Swinton's Advanced First, Second Reader, Book 4Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor, 1886 - Readers |
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... Half their number died during this season ; and at one time only six or seven , among whom was Miles Standish , were left to care for the sick . The graves in the burial - place on the hill were made level with the ground , and in the ...
... Half their number died during this season ; and at one time only six or seven , among whom was Miles Standish , were left to care for the sick . The graves in the burial - place on the hill were made level with the ground , and in the ...
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... the boat an inlet about half a mile broad ; so I came back for the present , being more intent upon getting to the ship , where 48 ADVANCED FOURTH READER . WHAT CRUSOE BROUGHT FROM THE WRECK De WHAT CRUSOE BROUGHT FROM THE WRECK (Part I.
... the boat an inlet about half a mile broad ; so I came back for the present , being more intent upon getting to the ship , where 48 ADVANCED FOURTH READER . WHAT CRUSOE BROUGHT FROM THE WRECK De WHAT CRUSOE BROUGHT FROM THE WRECK (Part I.
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... half an hour , in which time the rising of the water brought me a little more upon a level . A little after , the water still rising , my raft floated again , and I thrust her off with the oar I had into the chan- nel , and then ...
... half an hour , in which time the rising of the water brought me a little more upon a level . A little after , the water still rising , my raft floated again , and I thrust her off with the oar I had into the chan- nel , and then ...
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... once saw the biggest of them hold up a wretched half - starved cur by the tail till it howled with pain , and the impression of the sight never left my mind . 8. Ever afterward , when I saw one of these ADVANCED FOURTH READER . 75.
... once saw the biggest of them hold up a wretched half - starved cur by the tail till it howled with pain , and the impression of the sight never left my mind . 8. Ever afterward , when I saw one of these ADVANCED FOURTH READER . 75.
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... half the night thinking about him he gave me a sharp answer . 2. " No , Jane . " I knew he was very cross , or he would not have called me Jane , but Jennie . " I can't keep a dog , and I won't . Missis , when Cleaver comes round , tell ...
... half the night thinking about him he gave me a sharp answer . 2. " No , Jane . " I knew he was very cross , or he would not have called me Jane , but Jennie . " I can't keep a dog , and I won't . Missis , when Cleaver comes round , tell ...
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Popular passages
Page 158 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense. Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Page 98 - Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr. Read, my future wife's father ; when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certninly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance.
Page 159 - The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs, Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Page 301 - Not there ; not there, my child. Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy, Ear hath not heard its deep songs of joy ; Dreams cannot picture a world so fair, Sorrow and death may not enter there ; Time doth not breathe on its fadeless bloom ; For beyond the clouds, and beyond the tomb, It is there ; it is there, my child.
Page 180 - How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, When fond recollection presents them to view! The orchard, the meadow, the deep-tangled wild-wood, And every loved spot which my infancy knew!
Page 17 - And, like fowls in a farmyard when barley is scattering. Out came the children running. All the little boys and girls, With rosy cheeks and flaxen curls, And sparkling eyes and teeth like pearls Tripping and skipping, ran merrily after The wonderful music with shouting and laughter.
Page 183 - White are his shoulders and white his crest, Hear him call in his merry note : Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Look, what a nice new coat is mine ! Sure there was never a bird so fine. Chee, chee, chee.
Page 24 - Must we but weep o'er days more blest? Must we but blush?— our fathers bled. Earth! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead! Of the three hundred, grant but three To make a new Thermopylae!
Page 301 - Is it far away in some region old, Where the rivers wander o'er sands of gold ? Where the burning rays of the ruby shine, And the diamond lights up the secret mine, And the pearl gleams forth from the coral strand — Is it there, sweet mother, that better land ? Not there ; not there, my child.
Page 97 - I have been the more particular in this description of my journey, and shall be so of my first entry into that city, that you may in your mind compare such unlikely beginnings with the figure I have since made there. I was in my working dress, my best clothes being to come round by sea.