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... sails of a ship ; it is then able to run faster than a horse can gallop . 4. Having a long neck and sharp eyes the ostrich is able to see its enemies a long way off . 5. This bird feeds on seeds , grass , berries , fruit , locusts ...
... sails of a ship ; it is then able to run faster than a horse can gallop . 4. Having a long neck and sharp eyes the ostrich is able to see its enemies a long way off . 5. This bird feeds on seeds , grass , berries , fruit , locusts ...
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... sails of a far- off ship at sea , when I could see no other part of her . Then , as I've watched , I've 1 Skyline , or ' horizon , ' the line where sea and sky seem to meet . seen the lower sails come up ; and then ,. 18 THE EARTH'S SURFACE ...
... sails of a far- off ship at sea , when I could see no other part of her . Then , as I've watched , I've 1 Skyline , or ' horizon , ' the line where sea and sky seem to meet . seen the lower sails come up ; and then ,. 18 THE EARTH'S SURFACE ...
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... sailing away from the shore out to sea , I've seen , first , the hull go down ; then the bigger sails ; and , last of all , the top sails disappear . So I've satisfied myself that the surface of the sea is round . Then , too , I ...
... sailing away from the shore out to sea , I've seen , first , the hull go down ; then the bigger sails ; and , last of all , the top sails disappear . So I've satisfied myself that the surface of the sea is round . Then , too , I ...
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... sail - ing fount - ains retreat - ed prevail - ing 1. THE cock is crowing , The stream is flowing , The small birds ... sailing , Blue sky prevailing : The rain is over and gone ! FLIES . weath - er crea - tures an - AFTER RAIN .
... sail - ing fount - ains retreat - ed prevail - ing 1. THE cock is crowing , The stream is flowing , The small birds ... sailing , Blue sky prevailing : The rain is over and gone ! FLIES . weath - er crea - tures an - AFTER RAIN .
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... be worn out by boats , as roads are cut up by hoofs and wheels . What wide mouths these big rivers you speak of must have ! 12. Harry . Yes , too wide for either bank to be seen from boats sailing up the middle ; 44 RIVERS .
... be worn out by boats , as roads are cut up by hoofs and wheels . What wide mouths these big rivers you speak of must have ! 12. Harry . Yes , too wide for either bank to be seen from boats sailing up the middle ; 44 RIVERS .
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Página 21 - THE cock is crowing, The stream is flowing, The small birds twitter, The lake doth glitter, The green field sleeps in the sun ; The oldest and youngest Are at work with the strongest ; The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising ; There are forty feeding like one ! Like an army defeated The Snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill...
Página 34 - She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love : A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye! Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky.
Página 14 - WE watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved about As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied — We thought her dying when she slept And sleeping when she died.
Página 51 - When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry 'Weep! weep! weep! weep!
Página 51 - Then naked and white, all their bags left behind, They rise upon clouds, and sport in the wind ; And the angel told Tom, if he'd be a good boy, He'd have God for his father, and never want joy.
Página 5 - Little drops of water, Little grains of sand Make the mighty ocean, And the pleasant land.
Página 29 - A rose's brief, bright life of joy, Such unto him was given' Go— thou must play alone, my boy— Thy brother is in heaven!
Página 121 - THE SUNBEAM THOU art no lingerer in monarch's hall — A joy thou art, and a wealth to all ! A bearer of hope unto land and sea...
Página 51 - Weep! weep! weep! weep !" So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep. There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head, That curl'd like a lamb's back, was shaved; so I said, " Hush, Tom ! never mind it, for when your head's bare, You know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair.
Página 14 - For when the morn came dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours.