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Face Page 28 Argonauts : "Then JEson Put Down the Lad and Whispered, 'Fear
Not, But g6 In'" Face Page 98 "Out of the Earth They Rose by Thousands" •• 138 "
Then She Made a Sign to Orpheus, and He Began His Magic Song" Face Page ...
Face Page 28 Argonauts : "Then JEson Put Down the Lad and Whispered, 'Fear
Not, But g6 In'" Face Page 98 "Out of the Earth They Rose by Thousands" •• 138 "
Then She Made a Sign to Orpheus, and He Began His Magic Song" Face Page ...
الصفحة 7
At any rate, day had hardly peeped over the hills, when King Midas was broad
awake, and, stretching his arms out of bed, began to touch the objects that were
within reach. He was anxious to prove whether the Golden Touch had really
come, ...
At any rate, day had hardly peeped over the hills, when King Midas was broad
awake, and, stretching his arms out of bed, began to touch the objects that were
within reach. He was anxious to prove whether the Golden Touch had really
come, ...
الصفحة 12
He thought to himself, that it was rather an extravagant style of splendor, in a king
of his simple habits, to breakfast off a service of gold, and began to be puzzled
with the difficulty of keeping his treasures safe. The cupboard and the kitchen ...
He thought to himself, that it was rather an extravagant style of splendor, in a king
of his simple habits, to breakfast off a service of gold, and began to be puzzled
with the difficulty of keeping his treasures safe. The cupboard and the kitchen ...
الصفحة 14
He found his mouth full, not of mealy potato, but of solid metal, which so burnt his
tongue that he roared aloud, and, jumping up from the table, began to dance and
stamp about the room, both with pain and affright. " Father, dear father !
He found his mouth full, not of mealy potato, but of solid metal, which so burnt his
tongue that he roared aloud, and, jumping up from the table, began to dance and
stamp about the room, both with pain and affright. " Father, dear father !
الصفحة 15
These reflections so troubled wise King Midas, that he began to doubt whether,
after all, riches are the one desirable thing in the world, or even the most
desirable. Rut this was only a passing thought. So fascinated was Midas with the
glitter ...
These reflections so troubled wise King Midas, that he began to doubt whether,
after all, riches are the one desirable thing in the world, or even the most
desirable. Rut this was only a passing thought. So fascinated was Midas with the
glitter ...
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مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 370 - ... government. Happily that was at an end; he had got his neck out of the yoke of matrimony, and could go in and out whenever he pleased without dreading the tyranny of Dame Van Winkle. Whenever her name was mentioned, however, he shook his head, shrugged his shoulders, and cast up his eyes; which might pass either for an expression of resignation to his fate, or joy at his deliverance. He used to tell his story to every stranger that arrived at Mr. Doolittle's hotel.
الصفحة 368 - Ah, poor man, Rip Van Winkle was his name, but it's twenty years since he went away from home with his gun, and never has been heard of since— his dog came home without him; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a little girl.
الصفحة 269 - I made them lay their hands in mine and swear To reverence the King, as if he were Their conscience, and their conscience as their King, To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad redressing human wrongs, To speak no slander, no, nor listen to it, To honor his own word as if his God's, To lead sweet lives in purest chastity, To love one maiden only, cleave to her, And worship her by years of noble deeds, Until they won her...
الصفحة 370 - ... husband, whom Rip recollected for one of the urchins that used to climb upon his back. As to Rip's son and heir, who was the ditto of himself, seen leaning against the tree, he was employed to work on the farm; but evinced an hereditary disposition to attend to anything else but his business.
الصفحة 350 - WHOEVER has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember the Kaatskill mountains. They are a dismembered branch of the great Appalachian family, and are seen away to the west of the river, swelling up to a noble height and lording it over the surrounding country.
الصفحة 358 - Passing through the ravine, they came to a hollow, like a small amphitheatre, surrounded by perpendicular precipices, over the brinks of which impending trees shot their branches, so that you only caught glimpses of the azure sky, and the bright evening cloud.
الصفحة 354 - The moment Wolf entered the house his crest fell, his tail drooped to the ground, or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air, casting many a sidelong glance at Dame Van Winkle, and at the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle he would fly to the door with yelping precipitation.
الصفحة 353 - Rip Van Winkle, however, was one of those happy mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would rather starve on a penny than work for a pound. If left to...
الصفحة 369 - Half-moon; being permitted in this way to revisit the scenes of his enterprise, and keep a guardian eye upon the river and the great city called by his name. That his father had once seen them in their old Dutch dresses playing at ninepins in a hollow of the mountain; and that he himself had heard, one summer afternoon, the sound of their balls, like distant peals of thunder.
الصفحة 360 - One taste provoked another; and he reiterated his visits to the flagon so often that at length his senses were over-powered, his eyes swam in his head, his head gradually declined, and he fell into a deep sleep.
معلومات المراجع
| العنوان | The Young Folks' Library: A book of famous myths and legends المجلد 6 من The Young Folks' Library: Selections from the Choicest Literature of All Lands, Thomas Bailey Aldrich |
| الناشر | Hall & Locke, 1901 |
| أصلي من | مكتبة نيويورك العامة |
| الكتب ذات التنسيق الرقمي | 18 تموز (يوليو) 2007 |
| تصدير الاقتباس | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |