Good words for the young, ed. by N. Macleod, Volume 4Norman Macleod Alexander Strahan and Company, 1872 - Children's periodicals |
Common terms and phrases
A-ha Admiral asked battle began Belluno Bengalee berg better birds boat Bow wow wow called captain Cornelis Tromp cried D'Oquendo dear deck doctor dogs door Dutch enemy English Evertsen eyes face father fellow fight fire fleet floe flowers friends gave George Ayscue give guns GUTTA-PERCHA hand head heard heart hour Hyder Ali keep knew lady laughed leopard Liline Lion King little Jollyman look Marie men-of-war mind morning mother Myuk never night once Piet Hein poor pretty round Ruyter sail sailors schooner seemed sent ship shot side sight sleep Sohier soon Stadtholder States-General stood sure tell Texel there's thing thought told took tree Tromp turned vessel whilst Willie wind words young
Popular passages
Page 274 - On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow ; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Page 178 - God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home...
Page 274 - He has bequeathed to this lady, as a token of his love, a great pearl necklace, and a couple of silver bracelets set with jewels, which belonged to my good old lady his mother : he has bequeathed the fine white gelding, that he used to ride a-hunting upon, to his chaplain, because he thought he would be kind to him, and has left you all his books.
Page 73 - You owe me five farthings, say the bells of St. Martin's. When will you pay me? say the bells of Old Bailey. When I grow rich, say the bells of Shoreditch.
Page 192 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; The hair of my flesh stood up.
Page 80 - What's that ?" The glimmering thread once more ! He flew in a rage— he danced and blev; ; But in vain Was the pain Of his bursting brain ; For still the broader the moon-scrap grew, The broader he swelled his big cheeks and blew. Slowly she grew — till she filled the night, And shone On her throne , In the sky alone, A matchless, wonderful, silvery light, Radiant and lovely, the queen of the night. Said the Wind — " What a marvel of power am I ! With my...
Page 79 - I will blow you out; You stare In the air Like a ghost in a chair, Always looking what I am about— I hate to be watched; I'll blow you out.
Page 192 - It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence and I heard a voice...
Page 264 - As to that which formed the burden of the beast, the busy ants informed me that it was corn on the one side, and the clustering flies that it was honey on the other.
Page 273 - It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea; And the skipper had taken his little daughter To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds, That ope in the month of May.