Philips' series of reading books for public elementary schools, ed. by J.G. Cromwell, Book 4 |
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... less power out of doors . So they came , carrying an image of our Lord on the cross wrought in silver , and singing litanies as they came . And when they came before the king , they preached the gospel to him and those that were with ...
... less power out of doors . So they came , carrying an image of our Lord on the cross wrought in silver , and singing litanies as they came . And when they came before the king , they preached the gospel to him and those that were with ...
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... less than six of us , and all of them are tall And stout as any you may see , but I was always small : The neighbours look at me , and say I grow not with the rest ; Then father strokes my head , and says , " The least are sometimes ...
... less than six of us , and all of them are tall And stout as any you may see , but I was always small : The neighbours look at me , and say I grow not with the rest ; Then father strokes my head , and says , " The least are sometimes ...
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... less in degree , and instead of actual destruction of life , it may amount only to a feeling of uneasiness , oppression , or headache , which is disagreeable at the time , but which goes off when pure air is admitted . No sensible ...
... less in degree , and instead of actual destruction of life , it may amount only to a feeling of uneasiness , oppression , or headache , which is disagreeable at the time , but which goes off when pure air is admitted . No sensible ...
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... less refreshing than when enjoyed in a well - ventilated apartment . It often happens indeed that such repose , instead of being followed by renovated strength and activity , is succeeded by a degree of heaviness and langour which is ...
... less refreshing than when enjoyed in a well - ventilated apartment . It often happens indeed that such repose , instead of being followed by renovated strength and activity , is succeeded by a degree of heaviness and langour which is ...
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... less danger . " 4 . The wolf began to feel very angry . He composed himself , however , and went on to the fourth shep- herd . This one had just lost his faithful dog by death , and the wolf used that circumstance for his own profit ...
... less danger . " 4 . The wolf began to feel very angry . He composed himself , however , and went on to the fourth shep- herd . This one had just lost his faithful dog by death , and the wolf used that circumstance for his own profit ...
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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,