Moxon's standard penny readings [ed. by T. Hood]., Volumen1 |
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... hand gallop in order not to be at discord with the celerity of the rest of the service , the advantage is a dubious one . No wonder is it that it is to the stage , where it is a matter of business , that we must turn for a masterly ...
... hand gallop in order not to be at discord with the celerity of the rest of the service , the advantage is a dubious one . No wonder is it that it is to the stage , where it is a matter of business , that we must turn for a masterly ...
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... off both my jack - boots , let go belt and all , Stood up in the stirrup , leaned , patted his ear , Called my Roland his pet name , my horse without peer ; Clapped my hands , laughed and sang , any noise FROM GHENT TO AIX . 5.
... off both my jack - boots , let go belt and all , Stood up in the stirrup , leaned , patted his ear , Called my Roland his pet name , my horse without peer ; Clapped my hands , laughed and sang , any noise FROM GHENT TO AIX . 5.
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Moxon Edward and co Thomas Hood. Clapped my hands , laughed and sang , any noise , bad or good , Till at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood . And all I remember is , friends flocking round As I sat with his head ' twixt my knees ...
Moxon Edward and co Thomas Hood. Clapped my hands , laughed and sang , any noise , bad or good , Till at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood . And all I remember is , friends flocking round As I sat with his head ' twixt my knees ...
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... hand , uncomfortably near , The independent voice , so loud and strong , And clanging like a gong , Roar'd out again the everlasting song , " I have a silent sorrow here ! " The thing was hard to stand ! The Music - master could not ...
... hand , uncomfortably near , The independent voice , so loud and strong , And clanging like a gong , Roar'd out again the everlasting song , " I have a silent sorrow here ! " The thing was hard to stand ! The Music - master could not ...
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... hands over the smoking remnants of one of those untimely sufferers , an odour assailed his nostrils , unlike any scent which he had before experienced . What could it proceed from ? —not from the burnt cot- tage he had smelt that smell ...
... hands over the smoking remnants of one of those untimely sufferers , an odour assailed his nostrils , unlike any scent which he had before experienced . What could it proceed from ? —not from the burnt cot- tage he had smelt that smell ...
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Página 2 - Not a word to each other; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set the pique right, Rebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit.
Página 82 - The music and the doleful tale, The rich and balmy eve; And hopes, and fears that kindle hope, An undistinguishable throng, And gentle wishes long subdued, Subdued and cherished long. She wept with pity and delight, She blushed with love, and virgin shame; And like the murmur of a dream, I heard her breathe my name.
Página 5 - Rolled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone; And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news which alone could save Aix from her fate, With his nostrils like pits full of blood to the brim, And with circles of red for his eye-sockets
Página 2 - Good speed!' cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew; 'Speed!' echoed the wall to us galloping through; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast.
Página 52 - I met a little cottage Girl: She was eight years old, she said; Her hair was thick with many a curl That cluster'd round her head. She had a rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad: Her eyes were fair, and very fair; Her beauty made me glad. " Sisters and brothers, little Maid, How many may you be ? " " How many ? Seven in all," she said, And wondering look'd at me.
Página 23 - What could it proceed from? Not from the burnt cottage: he had smelt that smell before; indeed this was by no means the first accident of the kind which had occurred through the negligence of this unlucky young fire-brand. Much less did it resemble that of any known herb, weed, or flower. A premonitory moistening at the same time overflowed his nether lip.
Página 95 - We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
Página 94 - Teach us, sprite or bird, what sweet thoughts are thine : I have never heard praise of love or wine That panted forth a flood of rapture so divine.
Página 22 - Bo-bo was in the utmost consternation,- as you may think, not so much for the sake of the tenement, which his father and he could easily build up again with a few dry branches, and the labor of an hour or two, at any time, as for the loss of the pigs.
Página 90 - Keen as are the arrows Of that silver sphere, Whose intense lamp narrows In the white dawn clear, Until we hardly see, — we feel that it is there.