First (-Fourth) reading book, Libro 4 |
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... height of summer ; and he says he heard the sound of human voices , but saw nobody . " All I saw , " he writes , " worth observing , were two trees , which were two fathoms , or two fathoms and a half , in girth , and sixty or sixty ...
... height of summer ; and he says he heard the sound of human voices , but saw nobody . " All I saw , " he writes , " worth observing , were two trees , which were two fathoms , or two fathoms and a half , in girth , and sixty or sixty ...
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... height of more than seven feet , and in form closely resembles the ostrich , only it is shorter in the legs and neck , and more clumsy in the shape of its body . Its plumage , like that of the cassowary - whence it has been called the ...
... height of more than seven feet , and in form closely resembles the ostrich , only it is shorter in the legs and neck , and more clumsy in the shape of its body . Its plumage , like that of the cassowary - whence it has been called the ...
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... height of six or seven feet . That they sometimes dwelt in them was mani- fest from the hearths in the middle , made of clay , round which four or five persons might sit . These places of shelter are rendered durable by their leaving ...
... height of six or seven feet . That they sometimes dwelt in them was mani- fest from the hearths in the middle , made of clay , round which four or five persons might sit . These places of shelter are rendered durable by their leaving ...
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... height . From this kind of ground I descended to deep lagoons in the bottoms , with rushes , reeds , and dense tropical vegetation around them , amongst which the bamboo and pandanus bore a conspicuous figure . As I beat this cover ...
... height . From this kind of ground I descended to deep lagoons in the bottoms , with rushes , reeds , and dense tropical vegetation around them , amongst which the bamboo and pandanus bore a conspicuous figure . As I beat this cover ...
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... height , so that its head is between five and six feet above the ground ; its short fore - paws hang by its side ; its ears are pointed ; it is listening as earnestly as the native , and you see a little head peering out from its pouch ...
... height , so that its head is between five and six feet above the ground ; its short fore - paws hang by its side ; its ears are pointed ; it is listening as earnestly as the native , and you see a little head peering out from its pouch ...
Términos y frases comunes
appeared arms ATLAS basin battle beach birds blow boat Burke camp canoe Captain Cook Chevy Chase close cloth coast colour Cook Strait Cooper Creek Cove covered creek crown dark dead deep depôt distance E-Kuru Earl England eyes father fear feet fell fire fish forest gave hand hath head heard heart Heaven height hills honour horse hundred huts island kangaroo king lake land look Lord loud Maories miles morning Mount Mount Egmont mountain nardoo natives night North Island o'er party passed PHILIPS pinnace plain Port Nicholson reached returned river rocks round sail seemed ship shore shot shout side soon Southern Alps spear spot started stood stream supple-jack Taranaki thee thou trees Tupia Uira valley Van Diemen's Land Waikato Wanganui Wanganui river whale whilst wild wind wood yards Zealand
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Página 308 - But everybody said," quoth he, "that 'twas a famous victory. My father lived at Blenheim then, yon little stream hard by; they burnt his dwelling to the ground, and he was forced to fly: so with his wife and child he fled, nor had he where to rest his head.
Página 266 - O! coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me. The lights burn blue. It is now dead midnight. Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh. What! do I fear myself? there's none else by Richard loves Richard; that is, I am I.
Página 327 - HALF a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. " Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns," he said: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. "Forward, the Light Brigade!
Página 227 - Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha s>ae base as be a slave? Let him turn and flee ! Wha for Scotland's King and law Freedom's sword will strongly draw, Freeman stand, or freeman fa'?
Página 262 - So is the equal poise of this fell war. Here on this molehill will I sit me down. To whom God will, there be the victory ! For Margaret my queen, and Clifford too, Have chid me from the battle, swearing both They prosper best of all when I am thence. Would I were dead ! if God's good will were so ; For what is in this world but grief and woe ? O God ! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain...
Página 228 - By oppression's woes and pains ! By your sons in servile chains ! We will drain our dearest veins, But they shall be free ! Lay the proud usurpers low ! Tyrants fall in every foe! Liberty's in every blow!
Página 257 - This day is called the feast of Crispian. He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is named, And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, And say "Tomorrow is Saint Crispian.
Página 263 - So many hours must I tend my flock; So many hours must I take my rest; So many hours must I contemplate; So many hours must I sport myself...
Página 209 - Tis because resentment ties All the terrors of our tongues. " Rome shall perish ! — write that word In the blood that she has spilt...
Página 314 - O'er the deadly space between: 'Hearts of oak' ! our captains cried, when each gun From its adamantine lips Spread a death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun.