Chambers's narrative series of standard reading books, Book 6 |
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... leave them idle , they will be of no profit to you ; keep them well in order , lest they go to sleep ; never leave your fingers quiet , and the work you are so frightened at will be done as if by magic . " The fairy had spoken the truth ...
... leave them idle , they will be of no profit to you ; keep them well in order , lest they go to sleep ; never leave your fingers quiet , and the work you are so frightened at will be done as if by magic . " The fairy had spoken the truth ...
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... ! 45 . And blessed was he , that Red - Cross Knight , To find his sorrows o'er ; And her , his long - lost love and life , Never to leave him more . * Inn . 46 . Castles and manors wide were given To that THE RED - CROSS KNIGHT . 27.
... ! 45 . And blessed was he , that Red - Cross Knight , To find his sorrows o'er ; And her , his long - lost love and life , Never to leave him more . * Inn . 46 . Castles and manors wide were given To that THE RED - CROSS KNIGHT . 27.
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... leaves , that had shot up to such a height that a little child might have stood upright under the tallest of them ; and this spot was as wild as though it had been situated in the depths of a wood . In this snug retirement a duck was ...
... leaves , that had shot up to such a height that a little child might have stood upright under the tallest of them ; and this spot was as wild as though it had been situated in the depths of a wood . In this snug retirement a duck was ...
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... Leave it alone , and set about teaching your own children to swim . ' ' I'll just sit upon it a bit longer , ' said the duck ; ' for since I have sat so long , a few days more won't make much odds . ' ' Please yourself , ' said the old ...
... Leave it alone , and set about teaching your own children to swim . ' ' I'll just sit upon it a bit longer , ' said the duck ; ' for since I have sat so long , a few days more won't make much odds . ' ' Please yourself , ' said the old ...
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... leaves . The mother - duck took her young brood down to the canal . Splash into the water she went . Quack ! quack ! ' cried she , and forthwith one duckling after another jumped in . The water closed over their heads for a moment ; but ...
... leaves . The mother - duck took her young brood down to the canal . Splash into the water she went . Quack ! quack ! ' cried she , and forthwith one duckling after another jumped in . The water closed over their heads for a moment ; but ...
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Page 172 - Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, " Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore; But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you "—here I opened wide the door.
Page 32 - 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!
Page 130 - I WAS ever of opinion, that the honest man who married, and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population.
Page 69 - Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken — The ice was all between. The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around: It cracked and growled, and roared and howled, Like noises in a swound!
Page 32 - 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.
Page 123 - And after April, when May follows, And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows? Hark, where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dewdrops — at the bent spray's edge- — That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, Lest you should think he never could recapture The first fine careless rapture!
Page 127 - Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings? — Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago: Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again? Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending...
Page 32 - 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.
Page 172 - Thrilled me— filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating, " 'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door: Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door: This it is and nothing more.
Page 178 - I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning; Alas! the gratitude of men Hath oftener left me mourning.