Moxon's standard penny readings [ed. by T. Hood]., Volume 2 |
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... Never- theless , such is the apishness of our nature , that in spite of the repulsiveness of his doc- trine , and the austerities of his practice , he soon found himself getting too popular for his peace . 2 ALI BEN NOUS .
... Never- theless , such is the apishness of our nature , that in spite of the repulsiveness of his doc- trine , and the austerities of his practice , he soon found himself getting too popular for his peace . 2 ALI BEN NOUS .
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... Snake Charmers and yet they never thought of a bottle of oil ! " And the authorities wished to present the freedom of the city to Nous ; but he declined the honour . " I am free of the whole country , " said he , " whereas ALI BEN NOUS . 7.
... Snake Charmers and yet they never thought of a bottle of oil ! " And the authorities wished to present the freedom of the city to Nous ; but he declined the honour . " I am free of the whole country , " said he , " whereas ALI BEN NOUS . 7.
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... never to come down again till there was a shower of ninnies . For his own part , he suffered no other loss than his turban , and his trousers , which he was obliged to leave sticking to the cushion , but having a pair in reserve , he ...
... never to come down again till there was a shower of ninnies . For his own part , he suffered no other loss than his turban , and his trousers , which he was obliged to leave sticking to the cushion , but having a pair in reserve , he ...
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... Never was there a set of simple- tons so sold and pounded by their own act and deed ! There they were — all waxed by their wax ends with their last before their eyes in the shape of raging Bruin , for whom , by their own contrivance ...
... Never was there a set of simple- tons so sold and pounded by their own act and deed ! There they were — all waxed by their wax ends with their last before their eyes in the shape of raging Bruin , for whom , by their own contrivance ...
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... never would answer , -good gracious ! Chez nous - in a talented man . He sneers , how my Alice would scold him ! - At the bliss of a sigh or a tear ; He laughed only think ! —when I told him How we cried o'er Trevelyan last year ; I vow ...
... never would answer , -good gracious ! Chez nous - in a talented man . He sneers , how my Alice would scold him ! - At the bliss of a sigh or a tear ; He laughed only think ! —when I told him How we cried o'er Trevelyan last year ; I vow ...
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Abendali Allen-a-Dale Barbara bastinado began Boatswain bottle of oil bottoms brazier breath breeze brethren brothers cadi caliph called Captain's Cow CHARLES LAMB city of Buz court cushion Cynic danced dark dear door dream elder eldest eyes Faery Faery Queen father FREDERICK LOCKER fresh gale gone grass hand head heard heart heaved Heaven Jolly Planter knew Lady Clara Vere landing-place laughed lips Little Agib look Lord LORD BYRON MACKWORTH PRAED mend morning mother Netherby never night o'er old lady old woman once pale pan-bearers piece of money Pixies poor purse quoth Ravenscroft repaired Sally Brown seemed sequin SIR WALTER SCOTT smile Snake song soon Squills STANDARD PENNY READINGS stars stood Street sweet SWIFT & Co talented tears thee thing THOMAS HOOD thou thought told took tree turbans vale Vere de Vere vessels whereas whereupon wish wondered young Lochinvar
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Page 66 - Over earth and ocean with gentle motion This pilot is guiding me, Lured by the love of the genii that move In the depths of the purple sea ; Over the rills, and the crags, and the hills, Over the lakes and the plains, Wherever he dream, under mountain or stream, The Spirit he loves remains ; And I all the while bask in heaven's blue smile, Whilst he is dissolving in rains. The sanguine sunrise, with his meteor eyes, And his burning plumes outspread...
Page 69 - I am the daughter of earth and water, And the nursling of the sky : I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores I change, but I cannot die.
Page 30 - The bride kissed the goblet; the knight took it up, He quaffed off the wine, and he threw down the cup. She looked down to blush, and she looked up to sigh; With a smile on her lips and a tear in her eye. He took her soft hand, ere her mother could bar, — 'Now tread we a measure!
Page 76 - The same whom in my school-boy days I listened to; that Cry Which made me look a thousand ways In bush, and tree, and sky. To seek thee did I often rove Through woods and on the green; And thou wert still a hope, a love; Still longed for, never seen. And I can listen to thee yet; Can lie upon the plain And listen, till I do beget That golden time again.
Page 72 - Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, that host with their banners at sunset were seen ; like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, that host on the morrow lay withered and strown. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, and breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd ; and the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, and their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still...
Page 65 - I sift the snow on the mountains below, And their great pines groan aghast ; And all the night 'tis my pillow white, While I sleep in the arms of the blast.
Page 64 - I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun.
Page 71 - 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. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown.
Page 36 - One more Unfortunate, Weary of breath, Rashly importunate, Gone to her death! Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care; Fashioned so slenderly, Young, and so fair ! Look at her garments Clinging like cerements; Whilst the wave constantly Drips from her clothing; Take her up instantly, Loving, not loathing. Touch her not scornfully; Think of her mournfully, Gently and humanly; Not of the stains of her, All...
Page 178 - ... and bad blood bred ; even sometimes almost to the recommencement (so I expected) of actual hostilities. But my father, who scorned to insist upon advantages, generally contrived to turn the conversation upon some adroit by-commendation of the old Minster ; in the general preference of which, before all other cathedrals in the island, the dweller on the hill, and the plain-born, could meet on a conciliating level, and lay down their less important differences.