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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... side by side . Purely narrative and purely descriptive passages will be distinguished . A series of Letters on interesting topics by good writers will form an important element ; and a series of short model prose passages suitable for ...
... side by side . Purely narrative and purely descriptive passages will be distinguished . A series of Letters on interesting topics by good writers will form an important element ; and a series of short model prose passages suitable for ...
Pàgina 18
... side instead of his companion . Without touch- ing the man , Bruin very composedly tore the seal from the net , and in the coolest manner possible , set about devouring his supper , in which process you might be quite sure the ...
... side instead of his companion . Without touch- ing the man , Bruin very composedly tore the seal from the net , and in the coolest manner possible , set about devouring his supper , in which process you might be quite sure the ...
Pàgina 23
... side . Down the road a flock of white geese came waddling along , pluck- ing the grass and talking to each other in very harsh tones , and otherwise the road seemed de- serted , unless when a stray cat came softly out from one house and ...
... side . Down the road a flock of white geese came waddling along , pluck- ing the grass and talking to each other in very harsh tones , and otherwise the road seemed de- serted , unless when a stray cat came softly out from one house and ...
Pàgina 24
... side , and the sight of them brought back all the sweet Bible words that Mrs. Cheerful had told him . Casper stood looking down now , thinking strangely and yet pleasantly , how wonderful it was that the Good Shepherd should care about ...
... side , and the sight of them brought back all the sweet Bible words that Mrs. Cheerful had told him . Casper stood looking down now , thinking strangely and yet pleasantly , how wonderful it was that the Good Shepherd should care about ...
Pàgina 25
... side of the well ; but the well was so deep and the sides so straight , that how to get further the cat was in doubt . She clung to the Casper , while he wet stones and looked up at looked down at her ; her eyes shining like two coals ...
... side of the well ; but the well was so deep and the sides so straight , that how to get further the cat was in doubt . She clung to the Casper , while he wet stones and looked up at looked down at her ; her eyes shining like two coals ...
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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.