The Illustrated London Reading BookPrinted and published at the office of The Illustrated London News, 1851 - 264 sider |
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Side 7
... 't get out , " said the starling . I stood looking at the bird ; and to every person who came through the passage , it ran fluttering to 99 the side towards which they approached it with the. ILLUSTRATED LONDON READING BOOK . 7.
... 't get out , " said the starling . I stood looking at the bird ; and to every person who came through the passage , it ran fluttering to 99 the side towards which they approached it with the. ILLUSTRATED LONDON READING BOOK . 7.
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... person , and that glove house was some earth cavern ! But Skrymir had vanished . Utgard , with its sky- high gates , when Thor raised his hammer to smite them , had gone to air —only the giant's voice was heard mocking ; " Better come ...
... person , and that glove house was some earth cavern ! But Skrymir had vanished . Utgard , with its sky- high gates , when Thor raised his hammer to smite them , had gone to air —only the giant's voice was heard mocking ; " Better come ...
Side 16
... person concerned to produce it took a Bible that lay near , and , standing upon it , reached down the paper . The King , observing what was done , ran to the place , and taking the Bible in his hands kissed it , and laid it up again ...
... person concerned to produce it took a Bible that lay near , and , standing upon it , reached down the paper . The King , observing what was done , ran to the place , and taking the Bible in his hands kissed it , and laid it up again ...
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... persons who may have been overtaken by the sudden storm , and would perish but for their charitable succour . Most remarkably are they assisted in these truly Christian offices . They have a breed of noble dogs in their establishment ...
... persons who may have been overtaken by the sudden storm , and would perish but for their charitable succour . Most remarkably are they assisted in these truly Christian offices . They have a breed of noble dogs in their establishment ...
Side 39
... persons from drowning is well known ; and on the banks of the Seine , at Paris , these qualities have been applied to a singular purpose . Ten Newfound- land dogs are there trained to act as servants to the Humane Society ; and the ...
... persons from drowning is well known ; and on the banks of the Seine , at Paris , these qualities have been applied to a singular purpose . Ten Newfound- land dogs are there trained to act as servants to the Humane Society ; and the ...
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Side 145 - Now strike the golden lyre again : A louder yet, and yet a louder strain ! Break his bands of sleep asunder And rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark ! the horrid sound Has raised up his head : As awaked from the dead And amazed he stares around. Revenge, revenge...
Side 205 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God.
Side 186 - ... for expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one: but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.
Side 186 - Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them: for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them and above them, won by observation.
Side 190 - See through this air, this ocean, and this earth, All matter quick, and bursting into birth! Above, how high progressive life may go ! Around, how wide ! how deep extend below ! Vast chain of being! which from God began; Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from infinite to thee; From thee to nothing...
Side 172 - By the festal cities' blaze, Whilst the wine-cup shines in light ; And yet amidst that joy and uproar Let us think of them that sleep, Full many a fathom deep, By thy wild and stormy steep, Elsinore...
Side 109 - You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet ; Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone? Of two such lessons, why forget The nobler and the manlier one?
Side 228 - She'd come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse: which I, observing, Took once a pliant hour, and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart That. I would all my pilgrimage dilate...
Side 186 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy...
Side 203 - Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...