The New Century First [-- ] Reader, Book 3Rand, McNally & Company, 1899 - Readers |
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... fell gently down under the edge of the fence among hundreds of other leaves , and fell into a dream , and never waked up to tell what it dreamt about . - HENRY WARD BEECHER . What happens to the leaves before they fall ? At what time of ...
... fell gently down under the edge of the fence among hundreds of other leaves , and fell into a dream , and never waked up to tell what it dreamt about . - HENRY WARD BEECHER . What happens to the leaves before they fall ? At what time of ...
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... fell from the peacocks and stuck them amongst his own , and then went into a flock of peacocks , hoping to be taken for one of themselves . They soon found him out , stripped him of his borrowed plumes , and drove him away with their ...
... fell from the peacocks and stuck them amongst his own , and then went into a flock of peacocks , hoping to be taken for one of themselves . They soon found him out , stripped him of his borrowed plumes , and drove him away with their ...
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... fell , And the chestnut burr was an empty shell . But the little tree , as it waiting lay , Dreamed a wonderful dream one day , Of how it should break its coat of brown , And live as a tree , to grow up and down . What was the ...
... fell , And the chestnut burr was an empty shell . But the little tree , as it waiting lay , Dreamed a wonderful dream one day , Of how it should break its coat of brown , And live as a tree , to grow up and down . What was the ...
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... fell down and broke in two , in sheer alarm at his noise . " " Have done with your nonsense about birth ! " said the tinder - box , putting in a word ; " let us have some sport while the house - maid is in bed . " And immediately flint ...
... fell down and broke in two , in sheer alarm at his noise . " " Have done with your nonsense about birth ! " said the tinder - box , putting in a word ; " let us have some sport while the house - maid is in bed . " And immediately flint ...
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... fell for a whole day , and struck the earth at last upon a beautiful island . The fall did not kill him , for he was one of the immortal gods , and could not die ; but he fell with such force that he was lame ever afterward . Zeus was ...
... fell for a whole day , and struck the earth at last upon a beautiful island . The fall did not kill him , for he was one of the immortal gods , and could not die ; but he fell with such force that he was lame ever afterward . Zeus was ...
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Popular passages
Page 51 - I chatter over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles, I bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the pebbles. With many a curve my banks I fret By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow.
Page 117 - Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever; Do noble things, not dream them, all day long: And so make life, death, and that vast for-ever One grand, sweet song.
Page 95 - And children coming home from school Look in at the open door ; They love to see the flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff
Page 94 - The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands ; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands.
Page 73 - TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN. THOU blossom bright with autumn dew, And colored with the heaven's own blue, That openest when the quiet light Succeeds the keen and frosty night. Thou comest not when violets lean O'er wandering brooks and springs unseen, Or columbines, in purple dressed, Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden nest. Thou waitest late and com'st alone, When woods are bare and birds are flown, And frosts and shortening days portend The aged year is near his end.
Page 103 - WHERE GO THE BOATS? DARK brown is the river, Golden is the sand. It flows along forever, With trees on either hand. Green leaves a-floating, Castles of the foam, Boats of mine a-boating — Where will all come home? On goes the river And out past the mill, Away down the valley, Away down the hill. Away down the river, A hundred miles or more, Other little children Shall bring my boats ashore.
Page 144 - Aid the dawning tongue and pen; Aid it, hopes of honest men; Aid it, paper — aid it type, — Aid it, for the hour is ripe, And our earnest must not slacken Into play; Men of thought and men of action, Clear the way!
Page 188 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and...
Page 232 - Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy, and he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night; while Laziness travels so slowly that Poverty soon overtakes him. Drive thy business : let not that drive thee ; and early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise,
Page 119 - No beggars implored him to bestow a trifle, no children asked him what it was o'clock, no man or woman ever once in all his life inquired the way to such and such a place, of Scrooge. Even the...