Philips' series of reading books for public elementary schools, ed. by J.G. Cromwell, Book 4 |
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... town Cerasus , from which the name is derived , and we obtained that favourite fruit from our invaders . The peach came direct from Persia to Rome in the reign of Claudius , but was unknown in England until about the middle of the ...
... town Cerasus , from which the name is derived , and we obtained that favourite fruit from our invaders . The peach came direct from Persia to Rome in the reign of Claudius , but was unknown in England until about the middle of the ...
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... towns assembled in crowds to see them . From the Greeks they passed to the Ro- mans ; but this nation , more fond of the pleasures of the table than of spectacles , soon made them figure in their feasts . Peacocks consequently were ...
... towns assembled in crowds to see them . From the Greeks they passed to the Ro- mans ; but this nation , more fond of the pleasures of the table than of spectacles , soon made them figure in their feasts . Peacocks consequently were ...
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... town , calling out that poor Palissy had gone mad , and was breaking up his very furniture for firewood ! For an entire month his shirt had not been off his back , and he was utterly worn out - wasted with toil , anxiety , watching ...
... town , calling out that poor Palissy had gone mad , and was breaking up his very furniture for firewood ! For an entire month his shirt had not been off his back , and he was utterly worn out - wasted with toil , anxiety , watching ...
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... Town of Edinburgh , or many houses in Paris . There are few street doors . The entrance - halls are , for the most part , looked on as public property . As it is impossible for coaches to penetrate into these streets , there are sedan ...
... Town of Edinburgh , or many houses in Paris . There are few street doors . The entrance - halls are , for the most part , looked on as public property . As it is impossible for coaches to penetrate into these streets , there are sedan ...
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... town , and along the public roads , like beer in England . It is quite common for travellers on foot to lay down their load , refresh themselves with a cup of warm tea , and then proceed on their journey . A Chinaman never drinks cold ...
... town , and along the public roads , like beer in England . It is quite common for travellers on foot to lay down their load , refresh themselves with a cup of warm tea , and then proceed on their journey . A Chinaman never drinks cold ...
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Popular passages
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,