Nelson's Literature Readers, Bücher 2T. Nelson and Sons, 1905 - 464 Seiten |
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... returning burdened with pieces of green leaf , often larger than their whole bodies . A small , dark - coloured ant sometimes migrates in countless numbers . One day , at Bahia , my atten- tion was drawn to many spiders , cockroaches ...
... returning burdened with pieces of green leaf , often larger than their whole bodies . A small , dark - coloured ant sometimes migrates in countless numbers . One day , at Bahia , my atten- tion was drawn to many spiders , cockroaches ...
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... returned , and seemed sur- prised at not immediately finding its victim . It then commenced as regular a hunt as ever did hound after fox - making short semicircular casts , and all the time rapidly vibrating its wings and antennæ . The ...
... returned , and seemed sur- prised at not immediately finding its victim . It then commenced as regular a hunt as ever did hound after fox - making short semicircular casts , and all the time rapidly vibrating its wings and antennæ . The ...
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... returned ; and an hour after- wards I was much surprised to find it with its jaws buried in the orifice through which the sting is pro- truded by the living wasp . I drove the spider away two or three times , but for the next twenty ...
... returned ; and an hour after- wards I was much surprised to find it with its jaws buried in the orifice through which the sting is pro- truded by the living wasp . I drove the spider away two or three times , but for the next twenty ...
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... returned from taking the benefit of the sun , and after bathing himself in cold water and taking a slight repast , was retired to his study . He immediately rose , and went out upon an eminence from whence he might more distinctly view ...
... returned from taking the benefit of the sun , and after bathing himself in cold water and taking a slight repast , was retired to his study . He immediately rose , and went out upon an eminence from whence he might more distinctly view ...
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... returning to Boston in the carriage . While the coachman and a servant were replacing the wheel , the lady and gentleman sheltered themselves beneath the 36 David Swan . SIR PATRICK SPENS,* Shelley, Pliny the Younger, Illus Mag of Art ...
... returning to Boston in the carriage . While the coachman and a servant were replacing the wheel , the lady and gentleman sheltered themselves beneath the 36 David Swan . SIR PATRICK SPENS,* Shelley, Pliny the Younger, Illus Mag of Art ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Alexander Selkirk Amadis ancient army Atahualpa battle bird born brave Cæsar called castle cheerful courtepy Crito Cromwell Danegeld dark David Swan dead death earth enemy England English eyes fear feet foot forest French Gandalin Greek hand Harthacnut hath hear heard heart heaven honour horse Isthmian Games Julius Cæsar king labour lake land Lavengro light living London looked Lord Mary Ambree means miles mind morning Mount Vesuvius mountain nature never night noble o'er passed passion person poet POMPEII praise Prince prisoner river rocks Roman Rome round scene Shakespeare shore side Sir Patrick Spens sleep Snaphances Socrates soldiers soul sound stone stood thee things thou thought thousand Tower town trees turned voice wall waves wild wind wing Witenagemot wonder wood word Zoetermeer Zoeterwoude
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 327 - Yet not to thine eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world — with kings, The powerful of the earth — the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre.
Seite 303 - As a sick girl. Ye gods, it doth amaze me A man of such a feeble temper should So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone.
Seite 130 - And I will make thee beds of roses, And a thousand fragrant posies : A cap of flowers, and a kirtle, Embroider"d all with leaves of myrtle.
Seite 403 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries ; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes : And thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, — when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble...
Seite 215 - Haste thee nymph and bring with thee Jest and youthful jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles. Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled care derides. And laughter holding both his sides.
Seite 290 - For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.
Seite 119 - Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door — Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door: This it is, and nothing more.
Seite 326 - Yet a few days, and thee The all-beholding sun shall see no more In all his course ; nor yet in the cold ground, Where thy pale form was laid, with many tears, Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist . Thy image. Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again...
Seite 391 - ... no receipt openeth the heart but a true friend, to whom you may impart griefs, joys, fears, hopes, suspicions, counsels, and whatsoever lieth upon the heart to oppress it, in a kind of civil shrift or confession.
Seite 401 - I have ventured. Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders. This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me.