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... began to flow , though very calm , and I had the mortification to see my coat , shirt , and waistcoat , which I had left on shore upon the sand , swim away . This put me upon rummaging for clothes , of which I found enough , but took no ...
... began to flow , though very calm , and I had the mortification to see my coat , shirt , and waistcoat , which I had left on shore upon the sand , swim away . This put me upon rummaging for clothes , of which I found enough , but took no ...
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... began to think how I should get to shore with them , having neither sail , oar , nor rudder , and the least capful of wind would have overset all my navigation . 4. I had three encouragements : ( 1 ) a smooth , calm sea ; ( 2 ) the tide ...
... began to think how I should get to shore with them , having neither sail , oar , nor rudder , and the least capful of wind would have overset all my navigation . 4. I had three encouragements : ( 1 ) a smooth , calm sea ; ( 2 ) the tide ...
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... began to consider that I might yet get a great many things out of the ship , which would be useful to me , and particularly some of the rigging and sails , and such other things as might come to land , and I resolved to make another ...
... began to consider that I might yet get a great many things out of the ship , which would be useful to me , and particularly some of the rigging and sails , and such other things as might come to land , and I resolved to make another ...
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... began to move , and soon passed safe through the broken stakes and floating spars . But her brave master was no more . A shot from one of the batteries had struck him ; and he died by the most enviable of all deaths , in sight of the ...
... began to move , and soon passed safe through the broken stakes and floating spars . But her brave master was no more . A shot from one of the batteries had struck him ; and he died by the most enviable of all deaths , in sight of the ...
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... began . 6. First were rolled on shore barrels containing six thousand bushels of meal . Then came great cheeses , casks of beef , flitches of bacon , kegs of butter , sacks of pease and biscuit , ankers of brandy . Not many hours before ...
... began . 6. First were rolled on shore barrels containing six thousand bushels of meal . Then came great cheeses , casks of beef , flitches of bacon , kegs of butter , sacks of pease and biscuit , ankers of brandy . Not many hours before ...
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A. R. Wallace ac-com'-pan-ied adjectives are formed adventure archers arms arrows bamboo bank beasts began Black Knight Captain Phipps cargo caves Charles Lamb child cloud Colter crocodile Doocot Dyaks EXERCISES.-1 fear feet fell fire Flaxman following adjectives following nouns following verbs following words George Somers hand head heard heart hill horses hour Hubert John Flaxman kind king knew labour land length Lochinvar Locksley look Lord Lord Macaulay miles morning Name the nouns Name the verbs Netherby never night nouns are formed o'er Oliver Goldsmith passed pegs Pickwick prefix Prince John raft river rocks rose round Sam Weller sentences ship shore shot side Sir Roger smile soon steed stood stream Tantallon Castle thee things thou tide took tree turned vapour vessel village Wamba Wardle Washington Irving wife wild wood yeoman Yoho
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Page 189 - The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away, Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch and showed how fields were won.
Page 189 - Careless their merits, or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his" failings leaned to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all.
Page 216 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed. The mustering squadron, and the clattering car. Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Page 190 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway; And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.
Page 190 - There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school ; A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew...
Page 191 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault; The village all declared how much he knew: 'Twas certain he could write, and cipher too; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And even the story ran that he could gauge...
Page 189 - But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain by turns dismayed, The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And...
Page 38 - ROGER'S family, because it consists of sober and staid persons; for as the knight is the best master in the world, he seldom changes his servants; and as he is beloved by all about him, his servants never care for leaving him. By this means his domestics are all in years, and grown old with their master. You would take his valet...
Page 217 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms — the day Battle's magnificently stern array...
Page 172 - So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That never a hall such a galliard did grace ; While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume ; And the bride-maidens whispered, " 'Twere better by far To have match'd our fair cousin with young Lochinvar.