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Σελίδα 15
You know I have been a teetotaller for twenty years , and many a joke you and the rest have had at me for it . ” “ Well , you have the pull of us now at any rate , ” said Robert ; " but you don't suppose I have been a drunkard , do you ...
You know I have been a teetotaller for twenty years , and many a joke you and the rest have had at me for it . ” “ Well , you have the pull of us now at any rate , ” said Robert ; " but you don't suppose I have been a drunkard , do you ...
Σελίδα 24
strength is proportioned ; and thus , having worked while it was called day , they at length rest from their labours , and their “ works follow them . ” Let us then , “ whatever our hands find to do , do it with all our might ...
strength is proportioned ; and thus , having worked while it was called day , they at length rest from their labours , and their “ works follow them . ” Let us then , “ whatever our hands find to do , do it with all our might ...
Σελίδα 32
Even while the rest of India was under the power of the East India Company , this island formed a direct colony of the British crown . It is remarkable chiefly for its cinnamon and coffee , but the coast is also celebrated for its pearl ...
Even while the rest of India was under the power of the East India Company , this island formed a direct colony of the British crown . It is remarkable chiefly for its cinnamon and coffee , but the coast is also celebrated for its pearl ...
Σελίδα 36
echoed the wall to us galloping through ; Behind shut the postern , the lights sank to rest , And into the midnight we galloped abreast . Not a word to each other ; we kept the great pace Neck by neck , stride by stride , never changing ...
echoed the wall to us galloping through ; Behind shut the postern , the lights sank to rest , And into the midnight we galloped abreast . Not a word to each other ; we kept the great pace Neck by neck , stride by stride , never changing ...
Σελίδα 38
In the centre of those , lies one not only distant from the rest , which are immensely scattered round it , but also larger beyond proportion . An ancestor of the prince , who now reigns absolute in this central island , has , through a ...
In the centre of those , lies one not only distant from the rest , which are immensely scattered round it , but also larger beyond proportion . An ancestor of the prince , who now reigns absolute in this central island , has , through a ...
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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.
Πληροφορίες βιβλιογραφίας
| Τίτλος | Murby's Excelsior readers, ed. by F. Young |
| Επιμελητής | Francis Young (F.R.G.S.) |
| Έκδοση | 2 |
| Εκδόθηκε | 1870 |
| Πρωτότυπο από | Πανεπιστήμιο Οξφόρδης |
| Ψηφιοποιήθηκε στις | 2 Οκτ. 2006 |
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