Reading books, adapted to the requirements of the Revised code, ed. by A.R. Grant. Standard 1-6, Volumen6Alexander Ronald Grant 1870 |
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... gave up their homes sooner than do what they thought wrong ; but it is very difficult to un- derstand why , when the Puritans were settled in America , they were as determined as the King of England had been , to allow of no difference ...
... gave up their homes sooner than do what they thought wrong ; but it is very difficult to un- derstand why , when the Puritans were settled in America , they were as determined as the King of England had been , to allow of no difference ...
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... gave bank - notes , called greenbacks , which were a promise to pay at a future time . Now , you would as soon take a five - pound note here as five sovereigns , because you know that the Bank of England would change it for you the ...
... gave bank - notes , called greenbacks , which were a promise to pay at a future time . Now , you would as soon take a five - pound note here as five sovereigns , because you know that the Bank of England would change it for you the ...
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... gave the Irish emigrants . It made them fancy that they could step over to Ireland and set up a Republic there . They never had the least chance of succeeding ; and when they took to shooting policemen , and blowing up Clerken- well ...
... gave the Irish emigrants . It made them fancy that they could step over to Ireland and set up a Republic there . They never had the least chance of succeeding ; and when they took to shooting policemen , and blowing up Clerken- well ...
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... gave my Bennie to his country , that not a father in all this broad land made so precious a gift - no , not one . The dear boy only slept a minute , just one little minute , at his post ; I know that was all , for Bennie never dozed ...
... gave my Bennie to his country , that not a father in all this broad land made so precious a gift - no , not one . The dear boy only slept a minute , just one little minute , at his post ; I know that was all , for Bennie never dozed ...
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... gave us this eternal spring , Which here enamels everything ; And sends the fowls to us in care , On daily visits through the air . He hangs in shades the orange bright , Like golden lamps in a green night ; And does in the pomegranates ...
... gave us this eternal spring , Which here enamels everything ; And sends the fowls to us in care , On daily visits through the air . He hangs in shades the orange bright , Like golden lamps in a green night ; And does in the pomegranates ...
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America amongst asked Australia battle of Plassey beautiful Benares birds bishop Bithoor Brahmin called Captain Cawnpore Christians church clothes cook crowd death Delhi dressed elephant emigrants England English eyes father feet fire gave girls gold hand head heard Henry Havelock Hindoo Hodson horse howdah Hugh Wheeler hundred India island killed king Koh-i-noor ladies land living London look Lord Auckland Lucknow Melbourne miles mohurs morning mountains murder Nana natives never night palanquin palkee pearls Pitcairn's Island poor princes Queen rajahs religion river round Runjeet Sahib seems seen sent Sepoys servants ship shot Sir James Outram slave sleep soldiers sort squatter Sunday Sunderbunds tell temple tent thing thought tiger told took travellers tree wife women wonder worship
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Página 6 - THE breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed. And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Página 203 - No sooner had the Almighty ceased but — all The multitude of Angels, with a shout Loud as from numbers without number, sweet As from blest voices, uttering joy — Heaven rung With jubilee, and loud hosannas filled The eternal regions.
Página 203 - Immortal amarant, a flower which once In Paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to bloom; but soon for man's offence To heaven removed, where first it grew, there grows, And flowers aloft, shading the fount of life, And where the river of bliss through midst of heaven Rolls o'er Elysian flowers her amber stream...
Página 201 - Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal smile ! It answers — Yes. I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu I But was it such ? — It was.
Página 112 - In careless ease my limbs I lay, and woo the cooler wind. I miss thee when by Gunga's stream my twilight steps I guide, But most beneath the lamp's pale beam I miss thee from my side.
Página 202 - Tis now become a history little known, That once we call'd the pastoral house our own. Short-lived possession! But the record fair, That memory keeps of all thy kindness there, Still outlives many a storm, that has effaced A thousand other themes less deeply traced.
Página 202 - Dupe of to-morrow even from a child. Thus many a sad to-morrow came and went, Till, all my stock of infant sorrow spent, I learned at last submission to my lot, But, though I less deplored thee, ne'er forgot.
Página 202 - When, playing with thy vesture's tissued flowers, The violet, the pink, and jessamine, I pricked them into paper with a pin, (And thou wast happier than myself the while, Wouldst softly speak, and stroke my head and smile.) Could those few pleasant days again appear, Might one wish bring them, would I wish them here?
Página 204 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ; Thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair ; Thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sit'st above these Heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Página 197 - SEA-KINGS' daughter from over the sea, Alexandra ! Saxon and Norman and Dane are we, But all of us Danes in our welcome of thee, Alexandra ! Welcome her, thunders of fort and of fleet!