The national reading books, adapted to the government code. adapted to the new code, 1871, Volumen6 |
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... covered by England's glorious fleet , " darkening the air with innumerable columns of smoke , ready to shell the enemy should they attack the right , and commanding the land for nearly two miles from the shore . " The Russians had ...
... covered by England's glorious fleet , " darkening the air with innumerable columns of smoke , ready to shell the enemy should they attack the right , and commanding the land for nearly two miles from the shore . " The Russians had ...
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... covering , food , or shelter , in the midst of the snow that covered the whole face of the country ; at the distance of six long miles from an inhabited place , distracted with grief and horror , sur- rounded with the shades of night ...
... covering , food , or shelter , in the midst of the snow that covered the whole face of the country ; at the distance of six long miles from an inhabited place , distracted with grief and horror , sur- rounded with the shades of night ...
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... covered the walls of the city . When the ' Mountjoy ' grounded , and when the shout of triumph rose from the Irish on both sides of the river , the hearts of the besieged died within them . One who endured the unutterable anguish of ...
... covered the walls of the city . When the ' Mountjoy ' grounded , and when the shout of triumph rose from the Irish on both sides of the river , the hearts of the besieged died within them . One who endured the unutterable anguish of ...
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... covered with vermin ; they have pale sunken cheeks and matted hair ; they are destitute of employment , restless ... covering , on the wet earthen floor , their joints shaking with the cold . There is neither suffi- cient light ...
... covered with vermin ; they have pale sunken cheeks and matted hair ; they are destitute of employment , restless ... covering , on the wet earthen floor , their joints shaking with the cold . There is neither suffi- cient light ...
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... covering them with chemicals , carried them to a tile - work a league and a half distant from Saintes , there to be ... covered with different materials which he had com- pounded , and then took them to a neighbouring glass - furnace to ...
... covering them with chemicals , carried them to a tile - work a league and a half distant from Saintes , there to be ... covered with different materials which he had com- pounded , and then took them to a neighbouring glass - furnace to ...
Términos y frases comunes
afterwards animals army bears beasts beautiful began birds body Brindley Bruges calcareous earth called camel canal carnivora carried Chat Moss clay colour common copper death Duke elephant enamel engine England English Eyam eyes fire force France French friends fulcrum gardens GEORGE STEPHENSON glass gold Granville Sharp hand heard heart heat hippopotamus horse hour Hugh de Moreville inclined plane iron JAMES BRINDLEY John Howard Killingworth kind king labour length lever lime lion London look Lord Lord John Russell melt metals miles morning nature neighbouring never night once Palissy Parliament passed persons piece poor pounds prisoners pulley purpose quicksilver railway round Saadi sand seal seemed seen Sharp side silver Sir Robert Peel soon sorrow Stephenson stone things tiger tion took tree vegetable vessel village weight whole wife young
Pasajes populares
Página 27 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Página 105 - Or mild concerns of ordinary life, A constant influence, a peculiar grace; But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined Great issues, good or bad for human kind, Is happy as a Lover; and attired With sudden brightness, like a Man inspired; And, through the heat of conflict, keeps the law In calmness made, and sees what he foresaw...
Página 237 - Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee...
Página 250 - Speak, father!" once again he cried, "If I may yet be gone!" And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on.
Página 238 - How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eye-lids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody?
Página 237 - Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition: By that sin fell the angels. How can man then, The image of his Maker, hope to win by it?
Página 247 - Tis brightness all ; save where the new snow melts Along the mazy current. Low, the woods Bow their hoar head ; and, ere the languid Sun Faint from the west emits his evening ray, Earth's universal face, deep hid and chill, Is one wild dazzling waste, that buries wide The works of man.
Página 250 - The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands ; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands.
Página 194 - She was dead. No sleep so beautiful and calm, so free from trace of pain, so fair to look upon. She seemed a creature fresh from the hand of God, and waiting for the breath of life ; not one who had lived and suffered death.
Página 224 - Will, is a particular favourite of all the young heirs, whom he frequently obliges with a net that he has weaved, or a settingdog that he has made himself : He now and then presents a pair of garters of his own knitting to their mothers or sisters ; and raises a great deal of mirth among them, by inquiring as often as he meets them how they wear ? These gentlemanlike manufactures and obliging little humours, make Will, the darling of the country.