Story Hour Readings: Fourth yearAmerican Book Company, 1921 - 367 pages |
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... fields of grain , and the herds and flocks contentedly grazing on the pasture lands testified to the thrift and prosperity of Ali Hafed . The love of a beautiful wife and a large family of light - hearted boys 10 and girls made his home ...
... fields of grain , and the herds and flocks contentedly grazing on the pasture lands testified to the thrift and prosperity of Ali Hafed . The love of a beautiful wife and a large family of light - hearted boys 10 and girls made his home ...
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... fields , and strength to the mountains , and grandeur to the sea . And because 10 of their bounty the earth was glad and the stars twinkled 15 for joy . " What more can we do to make the land fit for men to dwell in ? What other gift ...
... fields , and strength to the mountains , and grandeur to the sea . And because 10 of their bounty the earth was glad and the stars twinkled 15 for joy . " What more can we do to make the land fit for men to dwell in ? What other gift ...
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... field and wood , came buzzing into the smithy . It whis- pered hopefully into the ear of the Smith : " Wait until my gifts have done their work . " Retold from the Kalevala . I. Find on a map the country from which this legend comes . 2 ...
... field and wood , came buzzing into the smithy . It whis- pered hopefully into the ear of the Smith : " Wait until my gifts have done their work . " Retold from the Kalevala . I. Find on a map the country from which this legend comes . 2 ...
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... fields and the woods . Walking one day by 20 the sea he picked up the backbone of a great fish , and from it he invented the saw . Seeing how a certain bird carved holes in the trunks of trees , he learned how to make and use the chisel ...
... fields and the woods . Walking one day by 20 the sea he picked up the backbone of a great fish , and from it he invented the saw . Seeing how a certain bird carved holes in the trunks of trees , he learned how to make and use the chisel ...
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... fields which he loved so well . And to this day , when summer breezes 25 blow and the wild flowers bloom in meadow and glade , the voice of Perdix may still sometimes be heard calling to his mate from among the grass and reeds or amid ...
... fields which he loved so well . And to this day , when summer breezes 25 blow and the wild flowers bloom in meadow and glade , the voice of Perdix may still sometimes be heard calling to his mate from among the grass and reeds or amid ...
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Page 162 - TO A WATERFOWL Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Page 272 - We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow.
Page 105 - For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths— for you the shores a-crowding, For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; Here Captain! dear father! This arm beneath your head! It is some dream that on the deck, You've fallen cold and dead.
Page 313 - 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?
Page 294 - But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word, And in its hollow tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be.
Page 293 - And heard, with voice as trumpet loud, Bozzaris cheer his band: "Strike ! till the last armed foe expires ! Strike ! for your altars and your fires ! Strike ! for the green graves of your sires ; God, and your native land...
Page 329 - WHAT CONSTITUTES A STATE? BY WILLIAM JONES "1 T 7"HAT constitutes a State ? * * Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud with spires and turrets crowned ; • Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride ; Not starred 'and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No : — men, high-minded men...
Page 315 - There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations; and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.
Page 178 - His going forth is from the end of the heaven, And his circuit unto the ends of it : And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Page 305 - WARREN'S ADDRESS AT THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL BY JOHN PIERPONT OTAND! the ground's your own, my braves! ^ Will ye give it up to slaves?