The Jones First [-fifth] Reader, Book 4Ginn & Company, 1903 |
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Page 148
... Madame Thénardier , had two little girls of her own to whom she gave toys and pretty clothes , but poor little Cosette had no such pleasures . Cosette was in her usual place , seated on the crosspiece 15 of the kitchen table , near the ...
... Madame Thénardier , had two little girls of her own to whom she gave toys and pretty clothes , but poor little Cosette had no such pleasures . Cosette was in her usual place , seated on the crosspiece 15 of the kitchen table , near the ...
Page 149
... Madame Thénardier threw the street door open . " Well , " she said angrily , " what has become of that girl ? Go and carry some drink to this horse . " " But , Madame , " said Cosette feebly , " there is no water . " " Go after some ! " .
... Madame Thénardier threw the street door open . " Well , " she said angrily , " what has become of that girl ? Go and carry some drink to this horse . " " But , Madame , " said Cosette feebly , " there is no water . " " Go after some ! " .
Page 150
... Madame Thénardier . Cosette went out . The door closed . Exactly opposite Thénardier's door was a toyshop all 10 glittering with Christmas toys . In front was a great doll , nearly two feet high , dressed in pink crape and with real ...
... Madame Thénardier . Cosette went out . The door closed . Exactly opposite Thénardier's door was a toyshop all 10 glittering with Christmas toys . In front was a great doll , nearly two feet high , dressed in pink crape and with real ...
Page 151
... Madame Thénardier with her cruel face and her angry eyes . Where should she go ? What would become of her ? She took up the bucket again and began to run toward the spring . It was a small , natural basin about two feet deep and 15 ...
... Madame Thénardier with her cruel face and her angry eyes . Where should she go ? What would become of her ? She took up the bucket again and began to run toward the spring . It was a small , natural basin about two feet deep and 15 ...
Page 152
... Madame Thénardier , even at this distance . At that moment she felt all at once that the weight of the bucket was gone . She raised her head . A large 15 dark figure was walking beside her . It was a man who had come up behind her ...
... Madame Thénardier , even at this distance . At that moment she felt all at once that the weight of the bucket was gone . She raised her head . A large 15 dark figure was walking beside her . It was a man who had come up behind her ...
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Page 401 - Tis morn, but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy. The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave ! Wave, Munich ! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry. Few, few shall part where many meet ! The snow shall be their winding-sheet ; And every turf beneath their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre.
Page 79 - Where the bee sucks, there suck I; In a cowslip's bell I lie: There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat's back I do fly, After summer, merrily : Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
Page 69 - There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Page 387 - Although thy breath be rude. Heigh, ho ! sing, heigh, ho ! unto the green holly : Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly Then, heigh, ho, the holly ! This life is most jolly.
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Page 68 - For a thousand years in Thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away as with a flood ; they are as a sleep : In the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up ; In the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
Page 400 - All bloodless lay the untrodden snow ; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery. By torch and trumpet fast arrayed, Each horseman drew his battle-blade ; And furious every charger neighed To join the dreadful revelry.
Page 77 - Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes, and groves ; And ye that on the sands with printless foot Do chase the ebbing Neptune...