The Jones Readers by Grades: Book one-[eight], Book 7Ginn, 1904 |
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... is as true , " said Catherine , " as Heaven itself , and that I will maintain . " " Be silent , " said her brother , " for shame , if not for fear . Fellows , put off , and row for your lives ! " 25 25 " Help me ! help me on board ! " 15.
... is as true , " said Catherine , " as Heaven itself , and that I will maintain . " " Be silent , " said her brother , " for shame , if not for fear . Fellows , put off , and row for your lives ! " 25 25 " Help me ! help me on board ! " 15.
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... Heaven forgive that thought ! the while Which made me both to weep and smile- I sometimes deemed that it might be My brother's soul come down to me . But then at last away it flew , And then ' t was mortal well I knew ; For he would ...
... Heaven forgive that thought ! the while Which made me both to weep and smile- I sometimes deemed that it might be My brother's soul come down to me . But then at last away it flew , And then ' t was mortal well I knew ; For he would ...
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... . I look upward and discern no sky , not even an unfathomable void , but only a black , impenetrable nothingness , as though heaven and all its lights were blotted from the system of the universe . It is 36 Nathaniel Hawthorne.
... . I look upward and discern no sky , not even an unfathomable void , but only a black , impenetrable nothingness , as though heaven and all its lights were blotted from the system of the universe . It is 36 Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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... heavens declare the glory of God ; and the firma- ment sheweth his handywork . 10 Day unto day uttereth speech , and ... heaven , and his 20 circuit unto the ends of it : and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof . The law of the ...
... heavens declare the glory of God ; and the firma- ment sheweth his handywork . 10 Day unto day uttereth speech , and ... heaven , and his 20 circuit unto the ends of it : and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof . The law of the ...
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... heavens like a curtain : Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot : who ... heaven have their habi- tation , which sing among the branches . . . . He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle ...
... heavens like a curtain : Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot : who ... heaven have their habi- tation , which sing among the branches . . . . He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle ...
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Page 125 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops, as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave — alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass...
Page 145 - Help me, Cassius, or I sink ! ' I, as ^Eneas our great ancestor • Did from the flames of Troy upon his shoulder The old Anchises bear, so from the waves of Tiber Did I the tired Caesar.
Page 264 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle: I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent, That day he overcame the Nervii: Look, in this place ran Cassius...
Page 146 - Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods ! When went there by an age, since the great flood, But it was famed with more than with one man...
Page 218 - MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Page 81 - When Greece, her knee in suppliance bent, Should tremble at his power: In dreams, through camp and court, he bore The trophies...
Page 131 - The seasons' difference ; as, the icy fang, And churlish chiding of the winter's wind ; Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile, and say, — This is no flattery : these are counsellors, That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Page 124 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Page 122 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell; But hush!
Page 68 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.