Graded Literature Readers, Book 8Ida Catherine Bender, Harry Pratt Judson Maynard, Merrill, & Company, 1901 - Readers |
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... their terror , seeking some outlet in that rude 30 hall ; they found a little closet at last , and took refuge there . Neither had Thor any battle ; for , lo ! in the morning it turned out that the noise had been only 24.
... their terror , seeking some outlet in that rude 30 hall ; they found a little closet at last , and took refuge there . Neither had Thor any battle ; for , lo ! in the morning it turned out that the noise had been only 24.
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Ida Catherine Bender, Harry Pratt Judson. morning it turned out that the noise had been only the snoring of a certain enormous but peaceable giant , the giant Skrymir , who lay peaceably sleeping near by , and this that they took for a ...
Ida Catherine Bender, Harry Pratt Judson. morning it turned out that the noise had been only the snoring of a certain enormous but peaceable giant , the giant Skrymir , who lay peaceably sleeping near by , and this that they took for a ...
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... turned to the south and away from the river which bends toward the Moab Mountains . We rode for 15 an hour over the soft , floorlike , shrub - dotted plain and to the shore of the Dead Sea . It lay like molten lead , heavily still under ...
... turned to the south and away from the river which bends toward the Moab Mountains . We rode for 15 an hour over the soft , floorlike , shrub - dotted plain and to the shore of the Dead Sea . It lay like molten lead , heavily still under ...
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... turning to his men , Quoth our brave Henry then : " Though they be one to ten , Be not amazèd . Yet have we well begun , Battles so bravely won Have ever to the sun By fame been raised . " And for myself , ” quoth he , " This my full ...
... turning to his men , Quoth our brave Henry then : " Though they be one to ten , Be not amazèd . Yet have we well begun , Battles so bravely won Have ever to the sun By fame been raised . " And for myself , ” quoth he , " This my full ...
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... turned back to rush on the French ranks . Far from being able to open them to let them pass , the advance guard was , as has been seen , so thickly massed together that not a man could move ; and one may conceive the fearful confusion ...
... turned back to rush on the French ranks . Far from being able to open them to let them pass , the advance guard was , as has been seen , so thickly massed together that not a man could move ; and one may conceive the fearful confusion ...
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Page 90 - Should I turn upon the true prince? Why, thou knowest. I am as valiant as Hercules ; but beware instinct ; the lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter ; I was a coward on instinct. I shall think the better of myself and thee during my life ; I for a valiant lion, and thou for a true prince.
Page 247 - Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail, Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail : And 'mid these dancing rocks at once and ever It flung up momently the sacred river.
Page 231 - Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy! Find out some uncouth cell Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings...
Page 29 - She smiled, she went up through the surf in the bay. Children dear, was it yesterday? Children dear, were we long alone? "The sea grows stormy, the little ones moan. Long prayers," I said, "in the world they say. Come!
Page 207 - ULYSSES. IT little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Match'd with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.
Page 208 - The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks: The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends, Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
Page 245 - Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.
Page 186 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth ? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest ? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened ? or who laid the corner stone, thereof, when, the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 185 - Let our object be, OUR COUNTRY, OUR WHOLE COUNTRY, AND NOTHING BUT OUR COUNTRY. And, by the blessing of God, may that country itself become a vast and splendid monument, not of oppression and terror, but of Wisdom, of Peace, and of Liberty, upon which the world may gaze with admiration forever ! STUDIES AND NOTES 1.
Page 207 - I am become a name For always roaming with a hungry heart. Much have I seen and known; cities of men And manners, climates, councils, governments Myself not least, but...