A Book of Children's LiteratureLillian Hollowell Rinehart, 1955 - 697 pages |
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Page 239
... arms to her father , Peneus , the god of the river along whose banks she was fleeing . “ Oh , Father , " she cried , “ help me ! help me ! Either let the earth swallow me or change this form of mine so that Apollo will not love me ...
... arms to her father , Peneus , the god of the river along whose banks she was fleeing . “ Oh , Father , " she cried , “ help me ! help me ! Either let the earth swallow me or change this form of mine so that Apollo will not love me ...
Page 241
... arms to the sky and made towards the high- est heavens . Alas for him ! Warmer and warmer grew the air . Those arms , that had seemed to uphold him , re- laxed . His wings wavered , drooped . He fluttered his young hands vainly - he was ...
... arms to the sky and made towards the high- est heavens . Alas for him ! Warmer and warmer grew the air . Those arms , that had seemed to uphold him , re- laxed . His wings wavered , drooped . He fluttered his young hands vainly - he was ...
Page 438
... arms . " He didn't move . " “ I did not run very far toward him , I tell you ! I stopped and looked at him , and he stood looking at me . Then I shouted again . There he stood . I kept on shouting and waving my arms , but he did not ...
... arms . " He didn't move . " “ I did not run very far toward him , I tell you ! I stopped and looked at him , and he stood looking at me . Then I shouted again . There he stood . I kept on shouting and waving my arms , but he did not ...
Contents
HISTORICAL SUMMARY OF CHILDRENS | 96 |
William Pène du Bois 1917 | 199 |
FABLES | 214 |
Copyright | |
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