St. Nicholas, Volum 11Mary Mapes Dodge Scribner & Company, 1884 |
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Pàgina 508
... voices within , but it was some time before he could make out much that was said . At length , his mother's voice began to rise and swell with tempestuous emotion . " I wish my husband were here to talk with you , " she was saying ...
... voices within , but it was some time before he could make out much that was said . At length , his mother's voice began to rise and swell with tempestuous emotion . " I wish my husband were here to talk with you , " she was saying ...
Pàgina 509
... voice became flawed and gusty with grief ; while the listener under the window scowled and set his teeth , as if he found eaves - dropping not so agreeable a pastime as he had anticipated . The school - master made some sympathetic re ...
... voice became flawed and gusty with grief ; while the listener under the window scowled and set his teeth , as if he found eaves - dropping not so agreeable a pastime as he had anticipated . The school - master made some sympathetic re ...
Pàgina 510
... voice sounded as if he was rising to go , and the boy made haste to get away from the window . CHAPTER II . A TALK ABOUT BIRDS . WHEN Mr. Pike came out of the house , a few minutes later , he saw Gaspar Heth sitting on the grass where ...
... voice sounded as if he was rising to go , and the boy made haste to get away from the window . CHAPTER II . A TALK ABOUT BIRDS . WHEN Mr. Pike came out of the house , a few minutes later , he saw Gaspar Heth sitting on the grass where ...
Pàgina 518
... voice , the dress , the look , the very motions of a person define and alter when he or she begins to live for a reason . I fancy that I can select in a crowded street the busy , blessed women who sup- port themselves . They carry ...
... voice , the dress , the look , the very motions of a person define and alter when he or she begins to live for a reason . I fancy that I can select in a crowded street the busy , blessed women who sup- port themselves . They carry ...
Pàgina 527
... voice she called out : " Caterpillar ! " " Where ? " exclaimed the Absolute Fool , stop- ping short . " On your neck , " cried the Gorgoness . With a look of horror on his features , the Abso- lute Fool dropped his sword and began to ...
... voice she called out : " Caterpillar ! " " Where ? " exclaimed the Absolute Fool , stop- ping short . " On your neck , " cried the Gorgoness . With a look of horror on his features , the Abso- lute Fool dropped his sword and began to ...
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Pàgina 904 - The Queen of Hearts She made some tarts, All on a summer's day; The Knave of Hearts He stole those tarts, And took them clean away. The King of Hearts Called for the tarts, And beat the Knave full sore; The Knave of Hearts Brought back the tarts, And vowed he'd steal no more.
Pàgina 558 - Now as the armed troops stood thick of men upon the bridge, and there were likewise many heaps of stones and other weapons upon it, and the piles under it being loosened and broken, the bridge gave way ; and a great part of the men upon it fell into the river, and all the others fled, some into the castle, some into Southwark.
Pàgina 983 - The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their...
Pàgina 558 - ... them so many stones and missile weapons, such as arrows and spears, that neither helmet nor shield could hold out against it; and the ships themselves were so greatly damaged that many retreated out of it.
Pàgina 952 - Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
Pàgina 983 - The primal duties shine aloft — like stars ; The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of Man — like flowers.
Pàgina 697 - Washington avowed, when the great struggle was over, that, " if all the States had done their duty as well as the little State of Connecticut, the war would have been ended long ago.
Pàgina 983 - No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn: Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them...
Pàgina 558 - Southwark there was a bridge, so broad that two waggons could pass each other upon it. On the bridge were raised barricades, both towers and wooden parapets, in the direction of the river, which were nearly breast high ; and under the bridge were piles driven into the bottom of the river. Now when the attack was made the troops stood on the bridge everywhere, and defended themselves. King Ethelred was very anxious to get possession of the bridge, and he called together all the chiefs to consult how...
Pàgina 868 - Its beam on the battle, is set ; But enough of its glory remains on each sword To light us to victory yet...