Classics Old and New: A Series of School Readers, Book 4American Book Company, 1906 - Readers |
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... BECAME A SCULPTOR A TRADITION OF WEATHERFORD ON A HIGHER LEVEL LORD ULLIN'S DAUGHTER CORONATION OF THE CZAR AND CZARINA PATRIOTISM Richmond P. Hobson 163 Dallas Lore Sharp 167 Clara Smith 171 George William Curtis 174 Helen Leah Reed ...
... BECAME A SCULPTOR A TRADITION OF WEATHERFORD ON A HIGHER LEVEL LORD ULLIN'S DAUGHTER CORONATION OF THE CZAR AND CZARINA PATRIOTISM Richmond P. Hobson 163 Dallas Lore Sharp 167 Clara Smith 171 George William Curtis 174 Helen Leah Reed ...
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... of soft silk ! " Such was the sigh that he breathed to Heaven . An angel heard it . " It shall be according to thy desire , " said the angel . JAPANESE STONE - CUTTERS The stone - cutter at once became rich ; and. 11 THE STONE-CUTTER.
... of soft silk ! " Such was the sigh that he breathed to Heaven . An angel heard it . " It shall be according to thy desire , " said the angel . JAPANESE STONE - CUTTERS The stone - cutter at once became rich ; and. 11 THE STONE-CUTTER.
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... became the emperor . He had an escort before and behind him , and people who held above his head an immense parasol , resplendent with gold . However , the sun , with his ardent beams , dried up the country , and the dusty road ...
... became the emperor . He had an escort before and behind him , and people who held above his head an immense parasol , resplendent with gold . However , the sun , with his ardent beams , dried up the country , and the dusty road ...
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... be weaker than he ? Then it is absolutely necessary that I should be that man . " " Have thy will , " said the angel . And he became again what he had been - a poor stone - cutter , a simple workman in the quarries . His life was 13.
... be weaker than he ? Then it is absolutely necessary that I should be that man . " " Have thy will , " said the angel . And he became again what he had been - a poor stone - cutter , a simple workman in the quarries . His life was 13.
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... became suddenly steeper , and the leader swung to one side , bringing the sledge around like the lash of a whip , and shooting me through the air into a deep drift of snow at the bottom . I must have fallen at least eighteen feet . I ...
... became suddenly steeper , and the leader swung to one side , bringing the sledge around like the lash of a whip , and shooting me through the air into a deep drift of snow at the bottom . I must have fallen at least eighteen feet . I ...
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Page 43 - But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we — Of many far wiser than we — And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee...
Page 15 - Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky ; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar ; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more ! Her deck, once red with heroes...
Page 110 - My good blade carves the casques of men, My tough lance thrusteth sure, My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure.
Page 240 - All day the hoary meteor fell; And, when the second morning shone, We looked upon a world unknown, On nothing we could call our own. Around the glistening wonder bent The blue walls of the firmament, No cloud above, no earth below,— A universe of sky and snow!
Page 230 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn Or busy housewife ply her evening care : No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How...
Page 200 - But still as wilder blew the wind And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen rode armed men, Their trampling sounded nearer. ' O haste thee, haste ! ' the lady cries, 'Though tempests round us gather; I'll meet the raging of the skies, But not an angry father.
Page 200 - I'll forgive your Highland chief. My daughter ! Oh ! my daughter...
Page 252 - The Angel wrote and vanished. The next night It came again with a great wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.
Page 186 - But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff ; And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh.
Page 186 - In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.