Cassell's Readable readers, كتاب 51885 |
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... things , and a hundred other , stir the fancy and fill the brain of every healthy boy with dreams of adven- ture . He learns to swim almost as soon as he can walk ; he draws in with his mother's milk the art of handling an oar ; he is ...
... things , and a hundred other , stir the fancy and fill the brain of every healthy boy with dreams of adven- ture . He learns to swim almost as soon as he can walk ; he draws in with his mother's milk the art of handling an oar ; he is ...
الصفحة 27
... thing was life , and how far off seemed death - death , that lurks in all pleasant places , and was so near ! The wind had freshened by this , and we found it comfortable to put on the jackets which had been thrown aside in the heat of ...
... thing was life , and how far off seemed death - death , that lurks in all pleasant places , and was so near ! The wind had freshened by this , and we found it comfortable to put on the jackets which had been thrown aside in the heat of ...
الصفحة 84
... The judge immediately sent some of his people to my brother's house , to bring away everything he had ; and as soon as the things were deposited in his ware- house , he ordered my brother instantly to leave the 84 FIFTH READING BOOK .
... The judge immediately sent some of his people to my brother's house , to bring away everything he had ; and as soon as the things were deposited in his ware- house , he ordered my brother instantly to leave the 84 FIFTH READING BOOK .
الصفحة 99
... thing strange and mysterious about the unknown that inspired awe and checked familiarity . On entering the hollow new objects of wonder presented themselves . On a level spot in the centre was a company of odd - looking personages ...
... thing strange and mysterious about the unknown that inspired awe and checked familiarity . On entering the hollow new objects of wonder presented themselves . On a level spot in the centre was a company of odd - looking personages ...
الصفحة 103
... Colin weel may fare ; And spread the table neat and clean , Gar ilka thing look braw , For who can tell how Colin fared When he was far awa ' ? 5. Sae true his heart , sae smooth his speech THERE'S NAE LUCK ABOUT THE HOUSE . 103.
... Colin weel may fare ; And spread the table neat and clean , Gar ilka thing look braw , For who can tell how Colin fared When he was far awa ' ? 5. Sae true his heart , sae smooth his speech THERE'S NAE LUCK ABOUT THE HOUSE . 103.
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Abbot Alnaschar Arabs archers archery Arth battle Binny Wallace boat brave bread brother cabin camels Cassell's castle Catherine Catskill mountains cried Dame van Winkle death desert door drachms England English Estes Park Evarts eyes face fear fire grace Greek slave hand head heard heart heaven honour horse hour Hubert ISABELLA L keep king Lady Fleming lake Lars Porsena light little prince living Lochleven Locksley look madam ment morning mountain never night o'er old woman passed Phil Adams poem poor Prince John Queen QUEEN OF SCOTS replied rest Revenge Rip van Winkle river rocks Roland Græme round Rowlocks sail sand Satrap Seyton ship shoot shore shot shout side Sir Richard sleep soldier soon Spanish stand tent thee thou tongue took village wife wind word yeoman دو
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الصفحة 112 - Van Bummel, the schoolmaster?" "He went off to the wars too, was a great militia general, and is now in congress." Rip's heart died away at hearing of these sad changes in his home and friends, and finding himself thus alone in the world. Every answer puzzled him too, by treating of such enormous lapses of time, and of matters which he could not understand: war — congress — Stony Point; — he had no courage to ask after any more friends, but cried out in despair, "Does nobody here know Rip Van...
الصفحة 198 - On the lofty British line. It was ten of April morn by the chime ; As they drifted on their path There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between.
الصفحة 109 - The orator bustled up to him, and, drawing him partly aside, inquired " on which side he voted ?" Rip stared in vacant stupidity. Another short but busy little fellow pulled him by the arm, and, rising on tiptoe, inquired in his ear, " whether he was Federal or Democrat...
الصفحة 101 - On waking, he found himself on the green knoll whence he had first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes. It was a bright, sunny morning. The birds were hopping and twittering among the bushes, and the eagle was wheeling aloft and breasting the pure mountain breeze. "Surely," thought Rip. "I have not slept here all night.
الصفحة 90 - ... about their summits, which, in the last rays of the setting sun, will glow and light up like a crown of glory. At the foot of these fairy mountains...
الصفحة 94 - Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on; a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. For a long while he used to console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village; which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait of His Majesty George the Third.
الصفحة 110 - Nicholas Vedder! why, he is dead and gone these eighteen years! There was a wooden tombstone in the churchyard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotten and gone too.
الصفحة 104 - As he rose to walk, he found himself stiff in the joints, and wanting in his usual activity. "These mountain beds do not agree with me," thought Rip, " and if this frolic should lay me up with a fit of the rheumatism, I shall have a blessed time with Dame Van Winkle." With some difficulty he got down into the glen : he found the gully up which he and his companion had ascended the preceding evening ; but to his astonishment a mountain stream was now foaming down it, leaping from rock to rock, and...
الصفحة 194 - And the night went down, and the sun smiled out far over the summer sea, And the Spanish fleet with broken sides lay round us all in a ring; But they dared not touch us again, for they fear'd that we still could sting, So they watch'd what the end would be.
الصفحة 95 - ... of his wife, was to take gun in hand and stroll away into the woods. Here he would sometimes seat himself at the foot of a tree, and share the contents of his wallet with Wolf, with whom he sympathized as a fellowsufferer in persecution. "Poor Wolf...