The Juvenile miscellany of facts and fiction [ed. by M.A.B.]., Volume 1M A B 1844 |
Common terms and phrases
Albatroses ammonite angry arms Arthur aunt Charlotte aunt Lilias beautiful bird boys bright brother carpel child Christian cried dear delight dogs exclaimed eyes fairy fairy bowers Father Ambrose fear feel felt fight flowers follow Frank Frank Howard gentle Geoffrey Gerard girl glad Godfrey Godfrey de Bouillon gone hand happy hear heard heart heaven holy hope Howard Jessie kangaroo kind knew Latour laugh leave little Walter live looked mamma Marquis de Custine Mary mind morning mother nautilus never night Orfeverie papa passed peace Peter the Hermit poor Queen replied RICHARD KINDER ringdoves Robert round schoolfellows scorpion seen sister smile soon speak spoke stock-keeper Stomata stood sure sweet Tancred tell thee thing thou thought told Tom Brown tone tree uncle voice walked Willie wish wonder words young
Popular passages
Page 153 - Ask, and it shall be given unto you ; seek, and ye shall find ; knock, and it shall be opened unto you...
Page 111 - Twas so bold that it feared not to play its joke With the doctor's wig, or the gentleman's cloak.
Page 152 - If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone?
Page 31 - And hope and fear mix not in further strife. "But courage, Father! let us out to sea A few may yet be saved." The Daughter's words, Her earnest tone, and look beaming with faith, Dispel the Father's doubts: nor do they lack The noble-minded Mother's helping hand To launch the boat; and with her blessing cheered, And inwardly sustained by silent prayer, Together they put forth, Father and Child!
Page 112 - There were dames with their kerchiefs tied over their caps, To see if their poultry were free from mishaps; The turkeys they gobbled, the geese screamed aloud, And the hens crept to roost in a terrified crowd; There was rearing of ladders, and logs laying on Where the thatch from the roof threatened soon to be gone. But the wind had passed on, and had met in a lane With a schoolboy, who panted and struggled in vain; For it tossed him and twirled him, then passed, and he stood With his hat in a pool...
Page 31 - All night the storm had raged, nor ceased, nor paused, When, as day broke, the Maid, through misty air, Espies far off a Wreck, amid the surf, Beating on one of those disastrous isles Half of a Vessel, half - no more; the rest Had vanished, swallowed up with all that there Had for the common safety striven in vain, Or thither thronged for refuge.
Page 11 - The war, that for a space did fail, Now trebly thundering swelled the gale, And ' Stanley ! ' was the cry. A light on Marmion's visage spread, And fired his glazing eye ; With dying hand above his head He shook the fragment of his blade, And shouted ' Victory ! — Charge, Chester, charge! On, Stanley, on!
Page 31 - Espies far off a Wreck, amid the surf, Beating on one of those disastrous isles — Half of a Vessel, half— no more ; the rest Had vanished, swallowed up with all that there Had for the common safety striven in vain, Or thither thronged for refuge. With quick glance...
Page 111 - The wind one morning sprang up from sleep, Saying, " Now for a frolic ! Now for a leap ! Now for a madcap, galloping chase ! I'll make a commotion in every place...
Page 151 - Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you...