The Illustrated London Reading BookPrinted and published at the office of The Illustrated London News, 1851 - English language - 264 pages |
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Page 12
... raised up , and produces at the same time a tremulous motion in it , this provision of nature gives timely notice of its dangerous approach . The number of pieces of which this rattle is formed points out the age of the snake , which ...
... raised up , and produces at the same time a tremulous motion in it , this provision of nature gives timely notice of its dangerous approach . The number of pieces of which this rattle is formed points out the age of the snake , which ...
Page 14
... Raising his hammer , he struck down into the giant's face a right thunderbolt blow , of force to rend rocks . The giant merely awoke , rubbed his cheek , and said , " Did a leaf fall s Again Thor struck , as soon as Skrymir again slept ...
... Raising his hammer , he struck down into the giant's face a right thunderbolt blow , of force to rend rocks . The giant merely awoke , rubbed his cheek , and said , " Did a leaf fall s Again Thor struck , as soon as Skrymir again slept ...
Page 15
... raise its feet off the ground — could at the utmost raise one foot . Why , you are no man , " said the Utgard people ... raised his hammer to smite them , had gone to air —only the giant's voice was heard mocking ; " Better come no more ...
... raise its feet off the ground — could at the utmost raise one foot . Why , you are no man , " said the Utgard people ... raised his hammer to smite them , had gone to air —only the giant's voice was heard mocking ; " Better come no more ...
Page 16
... raised . We are told , that when Archbishop Cranmer's edition of the Bible was printed in 1538 , and fixed to a desk ... raise ; To favour'd man alone ' tis given , To join the angelic choir in praise ! THE STEPPING - STONES . THE ...
... raised . We are told , that when Archbishop Cranmer's edition of the Bible was printed in 1538 , and fixed to a desk ... raise ; To favour'd man alone ' tis given , To join the angelic choir in praise ! THE STEPPING - STONES . THE ...
Page 28
... raise his voice of gloom , And peal a requiem o'er their tomb— Hurra ! the work is done ! Should foemen lift their haughty hand , And dare invade us where we stand , Fast by the altars of our land We'll gather every one ; And he shall ...
... raise his voice of gloom , And peal a requiem o'er their tomb— Hurra ! the work is done ! Should foemen lift their haughty hand , And dare invade us where we stand , Fast by the altars of our land We'll gather every one ; And he shall ...
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Page 145 - Now strike the golden lyre again : A louder yet, and yet a louder strain ! Break his bands of sleep asunder And rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark ! the horrid sound Has raised up his head : As awaked from the dead And amazed he stares around. Revenge, revenge...
Page 205 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God.
Page 186 - ... for expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one: but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.
Page 186 - Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them: for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them and above them, won by observation.
Page 190 - See through this air, this ocean, and this earth, All matter quick, and bursting into birth! Above, how high progressive life may go ! Around, how wide ! how deep extend below ! Vast chain of being! which from God began; Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from infinite to thee; From thee to nothing...
Page 172 - By the festal cities' blaze, Whilst the wine-cup shines in light ; And yet amidst that joy and uproar Let us think of them that sleep, Full many a fathom deep, By thy wild and stormy steep, Elsinore...
Page 109 - You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet ; Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone? Of two such lessons, why forget The nobler and the manlier one?
Page 228 - She'd come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse: which I, observing, Took once a pliant hour, and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart That. I would all my pilgrimage dilate...
Page 186 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy...
Page 203 - Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...