The New McGuffey First [ -fifth] Reader, Libro 5American Book Company, 1901 |
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... ship of pearl , which , poets feign , Sails the unshadowed main . The words here state what is really not true , for the shell is not a ship of pearl , but resembles a ship of pearl . To read this in a matter - of - fact way would not ...
... ship of pearl , which , poets feign , Sails the unshadowed main . The words here state what is really not true , for the shell is not a ship of pearl , but resembles a ship of pearl . To read this in a matter - of - fact way would not ...
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... ship - how ridiculous ! " 4. Is a given thought complete or does it depend on another thought ? 5. What are the most important ideas in the whole selec- tion , and what are the secondary ones ? 6. What means of expression will best ...
... ship - how ridiculous ! " 4. Is a given thought complete or does it depend on another thought ? 5. What are the most important ideas in the whole selec- tion , and what are the secondary ones ? 6. What means of expression will best ...
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... ships are that bring parrots and tobacco from the Indies . Aye , it has a long trot before it , as it goes singing over our weir , bless its heart ! " " And what is the sea ? " asked Will . " The sea ! " cried the miller . " Ah , it is ...
... ships are that bring parrots and tobacco from the Indies . Aye , it has a long trot before it , as it goes singing over our weir , bless its heart ! " " And what is the sea ? " asked Will . " The sea ! " cried the miller . " Ah , it is ...
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... ships , and his men began to march across into Europe . The number of soldiers was so great that it was seven days and nights before the entire army could pass over the bridge . Now there was only one way of entering Greece from the ...
... ships , and his men began to march across into Europe . The number of soldiers was so great that it was seven days and nights before the entire army could pass over the bridge . Now there was only one way of entering Greece from the ...
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... ship which the American frigate had now to oppose was a vessel of near her own size and equipage ; and when Griffith looked at her again , he perceived that she had made her preparations to assert her equality in manful fight . Her ...
... ship which the American frigate had now to oppose was a vessel of near her own size and equipage ; and when Griffith looked at her again , he perceived that she had made her preparations to assert her equality in manful fight . Her ...
Términos y frases comunes
American Aristodemus arms army arquebus asked battle beautiful Belshazzar birds blessed blue born breath Brutus Cæsar canoes Carcassonne CHAMBERED NAUTILUS Champlain child cloud cried death deep died earth English Eurytus eyes face father feet fire flowers forest girl glacier gray green hand Harvard College head hear heard heart heaven honor horse Hydarnes Indian Iroquois John JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Julius Cæsar king labor land light little Annie living look Lord Lucknow Marquette MCGUF mountains never night o'er passed peace peace pipe pipe poems poet pointed lances Polly poor Rip Van Winkle river rocks rose round sails Saint-Malo seemed ships side sings sound Spain speak stone stood stream sweet tell thee thou thought thunder tion trees turn village voice warriors waves whip-poor-will wild wind wood word Xerxes young
Pasajes populares
Página 157 - 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!
Página 148 - Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received ? Trust it not, Sir ; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation...
Página 280 - Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No : — men, high-minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude, — Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain ; These constitute a State; 3 And sovereign law, that State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing...
Página 330 - Like a glowworm golden In a dell of dew, Scattering unbeholden Its aerial hue Among the flowers and grass, which screen it from the view: Like a rose embowered In its own green leaves, By warm winds deflowered, Till the scent it gives Makes faint with too much sweet these heavy-winged thieves. Sound of vernal showers On the twinkling grass, Rain-awakened flowers, All that ever was Joyous, and clear, and fresh, thy music doth surpass.
Página 329 - What thou art we know not : What is most like thee ? From rainbow clouds there flow not Drops so bright to see As from thy presence showers a rain of melody.
Página 149 - Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people armed in the holy cause of liberty and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
Página 166 - The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the Siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl, Wrecked is the ship of pearl ! And every chambered cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell...
Página 149 - In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free — if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending...
Página 202 - There was, as usual, a crowd of folk about the door, but none that Rip recollected. The very character of the people seemed changed. There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity.
Página 284 - You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?