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Σελίδα 20
di - al [ L. dies , a day ) , the face of a watch or clock . pen - du - lum [ L. pendo , to hang ] , a weight that swings from a fixed centre , and regulates the motion of the works of a clock . grav - i - ty ( L. gravis , heavy ] ...
di - al [ L. dies , a day ) , the face of a watch or clock . pen - du - lum [ L. pendo , to hang ] , a weight that swings from a fixed centre , and regulates the motion of the works of a clock . grav - i - ty ( L. gravis , heavy ] ...
Σελίδα 21
You , who have had nothing to do all the days of your life but to stare people in the face , and to amuse yourself by watching all that goes on in the kitchen ! Think , I beseech you , how you would like to be shut up for life in this ...
You , who have had nothing to do all the days of your life but to stare people in the face , and to amuse yourself by watching all that goes on in the kitchen ! Think , I beseech you , how you would like to be shut up for life in this ...
Σελίδα 77
whirling their long lazoes.ll ) Their straight black hair floating in the wind — their swarthy Arab - like faces — their high Spanish hats — their red leather calzoneros ( 2 ) buttoned up the sides — their huge , jingling spurs -- and ...
whirling their long lazoes.ll ) Their straight black hair floating in the wind — their swarthy Arab - like faces — their high Spanish hats — their red leather calzoneros ( 2 ) buttoned up the sides — their huge , jingling spurs -- and ...
Σελίδα 88
... he slapped the door in her face . When she returned , her husband produced the two cakes which his master gave him on parting , and breaking one to divide between his children , how was he astonished at finding six golden guineas in ...
... he slapped the door in her face . When she returned , her husband produced the two cakes which his master gave him on parting , and breaking one to divide between his children , how was he astonished at finding six golden guineas in ...
Σελίδα 90
... and I'm ready to take my Bible - oath to him ; there he is who told me it was all right when he took the purse , and slammed the door in my face , without as much as thank ye for it . ” The conscious footman turned pale .
... and I'm ready to take my Bible - oath to him ; there he is who told me it was all right when he took the purse , and slammed the door in my face , without as much as thank ye for it . ” The conscious footman turned pale .
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animal appears army battle bear beautiful birds born British brought called cause Charles clear comes continued covered dark death died Distinguish earth England English face fall fish force France French George Give gold hand head heard heart island John kind king known labour land leave length less lesson light lines live look March master meanings mountains nature never night once PARSING passed persons poor possessed present reason rest rise rocks round seen shillings ship side snow soldiers song soon sound success surface taken tell things thou thought thousand took town turned walk whole wife wind Write young
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Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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!
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 224 - 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.
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 225 - 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.