Murby's Excelsior readers, ed. by F. YoungFrancis Young (F.R.G.S.) 1870 |
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... covering , and the sheep yields its woolly dress to clothe him ; the chinchilla parts with its coveted garment to keep him warm , and the hides of the cattle upon a thousand hills protect his feet from the biting frosts and chilling ...
... covering , and the sheep yields its woolly dress to clothe him ; the chinchilla parts with its coveted garment to keep him warm , and the hides of the cattle upon a thousand hills protect his feet from the biting frosts and chilling ...
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... covered with the footprints of fur - bearing animals , and the districts round Hudson's Bay supply myriads of them with food . There the sable with its coveted fur burrows under the roots of trees ; the beaver builds its dome - shaped ...
... covered with the footprints of fur - bearing animals , and the districts round Hudson's Bay supply myriads of them with food . There the sable with its coveted fur burrows under the roots of trees ; the beaver builds its dome - shaped ...
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... covered with jungle and forest , the haunt of tigers and crocodiles . In the eyes of the Hindoo , the Ganges is a sacred stream ; he makes long journeys to behold it , and bathes in its waters with the firm belief that they possess the ...
... covered with jungle and forest , the haunt of tigers and crocodiles . In the eyes of the Hindoo , the Ganges is a sacred stream ; he makes long journeys to behold it , and bathes in its waters with the firm belief that they possess the ...
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... covered the garden all over with flour . " The boy was about three years of age , and as it is not often that snow covers the ground in London , this was thef first time he had seen it . Great indeed was the surprise of the little ...
... covered the garden all over with flour . " The boy was about three years of age , and as it is not often that snow covers the ground in London , this was thef first time he had seen it . Great indeed was the surprise of the little ...
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... covered with masses of loose rock , whose huge and rugged shapes loomed unnaturally distorted and uncouth in the faint light of our candles . EXERCISE . - 18 . PARSING , ETC. 1. Parse syntactically the words : -some , sights ...
... covered with masses of loose rock , whose huge and rugged shapes loomed unnaturally distorted and uncouth in the faint light of our candles . EXERCISE . - 18 . PARSING , ETC. 1. Parse syntactically the words : -some , sights ...
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Página 25 - O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood...
Página 36 - I SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris, and he; I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three; 'Good speed!' cried the watch, as the gatebolts undrew ; 'Speed...
Página 37 - So we were left galloping, Joris and I, Past Looz and past Tongres, no cloud in the sky; The broad sun above laughed a pitiless laugh, 'Neath our feet broke the brittle, bright stubble like chaff; Till over by Dalhem a dome-spire sprang white, And "Gallop," gasped Joris, "for Aix is in sight!
Página 36 - Not a word to each other; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set the pique right, Rebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit.
Página 226 - Teach us, sprite or bird, What sweet thoughts are thine : I have never heard Praise of love or wine That panted forth a flood of rapture of divine.
Página 97 - Aonian maids, Delight no more — O thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire ! Rapt into future times, the Bard begun : A Virgin shall conceive, a Virgin bear a Son...
Página 37 - 4. At Aerschot up leaped of a sudden the sun, And against him the cattle stood black every one, To stare through the mist at us galloping past ; And I saw my stout galloper, Roland, at last, With resolute shoulders, each butting away The haze, as some bluff river headland its spray : 5.
Página 37 - And his low head and crest, just one sharp ear bent back For my voice, and the other pricked out on his track ; And one eye's black intelligence, — ever that glance O'er its white edge at me, his own master, askance ! And the thick heavy spume-flakes which aye and anon His fierce lips shook upwards in galloping on. By Hasselt, Dirck groaned ; and cried Joris, " Stay spur ! Your Roos galloped bravely, the fault's not in her, We'll remember at Aix...
Página 146 - Ho-ti himself, which was the more remarkable, instead of chastising his son, seemed to grow more indulgent to him than ever. At length they were watched, the terrible mystery discovered, and father and son summoned to take their trial at Pekin, then an inconsiderable assize town.
Página 227 - Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground I Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know, Such harmonious madness From my lips would flow, The world should listen then, as I am listening now.