The new explanatory readers. Standard 1-3, 5,6. [With] Home lesson book, Issue 2 |
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... bears the several generations of mortals that fall into it . " I directed my sight as I was ordered , and ( whether or not the good genius strengthened it with any supernatural force , or dissipated part of the mist that was before too ...
... bears the several generations of mortals that fall into it . " I directed my sight as I was ordered , and ( whether or not the good genius strengthened it with any supernatural force , or dissipated part of the mist that was before too ...
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... bear them . Ah ! it is well that there are some good women who never marry . Else , what would so many sick children do for patient , careful , good , loving nurses ? How many of them have been coaxed by such round the most dangerous ...
... bear them . Ah ! it is well that there are some good women who never marry . Else , what would so many sick children do for patient , careful , good , loving nurses ? How many of them have been coaxed by such round the most dangerous ...
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... bear her out in serving the family meals at just such a moment ; her retort of " And sure didn't the masther set the kitchen clock his own self ? " avails her nothing , while that 9 oracular watch is five minutes ahead of it . Then ...
... bear her out in serving the family meals at just such a moment ; her retort of " And sure didn't the masther set the kitchen clock his own self ? " avails her nothing , while that 9 oracular watch is five minutes ahead of it . Then ...
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... bears . Who stands godfather to his request ? " " Marry , with your Grace's good permission , that do I , " said the Earl of Sussex . " Orson Pinnit was a stout soldier before he was so mangled by the ' Irish clan MacDonough , and I ...
... bears . Who stands godfather to his request ? " " Marry , with your Grace's good permission , that do I , " said the Earl of Sussex . " Orson Pinnit was a stout soldier before he was so mangled by the ' Irish clan MacDonough , and I ...
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... bear - baiting is falling into comparative neglect : since men will rather throng to see these roguish players kill each other in jest , than to see our royal dogs and bears worry each other in earnest . What say you to this , my Lord ...
... bear - baiting is falling into comparative neglect : since men will rather throng to see these roguish players kill each other in jest , than to see our royal dogs and bears worry each other in earnest . What say you to this , my Lord ...
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Page 21 - 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 matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar.
Page 190 - 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 150 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Page 202 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Page 204 - I thought that all things had been savage here ; And therefore put I on the countenance Of stern commandment : But whate'er you are, That in this desert inaccessible, Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time...
Page 66 - Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Page 65 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 20 - Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires ! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band, That knits me to thy rugged strand!
Page 21 - I long wooed your daughter, my suit you denied; Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide — And now am I come, with this lost love of mine, To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far, That would gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar.
Page 22 - One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reached the hall door, and the charger stood near ; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung ! "She is won ! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur ; They'll have fleet steeds that follow,