they can find . They are very inoffensive , only attacking the natives in self - defence . The Arctic bears are great thieves , never failing to rob an Esquimaux cache if they can meet with one ...
Pàgina 83
... bird's nest ? " " Oh , I hope not ! " exclaimed Julia Maynard , who was walking with her brother and a younger sister , " taking - bird's nests is cruel . " " Cruel or not , Miss Julia , " replied Edward , " a bird's nest it is . Look ...
... bird's nest ? " " Oh , I hope not ! " exclaimed Julia Maynard , who was walking with her brother and a younger sister , " taking - bird's nests is cruel . " " Cruel or not , Miss Julia , " replied Edward , " a bird's nest it is . Look ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
apple-tree beautiful birds boat Bobby bright Broadaxe brother bull calf called carving Casper Cataract of Lodore child copse cowhouse cried dank and lone door Edmonton Edward Ellen Chauncey Ellen drew eyes face Farmer Smith fast fish flew glad gone,-sold and gone Goody Harald Gunilda hand Hans Christian Andersen head hear heard heifer herd Humphrey John Gilpin little Daffydowndilly looked Miss Fortune mistri morning nest Netherby never o'er pedlar Philip plant poor pretty rajah replied Jacob rice-swamp dank robin Robin Crusoe robin's nest rope round Rule Britannia side smile Smoker soon Sophy stood stop stream sweet Tabitha tell thee thing thou thought tin soldier Toil took tree turned voice Widow Jones William Cowper wonder wood young Lochinvar
Passatges populars
Pàgina 53 - Slowly and sadly we laid him down From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory!
Pàgina 118 - THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.
Pàgina 53 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.
Pàgina 42 - Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman! Not one of them was mute; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race.
Pàgina 39 - Until he came unto the Wash Of Edmonton so gay ; And there he threw the wash about On both sides of the way, Just like unto a trundling mop, Or a wild goose at play. At Edmonton his loving wife From the balcony spied Her tender husband, wond'ring much To see how he did ride Stop, stop, John Gilpin !— Here's the house — They all at once did cry ; The dinner waits and we are tired...
Pàgina 38 - And every soul cried out, Well done ! As loud as he could bawl. Away went Gilpin — who but he ? His fame soon spread around, He carries weight ! he rides a race ! Tis for a thousand pound...
Pàgina 72 - O, young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best ; And save his good broad-sword he weapon had none, He rode all unarmed, and he rode all alone. So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.
Pàgina 156 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Pàgina 28 - Oft I had heard of Lucy Gray: And, when I crossed the wild, I chanced to see at break of day The solitary child. No mate, no comrade Lucy knew; She dwelt on a wide moor, — The sweetest thing that ever grew Beside a human door ! You yet may spy the fawn at play, The hare upon the green; But the sweet face of Lucy Gray Will never more be seen. " To-night will be a stormy night — You to the town must go; And take a lantern, Child, to light Your mother through the snow.
Pàgina 35 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear — Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair. My sister, and my sister's child, Myself, and children three, Will £11 the chaise; so you must ride On horseback after we.