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... horse draws the cart . Many men went to the war . poor hare was wounded in the leg , and the dog caught it . A king sat on the rocky brow . A chieftain's daughter seemed the maid . My mind to me a kingdom is . The mind is its own place ...
... horse draws the cart . Many men went to the war . poor hare was wounded in the leg , and the dog caught it . A king sat on the rocky brow . A chieftain's daughter seemed the maid . My mind to me a kingdom is . The mind is its own place ...
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... horse was ridden by James . Queen Victoria reigns over England . King James was banished from the country . In Australia there are many gold mines . Melbourne is a large city . The good ship Sea - King was lost at sea . The first ...
... horse was ridden by James . Queen Victoria reigns over England . King James was banished from the country . In Australia there are many gold mines . Melbourne is a large city . The good ship Sea - King was lost at sea . The first ...
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... . There are two Genders - Masculine and Feminine . 26. All nouns which are the names of males are said to be of the masculine Gender ; as , man , boy , horse . All nouns which are the names of females are said 14 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... . There are two Genders - Masculine and Feminine . 26. All nouns which are the names of males are said to be of the masculine Gender ; as , man , boy , horse . All nouns which are the names of females are said 14 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
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... Horse mare Bridegroom bride Husband wife Brother sister King queen Buck doe Lad Hart roe Lord lass lady Stag hind Man Bull COW Monk , friar Bullock heifer Nephew Cock hen Ram woman nun niece ewe Colt filly Sire dam Dog bitch Sloven slut ...
... Horse mare Bridegroom bride Husband wife Brother sister King queen Buck doe Lad Hart roe Lord lass lady Stag hind Man Bull COW Monk , friar Bullock heifer Nephew Cock hen Ram woman nun niece ewe Colt filly Sire dam Dog bitch Sloven slut ...
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... horse . The boy and his sister went to school in the village . The old friar wore a cowl on his head . The ox fell into the pit . The farmer sold his young heifer to the coachman . James bought a knife and gave it to his aunt . Mary ...
... horse . The boy and his sister went to school in the village . The old friar wore a cowl on his head . The ox fell into the pit . The farmer sold his young heifer to the coachman . James bought a knife and gave it to his aunt . Mary ...
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Page 175 - The rainbow comes and goes, And lovely is the rose; The moon doth with delight Look round her when the heavens are bare; Waters on a starry night Are beautiful and fair; The sunshine is a glorious birth; But yet I know, where'er I go, That there hath passed away a glory from the earth.
Page 195 - O'er all the Italian fields, where still doth sway The triple Tyrant ; that from these may grow A hundredfold, who, having learnt thy way, Early may fly the Babylonian woe.
Page 127 - But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, its bloom is shed ! Or like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever ; Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can pomt their place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. Nae man can tether time or tide ; The hour approaches Tam maun ride ; That hour, o...
Page 63 - Fair daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon; As yet the early-rising sun Has not attained his noon. Stay, stay, Until the hasting day Has run But to the even-song; And, having prayed together, we Will go with you along.
Page 132 - Seemed to have known a better day; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry. For, well-a-day! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead ; •And he, neglected...
Page 93 - Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm, How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides, Your loop'd and window'd raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these ? O, I have ta'en Too little care of this ! Take physic, pomp ; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them, And show the heavens more just.
Page 127 - Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head...
Page 195 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers...
Page 186 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : Thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, And it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
Page 128 - Surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream. Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand.