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 18
... sound sleep , " said the King . The page was at a loss how to excuse himself , and , putting his hand into his pocket by chance , to his utter astonishment he there found a purse of ducats . He took it out , turned pale , and looking at ...
... sound sleep , " said the King . The page was at a loss how to excuse himself , and , putting his hand into his pocket by chance , to his utter astonishment he there found a purse of ducats . He took it out , turned pale , and looking at ...
Page 29
... sound the tocsin or the knell- Hush'd be the alarum gun . Sheath'd be the sword ! and may his voice But call the nations to rejoice That War his tatter'd. FOUNDING OF THE BELL . HEAD OF THE OLD ENGLISH HOUND . Head Op The. ILLUSTRATED ...
... sound the tocsin or the knell- Hush'd be the alarum gun . Sheath'd be the sword ! and may his voice But call the nations to rejoice That War his tatter'd. FOUNDING OF THE BELL . HEAD OF THE OLD ENGLISH HOUND . Head Op The. ILLUSTRATED ...
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... sounds louder in foreign parts abroad than at home in his own nation ; thereby verifying that Divine sentence , A Prophet is not without honour , save in his own country and in his own house . " Even the men of genius , who ought to ...
... sounds louder in foreign parts abroad than at home in his own nation ; thereby verifying that Divine sentence , A Prophet is not without honour , save in his own country and in his own house . " Even the men of genius , who ought to ...
Page 44
... sound By the harsh notes of work - day care is drown'd , And the loud steps of vain , unlist'ning haste , Yet the great lesson hath no tone of power , Mightier to reach the soul in thought's hush'd hour , Than yours , meek lilies ...
... sound By the harsh notes of work - day care is drown'd , And the loud steps of vain , unlist'ning haste , Yet the great lesson hath no tone of power , Mightier to reach the soul in thought's hush'd hour , Than yours , meek lilies ...
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... sound mind in a sound body . Sloth is so inconsistent with both , that 50 ILLUSTRATED LONDON READING BOOK .
... sound mind in a sound body . Sloth is so inconsistent with both , that 50 ILLUSTRATED LONDON READING BOOK .
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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...