Masterpieces of the World's Best Literature, Volume 5Jeannette Leonard Gilder O.T. Harris, 1910 - Literature |
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... falls that all the land is cut into gullies ; but in summer , when the showers fail , and the sun attracts their water , they become low . The Nile , on the contrary , not deriving any of its bulk from rains , and being in the winter ...
... falls that all the land is cut into gullies ; but in summer , when the showers fail , and the sun attracts their water , they become low . The Nile , on the contrary , not deriving any of its bulk from rains , and being in the winter ...
Page 29
... falls into the sca . My opinion , therefore , is that the Nile as it traverses the whole of Libya , is of equal length with the Ister . And here I take my leave of this subject . ABOUT THE CROCODILE THE are ur winter months they eat HE ...
... falls into the sca . My opinion , therefore , is that the Nile as it traverses the whole of Libya , is of equal length with the Ister . And here I take my leave of this subject . ABOUT THE CROCODILE THE are ur winter months they eat HE ...
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... soon . " Down fell that pretty innocent , as falls a snow - white lamb ; Her hair drooped round her pallid cheeks , like sea- weed on a clam . Alas ! for those two loving ones ! she waked 37 THE BALLAD OF THE OYSTERMAN.
... soon . " Down fell that pretty innocent , as falls a snow - white lamb ; Her hair drooped round her pallid cheeks , like sea- weed on a clam . Alas ! for those two loving ones ! she waked 37 THE BALLAD OF THE OYSTERMAN.
Page 54
... fall asleep , And sew them on in a dream ! " O men , with sisters dear ! O men , with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out , But human creatures ' lives ! Stitch - stitch - stitch , In poverty , hunger , and dirt ...
... fall asleep , And sew them on in a dream ! " O men , with sisters dear ! O men , with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out , But human creatures ' lives ! Stitch - stitch - stitch , In poverty , hunger , and dirt ...
Page 55
... falling there ! " Work - work - work ! From weary chime to chime , Work - work - work , As prisoners work for crime ! Band , and gusset , and seam , Seam , and gusset , and band , Till the heart is sick , and the brain benumbed , As ...
... falling there ! " Work - work - work ! From weary chime to chime , Work - work - work , As prisoners work for crime ! Band , and gusset , and seam , Seam , and gusset , and band , Till the heart is sick , and the brain benumbed , As ...
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