The Major's Big-talk StoriesFrederick Warne and Company, 1881 - 152 páginas |
Términos y frases comunes
a-head Africa afterwards Akachu animal answered the Major arrows Ashus asked Bill asked little Bob assegai balloon baobab bear Beatrice began Benazi beneath bird body Boo-bee branch bye-bye camel cannibals cassavas catapult Chango chase chromo climb a tree cried crocodile custard-apple desert elephant Emily Brontë enemy eyes face fancied feet felt fire fright giraffe gorilla grasped grew ground hand head heard hope horns jaws jumped Kabyles knew knot lasso legs leopard lion looked Mango morning mother of invention mouth mule nearly neck negroes never Nigg night Nulla once ostrich ostrich feathers Porcupines python quadruped quicksand reached reptile rhinoceros rifle roar rope savage arms seemed serpent shot side sight snake soon spring swallowed tail tamarind tell thing thought took tribe turned uncle Waali Wagga waggon wanted wild beast yards young zebu
Pasajes populares
Página 21 - Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame, fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory ! SONG.
Página 74 - Not that which goeth into the mouth, defileth a man : but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
Página 72 - Comfort? comfort scorn'd of devils! this is truth the poet sings; That a sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things.
Página 29 - See nations slowly wise, and meanly just, To buried merit raise the tardy bust. If dreams yet flatter, once again attend, Hear Lydiat's life, and Galileo's end.
Página 102 - I got homo is a story in itself. NO. III. — A TWO-LEGGED STEED. So HERE goes for Story No. III. When I found my fire-arms smashed, I was dumbfounded for a minute or so. Then, as the sun was just setting, I looked over the wreck of the car, and picked out a thin rope, and the skin in which I used to carry my water, and which still held about half a gallon. I built a fire out of the remnants of the car and its contents, and, stretching my feet toward it, fell asleep almost instantaneously. I was...
Página 4 - ... till he heard the sharp report of a rifle ringing through the air ; held on till the falling carcass of the bear passed before his eyes; held on till I had climbed the tree, crawled along the branch, and, grasping his wearied wrists, assisted him to get back to the fork of the tree, and rest a bit. If that bear only had understood in time that a boy in the hand is worth two in the bush, he might have lengthened his days and gone down with honor to the grave ! HOW BO-PEEP'S SHEEP WERE FOUND. BY...
Página 1 - ... branches. These two were some thirty feet from the ground, and stretched almost horizontally in opposite directions. They were as like each other as the twin brothers themselves. Chango took refuge on one of these, Mango on the other. The bear hugged the tree till he had climbed as far as the fork. There he hesitated an instant, and then began to creep along the branch which supported Chango. The beast advanced slowly and gingerly, sinking his claws into the bark at every step, and not depending...
Página 104 - ... lifted its head higher, and proved its identity by roaring as only lions can roar. Though much alarmed at this, I had presence of mind enough not to turn and flee at this terrible summons. On the contrary, I looked the lion steadily in the face for some minutes, and then calmly resumed my journey west. As I had hoped, he did not charge, but continued to follow at the same interval. When I halted again, he halted, too ; when I walked, he walked after me. He apparently meant to attack me in the...
Página 101 - ... leaves of a date-palm, in the centre of a beautiful cluster of these trees. After refreshing myself with some dates, and filling my pockets with more, I struck into the desert to seek the wreck of the car, and especially my rifle and revolver, without which I had no hopes of reaching civilization again. My ruined balloon did me a last service, as it limped over the tops of the palms : it enabled me to tell the direction of the wind, which I could not have discovered otherwise, for if was nearly...
Página 108 - Major?" you will say. Chiefly mone^. " Money? " Yes; money. 1 suppose you are aware that ostriches are fond of eating stones and metals. Well, I thought a few coins might be a pleasant change for my ostrich, and I had a quantity of gold coins in a belt, to provide against accidents, as my habit was when ballooning. So I threw him a sovereign, which he swallowed eagerly ; then an eagle, which he seemed to enjoy still more. At least, he ran to it, and stooped for it with more haste, — whether because...