Story Hour Readings: Fourth yearAmerican Book Company, 1921 - 367 pages |
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... thee and thy fifty men shall be prepared ; collops shall be cooked and peppered for all . In the stables there is fodder for thy horses and food in plenty for thy dogs . And thou shalt fare as well in the guest chamber as in the hall ...
... thee and thy fifty men shall be prepared ; collops shall be cooked and peppered for all . In the stables there is fodder for thy horses and food in plenty for thy dogs . And thou shalt fare as well in the guest chamber as in the hall ...
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... thee . Here , on the spot where I stand , I will shout thrice 5 and make the welkin ring . Sounds more deadly than those three shouts have never been heard in this land . They shall resound from Land's End to Cold Blast Ridge in Ireland ...
... thee . Here , on the spot where I stand , I will shout thrice 5 and make the welkin ring . Sounds more deadly than those three shouts have never been heard in this land . They shall resound from Land's End to Cold Blast Ridge in Ireland ...
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... thee , King Arthur ! " he cried . " I greet thee and thy guests and thy companions and thy warriors . 25 My greeting is to the lowest as well as to the highest of all that have a seat within this Hall . May thy name , King Arthur , and ...
... thee , King Arthur ! " he cried . " I greet thee and thy guests and thy companions and thy warriors . 25 My greeting is to the lowest as well as to the highest of all that have a seat within this Hall . May thy name , King Arthur , and ...
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... thee . " But Kilhugh made answer : " I have not come hither , sire , to eat and drink , but to crave of thee a boon . If thou 5 wilt grant it me , I will do thee such service as thou mayest command ; and I will carry the praise of thy ...
... thee . " But Kilhugh made answer : " I have not come hither , sire , to eat and drink , but to crave of thee a boon . If thou 5 wilt grant it me , I will do thee such service as thou mayest command ; and I will carry the praise of thy ...
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Fourth year Ernest Clark Hartwell. " Then do I crave of thee to obtain for me Olwen , the daughter of Thistlehair , chief of the Giants , to be my wife . For the sake of the daughters of the Island of the Mighty , I crave thy help to ...
Fourth year Ernest Clark Hartwell. " Then do I crave of thee to obtain for me Olwen , the daughter of Thistlehair , chief of the Giants , to be my wife . For the sake of the daughters of the Island of the Mighty , I crave thy help to ...
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Page 168 - 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 278 - 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 319 - 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 300 - 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 299 - 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 335 - 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 321 - 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 184 - 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 311 - 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?