Chambers's English readers, ed. by J.M.D. Meiklejohn, Book 6John Miller D. Meiklejohn 1880 |
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... earth . 5. If , on the other hand , we go up to the top of a high mountain , a great deal of the air is below us , and only part of it is above us and able to press upon us ; so that the weight of the air is much less for this reason in ...
... earth . 5. If , on the other hand , we go up to the top of a high mountain , a great deal of the air is below us , and only part of it is above us and able to press upon us ; so that the weight of the air is much less for this reason in ...
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... earth , and some of these springs are large enough to form regular rivers at once . Most springs throw out cold water only , but there are some springs in which hot water gushes out from the ground . Many of these hot springs ' are ...
... earth , and some of these springs are large enough to form regular rivers at once . Most springs throw out cold water only , but there are some springs in which hot water gushes out from the ground . Many of these hot springs ' are ...
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... earth . ' 6 Dr Johnson , 18 through all his trials and sufferings and hard fights with fortune , was a courageous and cheerful- natured man . He manfully made the best of life , and tried to be glad in it . 7. Once , when a clergyman ...
... earth . ' 6 Dr Johnson , 18 through all his trials and sufferings and hard fights with fortune , was a courageous and cheerful- natured man . He manfully made the best of life , and tried to be glad in it . 7. Once , when a clergyman ...
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... earth , Nor yet one half so dear ; ' Tis worth more than distinguished birth , Or thousands gained a year . It lends the day a new delight ; ' Tis virtue's firmest shield ; And adds more beauty to the night Than all the stars may yield ...
... earth , Nor yet one half so dear ; ' Tis worth more than distinguished birth , Or thousands gained a year . It lends the day a new delight ; ' Tis virtue's firmest shield ; And adds more beauty to the night Than all the stars may yield ...
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... earth had yold . 4 Lastly came Winter , clothed all in frieze , Chattering his teeth for cold that did him chill ; Whilst on his hoary beard his breath did freeze , And the dull drops , that from his purpled bill As from a limbeck did ...
... earth had yold . 4 Lastly came Winter , clothed all in frieze , Chattering his teeth for cold that did him chill ; Whilst on his hoary beard his breath did freeze , And the dull drops , that from his purpled bill As from a limbeck did ...
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Page 389 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision.
Page 196 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Page 334 - What objects are the fountains Of thy happy strain ? What fields, or waves, or mountains ? What shapes of sky or plain ? What love of thine own kind ? what ignorance of pain ? With thy clear keen joyance Languor cannot be : Shadow of annoyance Never came near thee : Thou lovest ; but ne'er knew love's sad satiety.
Page 334 - Teach us, sprite or bird, What sweet thoughts are thine! I have never heard Praise of love or wine That panted forth a flood of rapture so divine.
Page 333 - Highe'r still and higher From the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire; The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. In the golden lightning Of the sunken sun, O'er which clouds are brightening, Thou dost float and run; Like an unbodied joy whose race is just begun.
Page 301 - Gently o'er the accustomed oak. Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chauntress, oft the woods among I woo, to hear thy even-song; And, missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wandering moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led stray Through the heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bowed, Stooping through a fleecy cloud.
Page 320 - A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food, For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Page 319 - She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay.
Page 312 - Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store ? Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find Thee sitting careless on a granary floor, Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind; Or on a half-reap'd furrow sound asleep, Drowsed with the fume of poppies, while thy hook Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers...
Page 286 - And his low head and crest, just one sharp ear bent back For my voice, and the other pricked out on his track, And one eye's black intelligence — ever that glance O'er its white edge at me, his own master, askance; And the thick heavy spume-flakes, which aye and anon His fierce lips shook upwards in galloping on. By Hasselt, Dirck groaned; and cried Joris, "Stay spur! Your Roos galloped bravely, the fault's not in her; "We'll remember at Aix...