Masterpieces of the World's Best Literature, Volumen1Jeannette Leonard Gilder O.T. Harris, 1910 |
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... seemed discouraged if they were not em- ployed . At the same time the good old knight , with a mixture of the father and the master of the family , tempered the inquiries after his own affairs with several kind questions relating to ...
... seemed discouraged if they were not em- ployed . At the same time the good old knight , with a mixture of the father and the master of the family , tempered the inquiries after his own affairs with several kind questions relating to ...
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... seemed half dead , but still so much alive as to show in his face exquisite joy and love towards the other . I thought the fainting figure resembled my friend Sir Roger ; and looking at the butler , who stood by me , for an account of ...
... seemed half dead , but still so much alive as to show in his face exquisite joy and love towards the other . I thought the fainting figure resembled my friend Sir Roger ; and looking at the butler , who stood by me , for an account of ...
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... seemed as if the family felt some relief in saying : ' It won't turn out well this year , little Larsen ! " They seemed quite glad when they could say , " It won't turn out well ! " The gardener used always twice a week to bring them ...
... seemed as if the family felt some relief in saying : ' It won't turn out well this year , little Larsen ! " They seemed quite glad when they could say , " It won't turn out well ! " The gardener used always twice a week to bring them ...
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... seemed to the little girl as if she were sitting before a large iron stove , with polished brass feet , and brass shovel and tongs . The fire burned so brightly , and warmed so nicely , that the little creature stretched out her feet to ...
... seemed to the little girl as if she were sitting before a large iron stove , with polished brass feet , and brass shovel and tongs . The fire burned so brightly , and warmed so nicely , that the little creature stretched out her feet to ...
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... seemed to be looking down upon her . She stretched out her hands , but the match then went out . The Christmas lights kept rising higher and higher . They now looked like stars in the sky . One of them fell down , and left a long streak ...
... seemed to be looking down upon her . She stretched out her hands , but the match then went out . The Christmas lights kept rising higher and higher . They now looked like stars in the sky . One of them fell down , and left a long streak ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Abdalla Aldegonde Ali Baba Armorel Arne asked Auld Lichts Baba Mustapha Baba's Baby Bell backgammon beautiful birds Burns captain Cassim César Cogia Houssain Collins cried D'ri daughter dear Dehu door dress Elizabeth eyes father flowers garden Gavin girl gold Gwenny hand head hear heard heart Henry Maine hill honor HONORÉ DE BALZAC husband IRVING BACHELLER island jars JOANNA BAILLIE Kampen Lady Catherine Lady Corisande light lived looked Lorna Lothair Lydia Margit marriage married Miss Bennet Morgiana mother Nanon never night passed Picts Pride and Prejudice replied robbers rose Rosevean round rue des Lombards Runjeet seemed Shadow side Sir Roger smile song sorah stood sweet Tammas tell things thought told took turned voice walked wife wind window woman word young
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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...