The Lee Readers: First-[fifth] book, Book 5American Book Company, 1902 - Readers |
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... never read well because you can never understand well . Perhaps you have wished for the gifts of the old fairy tale , the magic glass through which one saw distant objects and the magic rug on which one was borne to far - off scenes ...
... never read well because you can never understand well . Perhaps you have wished for the gifts of the old fairy tale , the magic glass through which one saw distant objects and the magic rug on which one was borne to far - off scenes ...
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... never asked you one favor ; now I most humbly ask as a gift , for the sake of the Son of the blessed Mary , and for your love to me , that you will be merciful to these six men . ' 99 The king looked at her for some time in silence ...
... never asked you one favor ; now I most humbly ask as a gift , for the sake of the Son of the blessed Mary , and for your love to me , that you will be merciful to these six men . ' 99 The king looked at her for some time in silence ...
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... never outgrew this early consecration of spirit . As soon as he was graduated he was made tutor in Oglethorpe College , and returned in the fall to his duties there . But , to quote his own vivid words in " Tiger Lilies " " The early ...
... never outgrew this early consecration of spirit . As soon as he was graduated he was made tutor in Oglethorpe College , and returned in the fall to his duties there . But , to quote his own vivid words in " Tiger Lilies " " The early ...
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... never subdued ; and on the other a body wasting with consumption that must be forced to tasks beyond its strength , not merely to ex- press the thoughts of beauty which strove for utterance , but from the necessity of providing bread ...
... never subdued ; and on the other a body wasting with consumption that must be forced to tasks beyond its strength , not merely to ex- press the thoughts of beauty which strove for utterance , but from the necessity of providing bread ...
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... never blown , and I can see along its sheets for miles ; there is not so much as the black head of a loon dotting the water . ' 99 The Indian gravely raised his paddle , and pointed in the direction in which his own steady look was ...
... never blown , and I can see along its sheets for miles ; there is not so much as the black head of a loon dotting the water . ' 99 The Indian gravely raised his paddle , and pointed in the direction in which his own steady look was ...
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Page 193 - Once upon a midnight dreary, While I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious Volume of forgotten lore — While I nodded, nearly napping, Suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, Rapping at my chamber door ; "Tis some visitor," I muttered, ' ' Tapping at my chamber door — Only this and nothing more.
Page 379 - Far-called, our navies melt away, On dune and headland sinks the fire; Lo all our pomp of yesterday Is one with Nineveh and Tyre. Judge of the nations, spare us yet, Lest we forget, lest we forget.
Page 207 - Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee, Child of the wandering sea, Cast from her lap, forlorn! From thy dead lips a clearer note is born Than ever Triton blew from wreathed horn!
Page 195 - Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, "Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven; Ghastly, grim, and ancient Raven, wandering from the nightly shore, Tell me what thy lordly name is on the night's Plutonian shore?" Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore...
Page 218 - There, in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view; I knew him well, and every truant knew; Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face...
Page 96 - And Nature, the old nurse, took The child upon her knee, Saying: "Here is a story-book Thy Father has written for thee." " Come, wander with me," she said, " Into regions yet untrod ; And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God." And he wandered away and away With Nature, the dear old nurse, Who sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe. And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail, She would sing a more wonderful song, Or tell a more marvellous tale.
Page 120 - Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, Will hold the foe in play. In yon strait path a thousand May well be stopped by three. Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me?" Then out spake Spurius Lartius; A Ramnian proud was he: "Lo, I will stand at thy right hand, And keep the bridge with thee.
Page 198 - Leave my loneliness unbroken ! quit the bust above my door ! Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!
Page 166 - Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind, the Gates of Hercules ; Before him not the ghost of shores ; Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said, " Now must we pray, For lo ! the very stars are gone. Brave Adm'r'l, speak; what shall I say?
Page 367 - Orpheus with his lute made trees. And the mountain-tops that freeze, Bow themselves, when he did sing : To his music, plants and flowers Ever sprung ; as sun and showers There had made a lasting spring. Everything that heard him play, Even the billows of the sea, Hung their heads, and then lay by. In sweet music is such art : Killing care and grief of heart Fall asleep, or, hearing, die.