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... kind of folk - poem . It is characteristic of ballads to tell only the essentials of the story , and leave you to imagine the rest . If you com- pare this ballad with the story of Robin Hood , you will see that the latter is told much ...
... kind of folk - poem . It is characteristic of ballads to tell only the essentials of the story , and leave you to imagine the rest . If you com- pare this ballad with the story of Robin Hood , you will see that the latter is told much ...
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... kind of ship did he sail in ? What do you learn from the poem about the manners at court in those days ? about the duty of obedience ? Can you tell other instances where obedience to a superior officer has led to death ? 3. Write this ...
... kind of ship did he sail in ? What do you learn from the poem about the manners at court in those days ? about the duty of obedience ? Can you tell other instances where obedience to a superior officer has led to death ? 3. Write this ...
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... " Thirty Years of Paris , " Alphonse Daudet . 5. Note the resolution of the boy in the face of hunger . What kind of railway carriages do they have in France ? What is the Champagne country like ? How were the 26 A First Year English Book.
... " Thirty Years of Paris , " Alphonse Daudet . 5. Note the resolution of the boy in the face of hunger . What kind of railway carriages do they have in France ? What is the Champagne country like ? How were the 26 A First Year English Book.
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... kind do you know ? Have you any theory as to why people should tell such stories ? Can you add to the arguments of George Ebers ? 2. Write a theme giving your ideas on the topic , " Should People Read Fairy Stories ? " . 3. Read the ...
... kind do you know ? Have you any theory as to why people should tell such stories ? Can you add to the arguments of George Ebers ? 2. Write a theme giving your ideas on the topic , " Should People Read Fairy Stories ? " . 3. Read the ...
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... kind of country do they pass ? What excuse does Thomas give for not taking the apple ? How many inci- dents are there in the story ? Where does each take place ? Would it be interesting to add an incident in which Thomas finds himself ...
... kind of country do they pass ? What excuse does Thomas give for not taking the apple ? How many inci- dents are there in the story ? Where does each take place ? Would it be interesting to add an incident in which Thomas finds himself ...
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Page 131 - Singing of Mount Abora. Could I revive within me Her symphony and song, To such a deep delight 'twould win me That with music loud and long, I would build that dome in air, That sunny dome ! those caves of ice I And all who heard should see them there, And all should cry,
Page 162 - Laughed loud and long, and all the while His eyes went to and fro. "Ha! ha!" quoth he, "full plain I see, The Devil knows how to row.
Page 130 - IN Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree : Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round : And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree ; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
Page 40 - Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire, I do wander every where, Swifter than the moon's sphere ; And I serve the fairy queen, To dew her orbs upon the green.
Page 117 - On the fifth day of the moon, which according to the custom of my forefathers I always keep holy, after having washed myself and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdad, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer.
Page 160 - The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together.
Page 132 - I thought that all things had been savage here ; And therefore put I on the countenance Of stern commandment. But whate'er you are That in this desert inaccessible, Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time ; If ever you have look'd on better days, If ever been where bells have knoll'd to church.
Page 124 - Do you remember the brown suit, which you made to hang upon you, till all your friends cried shame upon you, it grew so thread-bare — and all because of that folio Beaumont and Fletcher, which you dragged home late at night from Barker's in...
Page 40 - Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners' legs ; The cover, of the wings of grasshoppers ; The traces, of the smallest spider's web ; The collars, of the moonshine's watery beams...
Page 40 - She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners...