The first (-sixth) 'Standard' reader, Band 6 |
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... asked the lawyer in surprise . " " Why , I have already told you , Mr. Lawyer , " replied Bernard , " I want your advice . I am able to pay you . " M. Potier took a pen and paper , and asked the countryman his name . " Pierre Bernard ...
... asked the lawyer in surprise . " " Why , I have already told you , Mr. Lawyer , " replied Bernard , " I want your advice . I am able to pay you . " M. Potier took a pen and paper , and asked the countryman his name . " Pierre Bernard ...
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... asked he . " Drummer , in the service of his Majesty the King of Eng- land , " replied the boy , coolly and decidedly . 66 Well , then , show us how you can drum . " A drum was brought , and the little drummer beat some marches and ...
... asked he . " Drummer , in the service of his Majesty the King of Eng- land , " replied the boy , coolly and decidedly . 66 Well , then , show us how you can drum . " A drum was brought , and the little drummer beat some marches and ...
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... asked him why he kept the purse he had found . 66 Because , " replied he , " the merchant has promised a reward of 100 pieces , which he now refuses to give , under pretence that there was a valuable emerald in it , and I solemnly ...
... asked him why he kept the purse he had found . 66 Because , " replied he , " the merchant has promised a reward of 100 pieces , which he now refuses to give , under pretence that there was a valuable emerald in it , and I solemnly ...
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... asking for twenty- four pence successively . " " What say you to sixpence or a shilling ? " smilingly asked the emperor . " No ! that would be of no use , " said the little boy ; and he told the emperor for what purpose he wanted the ...
... asking for twenty- four pence successively . " " What say you to sixpence or a shilling ? " smilingly asked the emperor . " No ! that would be of no use , " said the little boy ; and he told the emperor for what purpose he wanted the ...
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... asked him carelessly The child raised his head to look at the sun , but it was hidden behind thick clouds , and he could read no answer there . " The sky is so cloudy , " said he ; " but wait a moment . " With these words he ran towards ...
... asked him carelessly The child raised his head to look at the sun , but it was hidden behind thick clouds , and he could read no answer there . " The sky is so cloudy , " said he ; " but wait a moment . " With these words he ran towards ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
animals appeared arms birds boat bobolink called carte de visite child coin Conrad cottage creature cried Cullera door elephant emperor eyes father fear feet fire fustian garden gave George Stephenson give gold half hand head heard heart horse insects king labor larvæ leaves length light Lisette living London look Lord lost Ludgate Hill MASSACRE OF GLENCOE master mind morning mountains Naoman nature never night noble o'er once passed pointer dog poor Prince pron quadrupeds Quoth the Raven replied rocks round sail seen ship shore soldier soon STANDARD stood stream tell thing third doctor thou thought told took trees turn village walked White Ship whole wife wild Willie Watson Winchburgh words young Zouaves
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 265 - Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,— " Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, " art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore: Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore !" Quoth the Raven,
Seite 282 - May have broken the woof of my tent's thin roof, The stars peep behind her and peer; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees...
Seite 67 - In the elder days of Art, Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part; For the gods see everywhere.
Seite 263 - Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore, For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore, Nameless here for evermore.
Seite 266 - thing of evil! - prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that bends above us - by that God we both adore Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore.
Seite 266 - Nevermore.' 'Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!' I shrieked, upstarting 'Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore! Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken! Leave my loneliness unbroken! - quit the bust above my door! Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!
Seite 269 - And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull, cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee; Say, Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honor...
Seite 269 - Pr'ythee, lead me in : There take an inventory of all I have, To the last penny : 'tis the king's : my robe, And my integrity to heaven, is all I dare now call mine own. O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Seite 267 - 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, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Seite 267 - There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have ; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again.