Masterpieces of the World's Best Literature, Volumen1Jeannette Leonard Gilder O.T. Harris, 1910 |
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... carried a number of matches in an old apron , and she held a bundle of them in her hand . Nobody had bought anything from her the whole livelong day ; nobody had even given her a penny . Shivering with cold and hunger , she crept along ...
... carried a number of matches in an old apron , and she held a bundle of them in her hand . Nobody had bought anything from her the whole livelong day ; nobody had even given her a penny . Shivering with cold and hunger , she crept along ...
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... carry . When he had loaded them with the bags , he laid wood over them in such a manner that they could not be seen ... carried the bags into his house , and ranged them in order before his wife . He then emptied the bags , which raised ...
... carry . When he had loaded them with the bags , he laid wood over them in such a manner that they could not be seen ... carried the bags into his house , and ranged them in order before his wife . He then emptied the bags , which raised ...
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... carried the measure back again , but without taking notice that a piece of gold had stuck to the bottom . " Sis- ter , " said she , giving it to her again , " you see that I have not kept your measure long . I am obliged to you for it ...
... carried the measure back again , but without taking notice that a piece of gold had stuck to the bottom . " Sis- ter , " said she , giving it to her again , " you see that I have not kept your measure long . I am obliged to you for it ...
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... carry at the door of the cavern ; but his thoughts were so full of the great riches he should possess , that he could not think of the necessary word to make it open , but instead of Sesame , " said , " Open , Barley ! " and was much ...
... carry at the door of the cavern ; but his thoughts were so full of the great riches he should possess , that he could not think of the necessary word to make it open , but instead of Sesame , " said , " Open , Barley ! " and was much ...
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... carried them again to their places , but they did not miss what Ali Baba had taken away before . Then holding a council , and deliberating upon this occurrence , they guessed that Cassim , when he was in , could not get out again , but ...
... carried them again to their places , but they did not miss what Ali Baba had taken away before . Then holding a council , and deliberating upon this occurrence , they guessed that Cassim , when he was in , could not get out again , but ...
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Página 147 - Tho' they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving Why they do it ; And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord its various tone, Each spring its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it ; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
Página 149 - Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met, or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
Página 20 - Change, the whole parish politics being generally discussed in that place either after sermon or before the bell rings. My friend Sir Roger, being a good churchman, has beautified the inside of his church with several texts of his own choosing.
Página 196 - A single life doth well with churchmen: for charity will hardly water the ground, where it must first fill a pool.
Página 150 - We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne. We twa hae run about the braes, And pu'd the gowans fine ; But we've wander'd mony a weary foot Sin auld lang syne. For auld, &c. We twa hae paidl't i' the burn, From mornin sun till dine ; But seas between us braid hae roar'd Sin auld lang syne. For auld, &c. And here's a hand, my trusty fiere, And gie's a hand o' thine ; And we'll tak a right guid willie-waught, For auld lang syne.
Página 196 - It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood; who, for the time, scarce feels the hurt; and therefore a mind f1xed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolours of death; but, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is 'Nunc dimittis,' when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations.
Página 136 - MERMAN COME, dear children, let us away ; Down and away below ! Now my brothers call from the bay, Now the great winds shoreward blow, Now the salt tides seaward flow ; Now the wild white horses play, Champ and chafe and toss in the spray. Children dear, let us away ! This way, this way ! Call her once before you go — Call once yet ! In a voice that she will know : "Margaret! Margaret!
Página 20 - ... subjects, hear their duties explained to them, and join together in adoration of the Supreme Being. Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week, not only as it refreshes in their minds the notions of religion, but as it puts both the sexes upon appearing in their most agreeable forms, and exerting all such qualities as are apt to give them a figure in the eye of the village.
Página 196 - HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.
Página 137 - Margaret ! Margaret ! Come dear children, come away down. Call no more. One last look at the white-walled town, And the little grey church on the windy shore, Then come down. She will not come though you call all day. Come away, come away. Children dear, was it yesterday...