The new explanatory readers. Standard 1-3, 5,6. [With] Home lesson book, Issue 2 |
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... died in the city : his poor lame leg would have shrunk more and more , for want of exercise ; for a carpet ever so soft can never be like that which God has spread for the bare feet of the poorest country child . But you must not ...
... died in the city : his poor lame leg would have shrunk more and more , for want of exercise ; for a carpet ever so soft can never be like that which God has spread for the bare feet of the poorest country child . But you must not ...
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... died before Walter came to be the " Great Unknown " whom every- body was wondering about . But , after all , what matters it , so far as she was concerned ? since it is love , not greatness , for which a mother's heart hungers ; and ...
... died before Walter came to be the " Great Unknown " whom every- body was wondering about . But , after all , what matters it , so far as she was concerned ? since it is love , not greatness , for which a mother's heart hungers ; and ...
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... dying , shall go down To the vile dust , from whence he sprung Unwept , unhonoured , and unsung . O Caledonia ! stern and wild , Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood ! Land of the mountain and the flood ...
... dying , shall go down To the vile dust , from whence he sprung Unwept , unhonoured , and unsung . O Caledonia ! stern and wild , Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood ! Land of the mountain and the flood ...
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... dying Queen . Lonely as she had always been , her loneliness deepened as she drew towards the grave . The statesmen and warriors of her earlier days had dropped one by one from her council board ; and their successors were watch- ing ...
... dying Queen . Lonely as she had always been , her loneliness deepened as she drew towards the grave . The statesmen and warriors of her earlier days had dropped one by one from her council board ; and their successors were watch- ing ...
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... dying countess in her bed , and crying to her that God might pardon her , but she never could , she broke from her , and thenceforth resigned herself over to the deepest and most incurable melancholy . She rejected all consolation ; she ...
... dying countess in her bed , and crying to her that God might pardon her , but she never could , she broke from her , and thenceforth resigned herself over to the deepest and most incurable melancholy . She rejected all consolation ; she ...
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Page 21 - So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That never a hall such a galliard did grace; While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume; And the bride-maidens whispered '"Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar.
Page 190 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Page 150 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Page 202 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Page 204 - I thought that all things had been savage here ; And therefore put I on the countenance Of stern commandment : But whate'er you are, That in this desert inaccessible, Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time...
Page 66 - Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Page 65 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 20 - Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires ! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band, That knits me to thy rugged strand!
Page 21 - I long wooed your daughter, my suit you denied; Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide — And now am I come, with this lost love of mine, To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far, That would gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar.
Page 22 - One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reached the hall door, and the charger stood near ; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung ! "She is won ! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur ; They'll have fleet steeds that follow,