The Elson Readers, Bog 4Scott, Foresman and Company, 1920 |
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Side 95
... king on business , and as he wanted to appear very important , he said to the king , " Your Majesty has very good straw here in the royal barns , but I have a daughter who can spin straw into gold . " " Indeed , " said the king ; " she ...
... king on business , and as he wanted to appear very important , he said to the king , " Your Majesty has very good straw here in the royal barns , but I have a daughter who can spin straw into gold . " " Indeed , " said the king ; " she ...
Side 96
... is the matter , and I will try to help you . " " Oh , sir , " said the maiden , " the king has ordered me to spin all this straw into gold before tomorrow morning . If it is not done I shall lose. 96 BOOK IV THE ELSON READERS —
... is the matter , and I will try to help you . " " Oh , sir , " said the maiden , " the king has ordered me to spin all this straw into gold before tomorrow morning . If it is not done I shall lose. 96 BOOK IV THE ELSON READERS —
Side 97
... king came very early to see if the straw was really turned into gold . He could scarcely believe his eyes when he saw the shin- ing pile , but it only made him want more . He led the maiden away quickly to another room , bigger than the ...
... king came very early to see if the straw was really turned into gold . He could scarcely believe his eyes when he saw the shin- ing pile , but it only made him want more . He led the maiden away quickly to another room , bigger than the ...
Side 98
... king's eyes sparkled with pleasure when he came next morning and saw the large pile of gold . " This is really a wonderfully clever little maiden , " he said to himself . Then he took her to a still larger room filled with straw , and ...
... king's eyes sparkled with pleasure when he came next morning and saw the large pile of gold . " This is really a wonderfully clever little maiden , " he said to himself . Then he took her to a still larger room filled with straw , and ...
Side 99
... king came as usual and was so pleased with the gold and the beauty of the maiden that he began to prepare at once for the wedding . He gave her the most beautiful clothes and shining jewels , and they drove away together in a golden ...
... king came as usual and was so pleased with the gold and the beauty of the maiden that he began to prepare at once for the wedding . He gave her the most beautiful clothes and shining jewels , and they drove away together in a golden ...
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Alice American answered asked August battle Baucis and Philemon beautiful Beowulf birds Bob Cratchit Bob White book-comrade Books Four brave called Charlemagne Christmas cried cubs DOG OF FLANDERS dogs door dragon ELSON READERS fairy father fight Find lines fish flag flowers Forward Look Ganelon give Glossary gold Grendel happy heard Henry Wadsworth Longfellow heroes Hiawatha Hirschvogel Indians jackal John Greenleaf Whittier kind King lesson live LORD CORNWALLIS'S KNEE-BUCKLES main thoughts milk Mishook morning mother Nahma never night oral reading Patrasche Philemon and Baucis picture pitcher poem poet poor proverb pupils Quangle questions Quicksilver rain read aloud Red Queen Regin Roland Rumpelstiltskin Saracens Scrooge seen selections Sigurd silent reading sing soldiers song Squanto squirrel stanza story stove stranger sword Tell the meaning things thou Tiny Tim told traveler tree village warrior wonderful words
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Side 289 - How beautiful is the rain ! After the dust and heat, In the broad and fiery street, In the narrow lane, How beautiful is the rain ! How it clatters along the roofs, Like the tramp of hoofs ! How it gushes and struggles out From the throat of the overflowing spout ! Across the window-pane It pours and pours ; And swift and wide, With a muddy tide, Like a river down the gutter roars The rain, the welcome rain...
Side 403 - And now, when comes the calm, mild day, as still such days will come, To call the squirrel and the bee from out their winter home...
Side 37 - The new milch heifer is quick and shy, But the old cow waits with tranquil eye; And the white stream into the bright pail flows, When to her task the milkmaid goes, Soothingly calling,— "So, boss! so, boss! so! so! so!
Side 49 - A FAREWELL MY fairest child, I have no song to give you; No lark could pipe to skies so dull and grey: Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever; Do noble things, not dream them, all day long: And so make life, death, and that vast for-ever One grand, sweet song.
Side 173 - THE bird that soars on highest wing, Builds on the ground her lowly nest ; And she that doth most sweetly sing, Sings in the shade when all things rest ; In lark and nightingale we see What honor hath humility. When Mary chose " the better part,
Side 79 - A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Side 47 - BOY'S SONG Where the pools are bright and deep, Where the gray trout lies asleep, Up the river and o'er the lea, That's the way for Billy and me. Where the blackbird sings the latest, Where the hawthorn blooms the sweetest, Where the nestlings chirp and flee, That's the way for Billy and me.
Side 145 - ... to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. And therefore, uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it!
Side 302 - The boat was intended for the purpose of going closer to the reef of rocks than a large vessel could safely venture. When it was finished, the captain sent several men in it to examine the spot where the Spanish ship was said to have been wrecked. They were accompanied by some Indians, who were skilful divers, and could go down a great way into the depths of the sea.
Side 183 - With the wheat-fields that nod and the rivers that flow, With cities and gardens, and cliffs and isles, And people upon you for thousands of miles ? Ah! you are so great, and I am so small, I...