Chambers's narrative series of standard reading books, Bog 6 |
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Side 10
... seemed rapidly to increase in breadth ; but he was soon obliged to keep his eyes on the ground , for , in looking up , he had placed his foot on a bunch of weed , slipped , fell , and got a severe shake , besides cutting his hands . In ...
... seemed rapidly to increase in breadth ; but he was soon obliged to keep his eyes on the ground , for , in looking up , he had placed his foot on a bunch of weed , slipped , fell , and got a severe shake , besides cutting his hands . In ...
Side 28
... seemed as though old times were to return again . I looked round involuntarily , expecting to see some face I knew ; but all was naked and mute . The bed was gone . My little pane of painted window , through which I loved to look at the ...
... seemed as though old times were to return again . I looked round involuntarily , expecting to see some face I knew ; but all was naked and mute . The bed was gone . My little pane of painted window , through which I loved to look at the ...
Side 29
... seemed as though my character had been suffering a change since I forsook these shades . My parents were both dead ; I had no counsellor left , no experience of age to direct me , no sweet voice of reproof . The Lord had taken away my ...
... seemed as though my character had been suffering a change since I forsook these shades . My parents were both dead ; I had no counsellor left , no experience of age to direct me , no sweet voice of reproof . The Lord had taken away my ...
Side 30
... seemed as though the stains of manhood were passing from me , and I were relapsing into the purity and simplicity of child- hood . I was content to have been moulded into a perfect child . I stood still as in a trance . I dreamed that I ...
... seemed as though the stains of manhood were passing from me , and I were relapsing into the purity and simplicity of child- hood . I was content to have been moulded into a perfect child . I stood still as in a trance . I dreamed that I ...
Side 38
... seemed to see people noisy and quarrelling in a mill as in other places . The very rocking and knocking and humming sound of the mill seemed to subdue and soothe all boisterous humours and bad passions . Boom and rattle went the wheels ...
... seemed to see people noisy and quarrelling in a mill as in other places . The very rocking and knocking and humming sound of the mill seemed to subdue and soothe all boisterous humours and bad passions . Boom and rattle went the wheels ...
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Side 170 - Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, " Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore; But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you "—here I opened wide the door.
Side 30 - So we were left galloping, Joris and I, Past Looz and past Tongres, no cloud in the sky; The broad sun above laughed a pitiless laugh, 'Neath our feet broke the brittle bright stubble like chaff; Till over by Dalhem a dome-spire sprang white, And "Gallop," gasped Joris, "for Aix is in sight!
Side 128 - I WAS ever of opinion, that the honest man who married, and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population.
Side 67 - Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken — The ice was all between. The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around: It cracked and growled, and roared and howled, Like noises in a swound!
Side 30 - 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.
Side 121 - And after April, when May follows, And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows? Hark, where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dewdrops — at the bent spray's edge- — That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, Lest you should think he never could recapture The first fine careless rapture!
Side 125 - Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings? — Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago: Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again? Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending...
Side 30 - Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set the pique right, Rebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit.
Side 170 - Thrilled me— filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating, " 'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door: Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door: This it is and nothing more.
Side 176 - I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning; Alas! the gratitude of men Hath oftener left me mourning.