The Golden Deed Book: A School ReaderMacmillan, 1913 - 351 pages |
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... Round the decay Of that colossal wreck , boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away . " PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY . THE GREAT STONE FACE ONE afternoon , when the sun was going down , a mother and her little boy sat at the ...
... Round the decay Of that colossal wreck , boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away . " PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY . THE GREAT STONE FACE ONE afternoon , when the sun was going down , a mother and her little boy sat at the ...
Page 39
... round , Feed in the ooze of their pasture ground ; Where the sea snakes coil and twine , Dry their mail and bask in the brine ; Where great whales come sailing by , Sail and sail , with unshut eye , Round the world forever and aye ...
... round , Feed in the ooze of their pasture ground ; Where the sea snakes coil and twine , Dry their mail and bask in the brine ; Where great whales come sailing by , Sail and sail , with unshut eye , Round the world forever and aye ...
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... round Napoleon in the courtyard , begging him to tell them what to do . " Get as many shovels as you can find in the tool house , and we will make a castle , " he answered . " A A proper castle with a keep , and a donjon and battlements ...
... round Napoleon in the courtyard , begging him to tell them what to do . " Get as many shovels as you can find in the tool house , and we will make a castle , " he answered . " A A proper castle with a keep , and a donjon and battlements ...
Page 69
... round them His ample purple , glorified and bound them In an embrace that seemed identity . " He ruled them like a tyrant . " True . But none Were ruled like slaves . Each felt Napoleon . MRS . LANG . Abridged . 1 Ah ! It is he ! That ...
... round them His ample purple , glorified and bound them In an embrace that seemed identity . " He ruled them like a tyrant . " True . But none Were ruled like slaves . Each felt Napoleon . MRS . LANG . Abridged . 1 Ah ! It is he ! That ...
Page 75
... the na- tional duck's anthem ; but instead of being soothed by it , they only quacked three times as hard , and ran round till we were giddy . And then they shook their tails all together , and looked A BRAVE RESCUE AND A ROUGH RIDE 75.
... the na- tional duck's anthem ; but instead of being soothed by it , they only quacked three times as hard , and ran round till we were giddy . And then they shook their tails all together , and looked A BRAVE RESCUE AND A ROUGH RIDE 75.
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Page 213 - But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
Page 216 - Came thro' the jaws of Death Back from the mouth of Hell, All that was left of them, Left of six hundred.
Page 157 - This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main; The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming Lair.
Page 240 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle : I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on ; Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent, That day he overcame the Nervii. Look ! in this place, ran Cassius...
Page 129 - My good blade carves the casques of men, My tough lance thrusteth sure, My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure.
Page 335 - I SING of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers, Of April, May, of June and July flowers...
Page 214 - HALF a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. " Forward, the Light Brigade ! " Charge for the guns ! " he said : Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.
Page 243 - I tell you that which you yourselves do know; Show you sweet Caesar's wounds, poor poor dumb mouths, And bid them speak for me: but were I Brutus, And Brutus Antony, there were an Antony Would ruffle up your spirits and put a tongue In every wound of Caesar that should move The stones of Rome to rise and mutiny.
Page 237 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him: The evil that men do lives after them, The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Caesar.
Page 166 - It little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Matched with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.