Philips' series of reading books for public elementary schools, ed. by J.G. Cromwell, Book 4 |
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... four times . The inordinate consumption of brandy very much increases the danger of the cold ; for drunkenness and sleep are in frost the most dangerous of all things . As every frost which comes suddenly finds a crowd of drunkards and ...
... four times . The inordinate consumption of brandy very much increases the danger of the cold ; for drunkenness and sleep are in frost the most dangerous of all things . As every frost which comes suddenly finds a crowd of drunkards and ...
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... four , then , " said the wolf , and the shepherd shook his head in ridicule . " Three ? -Two ? " " Not a single one , " cried the shepherd . " I should be a fool if I began to pay such a tax to an enemy , against whom I can defend ...
... four , then , " said the wolf , and the shepherd shook his head in ridicule . " Three ? -Two ? " " Not a single one , " cried the shepherd . " I should be a fool if I began to pay such a tax to an enemy , against whom I can defend ...
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... four abreast . When disturbed , they utter a hissing , or chirping sound . They follow a few leaders , never carry anything , and they seem to be guided by a scent left on the path by the leaders ; for happening once to throw the water ...
... four abreast . When disturbed , they utter a hissing , or chirping sound . They follow a few leaders , never carry anything , and they seem to be guided by a scent left on the path by the leaders ; for happening once to throw the water ...
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... four energetic beats on the plaster in unison . duces a sound like the dropping of rain bush when touched , These insects are the chief agents employed in forming a fertile soil . for their labours , the tropical forests , bad as they ...
... four energetic beats on the plaster in unison . duces a sound like the dropping of rain bush when touched , These insects are the chief agents employed in forming a fertile soil . for their labours , the tropical forests , bad as they ...
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... fours , and makes his way rapidly to the nearest tree . In that place of safety he awaits his foe , should the latter be hardy , or foolhardy enough , to pursue . No full - grown gorilla has ever been taken alive . A bold negro , the ...
... fours , and makes his way rapidly to the nearest tree . In that place of safety he awaits his foe , should the latter be hardy , or foolhardy enough , to pursue . No full - grown gorilla has ever been taken alive . A bold negro , the ...
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Page 103 - Earth has not anything to show more fair : Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty : This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning ; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky, All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
Page 156 - I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he; I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three; " Good speed ! " cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew ;
Page 117 - A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures life may perfect be.
Page 42 - BEN ADHEM — may his tribe increase — Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold And to the presence in the room he said: 'What writest thou?' The vision raised its head, And with a look made all of sweet accord, Answered: 'The names of those who love the Lord.
Page 157 - And his low head and crest, just one sharp ear bent back For my voice, and the other pricked out on his track ; And one eye's black intelligence, — ever that glance O'er its white edge at me, his own master, askance ! And the thick heavy spume-flakes which aye and anon His fierce lips shook upwards in galloping on. 5 By Hasselt, Dirck groaned; and cried Joris, 'Stay spur! Your Roos galloped bravely, the fault's not in her, We'll remember at Aix...
Page 188 - THE REVERIE OF POOR SUSAN AT the corner of Wood Street, when daylight appears, Hangs a Thrush that sings loud, it has sung for three years : Poor Susan has passed by the spot, and has heard In the silence of morning the song of the Bird.
Page 267 - But meanwhile axe and lever Have manfully been plied; And now the bridge hangs tottering Above the boiling tide. " Come back, come back, Horatius !
Page 92 - Hark, where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dewdrops— at the bent spray's edge — That's the wise thrush: he sings each song twice over, Lest you should think he never could recapture The first fine careless rapture!
Page 158 - for Aix is in sight! "How they'll greet us!" — and all in a moment his roan 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
Page 43 - The names of those who love the Lord." "And is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay, not so,