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... less potent than that by which her great countryman has captivated the affections of countless English readers . It seems natural also that an author who ventures upon that field of Fairy literature , their mutual love of which ...
... less potent than that by which her great countryman has captivated the affections of countless English readers . It seems natural also that an author who ventures upon that field of Fairy literature , their mutual love of which ...
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... them as otherwise than re- pulsive would be to destroy the whole force of the allegory . I hope , however , that the present volume may be found less liable to the imputed fault . CONTENTS . DEDICATION PREFACE I. THE OGRE'S CAVE PAGE V.
... them as otherwise than re- pulsive would be to destroy the whole force of the allegory . I hope , however , that the present volume may be found less liable to the imputed fault . CONTENTS . DEDICATION PREFACE I. THE OGRE'S CAVE PAGE V.
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... less than a week ! ' ' I can't help it , ' replicd Cecil ; I was so awfully hungry but tell us , how did you come here , and what sort of a place is it ? " : 6 Jack shook his head mournfully . Ah ! ' said he , ' you may well ask . It ...
... less than a week ! ' ' I can't help it , ' replicd Cecil ; I was so awfully hungry but tell us , how did you come here , and what sort of a place is it ? " : 6 Jack shook his head mournfully . Ah ! ' said he , ' you may well ask . It ...
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... less than the approach of two of the guardian crabs , who came lum- bering up , one from each side of the beach , and the fol- lowing dialogue ensued , each crab having heard , but neither being able to see , Ned . ' Brother crab ...
... less than the approach of two of the guardian crabs , who came lum- bering up , one from each side of the beach , and the fol- lowing dialogue ensued , each crab having heard , but neither being able to see , Ned . ' Brother crab ...
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... was infinitely more terrible and less melodious . 6 ' O Ned ! ' cried Cecil , what shall we do ? Growler is upon us , and we shall all be caught ! ' ' Don't be afraid , ' replied his brother ; 34 [ I. CRACKERS FOR CHRISTMAS .
... was infinitely more terrible and less melodious . 6 ' O Ned ! ' cried Cecil , what shall we do ? Growler is upon us , and we shall all be caught ! ' ' Don't be afraid , ' replied his brother ; 34 [ I. CRACKERS FOR CHRISTMAS .
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مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 298 - THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF THE BEST SONGS AND LYRICAL POEMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Selected and arranged, with Notes, by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE.
الصفحة 299 - THE FAIRY BOOK ; the Best Popular Fairy Stories. Selected and rendered anew by the Author of
الصفحة 295 - Morte d'Arthur.— SIR THOMAS MALORY'S BOOK OF KING ARTHUR AND OF HIS NOBLE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. The original Edition of CAXTON, revised for Modern Use. With an Introduction by Sir EDWARD STRACHEY, Bart. pp. xxxvii., 509. "It is with perfect confidence that we recommend this edition of the old romance to every class of readers.
الصفحة 307 - The editor has aimed to produce a book "which the emigrant, finding room for little not absolutely necessary, might yet find room for in his trunk, and the traveller in his knapsack, and that on some narrow shelves where there are few books this might be one.
الصفحة 299 - ... Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings. Selected and arranged by MARK LEMON. " The fullest and best jest book that has yet appeared." — SATURDAY REVIEW. BACON'S ESSAYS AND COLOURS OF GOOD AND EVIL. With Notes and Glossarial Index. By W.
الصفحة 307 - Household Book," by this name implying that it is a book for all — that there is nothing in it to prevent it from being confidently placid in the hands of every member of the household.
الصفحة 298 - From the higher mind of cultivated, all-questioning, but still conservative England, in this our puzzled generation, we do not .know of any utterance in literature so characteristic as the poems of Arthur Hugh dough.
الصفحة 294 - Wilson. — A MEMOIR OF GEORGE WILSON, MD, FRSE, Regius Professor of Technology in the University of Edinburgh. By his SISTER. New Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.
الصفحة 298 - MACMILLAN'S GOLDEN TREASURY SERIES. UNIFORMLY printed in i8mo., with Vignette Titles by Sir NOEL PATON, T. WOOLNER, W. HOLMAN HUNT, JE MILLAIS, ARTHUR HUGHES, &c. Engraved on Steel by JEENS. Bound in extra cloth, 45.
الصفحة 296 - Also sold separately at 6s. each. Volume I. contains Narrative and Elegiac Poems; Volume II. Dramatic and Lyric Poems. The two volumes comprehend the First and Second Series of the Poems, and the New Poems. NEW POEMS. Extra fcap. 8vo. 6s. 6a. In this volume will be found " Empedocles on Etna ;"" Thyrsis " (written in commemoration of the late Professor Clough) ; " Epilogue to Lessing's, Laocoon ;" "Heine's Grave;"