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... sometimes when a storm drew nigh , And the clouds were dark and fleet , He tore the turf with a mournful cry , As if he would force his way , or die , To his much - loved master's feet . So there through the summer's heat he lay , Till ...
... sometimes when a storm drew nigh , And the clouds were dark and fleet , He tore the turf with a mournful cry , As if he would force his way , or die , To his much - loved master's feet . So there through the summer's heat he lay , Till ...
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... sometimes one and sometimes another . He makes his home in one of the neighbouring mountains , perhaps twenty or thirty miles away . A nice well - kept home it is , under the thickest cover he can find . He clears several pieces of ...
... sometimes one and sometimes another . He makes his home in one of the neighbouring mountains , perhaps twenty or thirty miles away . A nice well - kept home it is , under the thickest cover he can find . He clears several pieces of ...
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... Sometimes he will drive one or two home before him all the way to his den , where his cubs are no doubt ex- pecting such welcome visitors . The Arabs very seldom fire on the lion , because they have an idea that it is when made angry ...
... Sometimes he will drive one or two home before him all the way to his den , where his cubs are no doubt ex- pecting such welcome visitors . The Arabs very seldom fire on the lion , because they have an idea that it is when made angry ...
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... sometimes happens that a tiger will spring out with an enormous bound and a frightful roar , seize upon a man , and carry him off . Unlike the lion , he runs so swiftly that the fleetest horse cannot overtake him . By making bounds or ...
... sometimes happens that a tiger will spring out with an enormous bound and a frightful roar , seize upon a man , and carry him off . Unlike the lion , he runs so swiftly that the fleetest horse cannot overtake him . By making bounds or ...
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... Sometimes in hunting , the tiger will spring out upon the elephant and fasten his teeth and claws in his neck or shoulder . Then the real struggle comes to be between the elephant and the tiger . The former will try to kneel on his ...
... Sometimes in hunting , the tiger will spring out upon the elephant and fasten his teeth and claws in his neck or shoulder . Then the real struggle comes to be between the elephant and the tiger . The former will try to kneel on his ...
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animals Arabs asked ayah beautiful Bessie birds boat Bobby button Cæsar called cane child clink coal COALS OF FIRE coat cotton Cousin Herbert creeping everywhere cricket cried dark dear dear boy Dick dinner duke dun cow Edward elephant ELLIPTICAL EXERCISES exclaimed eyes Father William fire Fred friends Fritz Giles girl ground hand head hear heard Hindoo horse India Jack kind laughing lesson lion live look Lubin Lucy Lydia mamma Matty monkey morning mother Myrtle Nelly nest never Newfoundland dog night nobleman once ostrich piece poor dog Tray Prince of Wales pussy rain Red lobsters replied roar roaring lion servant sheep ship soon South Africa spring stone story sugar sure tell tent thing thought tiger told took tree trunk turned tusks vexed walk wonderful word
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Page 173 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I -will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore If thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou sha.lt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Page 189 - I'll go to my tower on the Rhine," replied he ; " 'Tis the safest place in Germany ; The walls are high, and the shores are steep, And the stream is strong and the water deep.
Page 41 - midst the green islands of glittering seas. Where fragrant forests perfume the breeze, And strange bright birds on their starry wings Bear the rich hues of all glorious things? Not there; not there, my child.
Page 40 - I HEAR thee speak of the better land ; Thou call'st its children a happy band ; Mother ! oh where is that radiant shore — Shall we not seek it, and weep no more ? Is it where the flower of the orange blows, And the fireflies dance through the myrtle boughs ?" " Not there, not there, my child...
Page 187 - They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun: But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. 'Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won And our good Prince Eugene;' 'Why, 'twas a very wicked thing!' Said little Wilhelmine; 'Nay . . nay . . my little girl,' quoth he, 'It was a famous victory. 'And everybody praised the Duke Who this great fight did win.' 'But what good came of it at last?' Quoth little Peterkin: — 'Why,...
Page 184 - Poor dog ! he was faithful, and kind, to be sure, And he constantly loved me, although I was poor; When the sour-looking folk sent me heartless away, I had always a friend in my poor dog Tray.
Page 116 - Father William replied, I remember'd that youth would fly fast, And abused not my health and my vigour at first, That I never might need them at last. You are old, Father William...
Page 188 - The poor folk flocked from far and near ; The great barn was full as it could hold Of women and children, and young and old. Then when he saw it could hold no more, Bishop Hatto he made fast the door ; And while for mercy on Christ they call, He set fire to the barn and burnt them all. " F faith, 'tis an excellent bonfire !" quoth he, " And the country is greatly obliged to me, For ridding it, in these times forlorn, Of rats, that only consume the corn.
Page 82 - A SILLY young cricket, accustomed to sing Through the warm, sunny months of gay summer and spring, Began to complain, when he found that at home His cupboard was empty, and winter was come. Not a crumb to be found On the snow-covered ground ; Not a flower could he see, Not a leaf on a tree. " Oh, what will become,
Page 186 - IT was a summer evening, Old Kaspar's work was done, And he before his cottage door Was sitting in the sun, And by him sported on the green His little grandchild Wilhelmine.