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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... strange discovery was made in Canada . In certain places there are wells , from which you do not draw water , but oil , the very oil that you burn in lamps in many of your homes . It is often called paraffine oil , but the right name is ...
... strange discovery was made in Canada . In certain places there are wells , from which you do not draw water , but oil , the very oil that you burn in lamps in many of your homes . It is often called paraffine oil , but the right name is ...
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... strange waters . Of course Oxford accepted , and for a fortnight both crews , consisting of four each , might be seen trying their strength on the river about Barnes and Mortlake . The Harvard men were offered an English coach to train ...
... strange waters . Of course Oxford accepted , and for a fortnight both crews , consisting of four each , might be seen trying their strength on the river about Barnes and Mortlake . The Harvard men were offered an English coach to train ...
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... strange tree called poison oak in St. Fran- cisco ; some people are made ill if they go near it , and almost all turn sick if they touch it ; an irritating rash comes out on the skin . Succotash is a common dish there ; it is made of ...
... strange tree called poison oak in St. Fran- cisco ; some people are made ill if they go near it , and almost all turn sick if they touch it ; an irritating rash comes out on the skin . Succotash is a common dish there ; it is made of ...
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... strange that South Australia is not more of a corn - growing country , for at the Great Exhibition in London , in 1851 , a prize was obtained for some wheat from thence , which was thought to be the finest the world ever yet produced ...
... strange that South Australia is not more of a corn - growing country , for at the Great Exhibition in London , in 1851 , a prize was obtained for some wheat from thence , which was thought to be the finest the world ever yet produced ...
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... strange mineral broke away , " Mica ! " * broke from every lip , and the cakes of iron - pyrites that had been dug were thrown away . The washing - off was satisfactory , notwithstanding . There were 8 oz . of real true gold , and they ...
... strange mineral broke away , " Mica ! " * broke from every lip , and the cakes of iron - pyrites that had been dug were thrown away . The washing - off was satisfactory , notwithstanding . There were 8 oz . of real true gold , and they ...
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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!