Oldham's Amusing and Instructive Reader: A Course of Reading, Original and Selected, in Prose and Poetry, Wherein Wit, Humor, and Mirth are Made the Means of Awakening Interest, and Imparting Instruction : for the Use of Schools and AcademiesIvison & Phinney, 1854 - 384 páginas |
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Página 42
... mother is sick , and we have eaten nothing to - day . The first impulse of the moment was to go on : his second to stop . He looked at the girl . Her face was thin and pale , and her garments scanty . He was a man of impulses , so he ...
... mother is sick , and we have eaten nothing to - day . The first impulse of the moment was to go on : his second to stop . He looked at the girl . Her face was thin and pale , and her garments scanty . He was a man of impulses , so he ...
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... mother is dead , and she burst into hysteric tears ; and the merchant , at that mo- ment would have given half his fortune to have recalled her to life . The lesson thus learned he never forgot . The merchant personally saw that a ...
... mother is dead , and she burst into hysteric tears ; and the merchant , at that mo- ment would have given half his fortune to have recalled her to life . The lesson thus learned he never forgot . The merchant personally saw that a ...
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... mother , " she exchanged for a steady gaze at the side window , opposite to the coachman , so long as he remained in the presence . 13. " By your leave , Ma'am , " said Humphrey , putting his hand to his hat , and keeping it there ...
... mother , " she exchanged for a steady gaze at the side window , opposite to the coachman , so long as he remained in the presence . 13. " By your leave , Ma'am , " said Humphrey , putting his hand to his hat , and keeping it there ...
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... mother ; " when we find a man , we can only tear away his flesh , and leave his bones on the ground . " 66 2. Since man is so big , " said the young ones , " how do you kill him ? You are afraid of the wolf and the bear ; by what power ...
... mother ; " when we find a man , we can only tear away his flesh , and leave his bones on the ground . " 66 2. Since man is so big , " said the young ones , " how do you kill him ? You are afraid of the wolf and the bear ; by what power ...
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... mother , " when I was young I used to visit an old vulture on the Carpathian Rocks ; he had fed , year after year , on the entrails of men . He said that , as the boughs of an oak are dashed together by the storm that swine may fatten ...
... mother , " when I was young I used to visit an old vulture on the Carpathian Rocks ; he had fed , year after year , on the entrails of men . He said that , as the boughs of an oak are dashed together by the storm that swine may fatten ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Æsop Anacharsis asked banqueting-hall bastinado battle of Mutina beauty BIBLIOMANIA bless called coach cried CROAKER Croesus Cumberland gate Dawson Dawdle dear Doctor Dogb door Duhobret eyes face genteel give gold grace grave half hand happy head hear heard heart Honey horse hour humor James Kenny John John Tait king lady laugh live look Ma'am madam merry merry heart mind Miss Mac Bride morning mother ne'er neighbor never night nine tails o'er Old Mortality once Ortugrul passed person pity pleasure poet poor Potiphar pride proud rain replied rich round Saracen seat Sir John Barrington sleep Slyder Downehylle soon soul street sure tact Talent talk tell thalers thee Themistocles thing thou thought Twas Twill Uncle wife window wonder word young
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Página 361 - Oh ! young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best ; And save his good broadsword he weapons had none, He rode all unarmed and he rode all alone. So faithful in love and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.
Página 282 - farewell ! no more Shall Death disturb your mirthful hour : A.nd further, to avoid all blame Of cruelty upon my name, To give you time for preparation, And fit you for your future station, Three several warnings you shall have Before...
Página 315 - He can behold Aquarius old Walking the fenceless fields of air ; And from each ample fold Of the clouds about him rolled Scattering everywhere The showery rain, As the farmer scatters his grain. He can behold Things manifold That have not yet been wholly told, Have not been wholly sung nor said. For his thought, that never stops, Follows the water-drops Down to the graves of the dead, Down through chasms and gulfs profound, To the dreary fountain-head Of lakes and rivers under ground ; And sees them,...
Página 23 - I should with great alacrity teach them all to fly. But what would be the security of the good, if the bad could at pleasure invade them from the sky ? Against an army sailing through the clouds, neither walls, nor mountains, nor seas, could afford any security.
Página 362 - 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.
Página 366 - The best laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft agley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain For promis'd joy! Still thou art blest, compar'd wi' me! The present only toucheth thee: But, och! I backward cast my e'e, On prospects drear! An' forward, tho' I canna see, I guess an
Página 362 - I long wooed your daughter, my suit you denied; Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide, And now I am 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.
Página 211 - No storms, no clouds, in thy blue sky foreseeing, Play on, play on, My elfin John ! Toss the light ball — bestride the stick, (I knew so many cakes would make him sick !) With fancies buoyant as the thistle down, Prompting the face grotesque, and antic brisk, With many a lamb-like frisk, (He's got the scissors, snipping at your gown.) Thou pretty opening rose...
Página 362 - 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 croup 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!
Página 301 - All are scattered now and fled, Some are married, some are dead; And when I ask with throbs of pain, "Ah! when shall they all meet again?