Christmas Blossoms, and New Year's WreathE.H. Butler, 1854 |
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... seemed to think about her- self , except she could make somebody happy , or be of use to them . In summer , you saw her going out with a basket in her hand full of cakes , or fruit , or flowers , and they always were for some poor or ...
... seemed to think about her- self , except she could make somebody happy , or be of use to them . In summer , you saw her going out with a basket in her hand full of cakes , or fruit , or flowers , and they always were for some poor or ...
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... seemed to get quite young again ; you could even hear him laughing down stairs ; the fairy - godmother , whose face had always been so bright , looked now brighter and lovelier than ever , and as to old Barbele , she sang all the time ...
... seemed to get quite young again ; you could even hear him laughing down stairs ; the fairy - godmother , whose face had always been so bright , looked now brighter and lovelier than ever , and as to old Barbele , she sang all the time ...
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... seemed to her as if she thought more and more of her every day . The fairy - godmother and the old Professor seemed to be always talking together ; and one day THE CHRISTMAS TREE . 29.
... seemed to her as if she thought more and more of her every day . The fairy - godmother and the old Professor seemed to be always talking together ; and one day THE CHRISTMAS TREE . 29.
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Uncle Thomas. seemed to be always talking together ; and one day , a very short time before Christmas , Seraphine was told that she would do no more lessons up stairs at present , for that the Professor had set out on a journey , and ...
Uncle Thomas. seemed to be always talking together ; and one day , a very short time before Christmas , Seraphine was told that she would do no more lessons up stairs at present , for that the Professor had set out on a journey , and ...
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... despise the green hedges and pleasant fields - who would ever think of making a pet of him ? But this little boy had a sparrow to which he was 1 attached , and the sparrow knew him and seemed fond 35 THE PET SPARROW, ANONYMOUS,
... despise the green hedges and pleasant fields - who would ever think of making a pet of him ? But this little boy had a sparrow to which he was 1 attached , and the sparrow knew him and seemed fond 35 THE PET SPARROW, ANONYMOUS,
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ABDY Anne Boleyn Aunt Trudchen Bavaria beautiful Bessy bird brambles brother called Christmas tree Clara clever crab-tree creature cried crying dear door Elizabeth Woodville Elmore Erbach eyes fairy-godmother farm Farmer Tripp father fawn feel felt flowers frogs garden gave gently girl grandfather grass hand happy Harriet Harry Tripp harvest home heart heaven hedge John Tripp Johnny Johnny's kind Kinderliebe kitchen kite kitten knew lady last wagon laugh lesson little boy little friends little tree lived looked Master Dick Master Sparrow Miss Fanny morning mother neighbors never night o'clock old Barbele old Professor once parlor pity plenty pond poor rich rienced round seemed seen Seraphine servants shoes sister soon stairs stood talked tears tell thee things thought told took Uncle Johann wagon Warren Watkins wonder yellow canary young
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Página 212 - The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun. I wield the flail of the lashing hail, And whiten the green plains under, And then again I dissolve it in rain, And laugh as I pass in thunder.
Página 212 - I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun.
Página 185 - It is finely conceived, for thus the " mortal shall put on immortality, and death be swallowed up in victory...
Página 248 - Tinksor, the present residence of the Sultan of Java. It is surrounded on all sides by a circle of high hills and mountains; and the country round it, to the distance of ten or twelve miles from the tree, is entirely barren. Not a tree, nor a shrub, nor even the least plant or grass is to be seen.
Página 249 - ... upon their dangerous expedition. Among other particulars, they are always told to attend to the direction of the winds ; as they are to go towards the tree before the wind, so that the effluvia from the tree is always blown from them.
Página 124 - We've ploughed our land, we've sown our seed, We've made all neat and gay ; So take a bit, and leave a bit, Away birds, away ! I looked over the hedge, and saw a little rustic lad apparently about seven years old, in his blue carter-frock, with a little bag hanging by his side, and his clapper in his hand. From ridge to ridge of a heavy ploughed field, and up and down its long furrows, he went wading in the deep soil, with a slow pace, singing his song with a melancholy voice, and sounding his clapper.
Página 108 - DUKE'S PALACE. [Enter DUKE, CURIO, LORDS; MUSICIANS attending.] DUKE. If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken and so die.— That strain again;— it had a dying fall; O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour.— Enough; no more; 'Tis not so sweet now as it was before.
Página 167 - Why should we a minute despise, Because it so quickly is o'er ? We know that it rapidly flies, And therefore should prize it the more. Another, indeed, may appear in its stead, But that precious moment for ever is fled.
Página 250 - During that time, the ecclesiastic prepares them for their future fate by prayers and admonitions. When the hour of their departure arrives, the priest puts...
Página 251 - ... all I could learn from him, concerning the tree itself, was, that it stood on the border of a rivulet, as described by the old priest ; that it was of a middling size ; that five or six young trees of the same kind stood close by it ; but that no other shrub or plant could be seen near it ; and that the ground was of a brownish sand, full of stones, almost impracticable for travelling, and covered with dead bodies.