The School board readers. Standard i(iii-vi), ed. by a former H.M. inspector of schools, Volumen 4 |
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... Hercules Ditto ditto Epitaph on a Hare ... Part II . ... ... The Discontented Pendulum What Animals are made for How to milk a Wild Cow ... 86 ... 93 ( Poetry ) 99 101 ... ... 104 ... 109 The Parrot ... ... Memoirs of a Domesticated ...
... Hercules Ditto ditto Epitaph on a Hare ... Part II . ... ... The Discontented Pendulum What Animals are made for How to milk a Wild Cow ... 86 ... 93 ( Poetry ) 99 101 ... ... 104 ... 109 The Parrot ... ... Memoirs of a Domesticated ...
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... Hercules , and two brothers who had wings and could fly through the air , and Pollux , a hero who was so strong that he knocked down everybody who boxed with him . The Argonauts first came to a country the king of which was called ...
... Hercules , and two brothers who had wings and could fly through the air , and Pollux , a hero who was so strong that he knocked down everybody who boxed with him . The Argonauts first came to a country the king of which was called ...
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... Hercules . They had numerous adventures on their way to Colchis , but they arrived safely , for the gods and goddesses helped them , and so did a snow - white dove , which is now a constellation of stars in the sky . THE VOYAGE OF THE ...
... Hercules . They had numerous adventures on their way to Colchis , but they arrived safely , for the gods and goddesses helped them , and so did a snow - white dove , which is now a constellation of stars in the sky . THE VOYAGE OF THE ...
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... HERCULES . A GREEK LEGEND . PART I. HERCULES was very big when quite a child ; and he ate a great deal of meat and bread , but no sweet things . He learned to write and to read , and to ride and to drive a chariot , and to shoot with a ...
... HERCULES . A GREEK LEGEND . PART I. HERCULES was very big when quite a child ; and he ate a great deal of meat and bread , but no sweet things . He learned to write and to read , and to ride and to drive a chariot , and to shoot with a ...
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... Hercules was very good - natured , but he had the fault that when he was angry he became quite furious , and did a ... Hercules was grown up ] the Thebans had to give a hundred oxen every year to the king of the Minyans ; now Hercules ...
... Hercules was very good - natured , but he had the fault that when he was angry he became quite furious , and did a ... Hercules was grown up ] the Thebans had to give a hundred oxen every year to the king of the Minyans ; now Hercules ...
Términos y frases comunes
animals Augeas beautiful began birds Brahmin brazen bulls bulls c.ft c.in c.yds called carried CHARLES GRIFFIN cloth Colchis creature cried dragon dwarf eggs Erginus Erytheia Eurystheus eyes fairy father feet fell furlongs gals garden gave Geryon guilders guillemot hand head heard Hercules Hesperides island Jason killed kind king King Diomedes knew labour LABOURS OF HERCULES land lived look Medea miles morocco mother nest never night Orthrus Pelias perches Phrixus pieces pounds Rachel raft rats razorbills rocks rope round s.ft s.yds sailed sailors season ship shore side soon stood things thou thought thousand tide Tiryns told tons took trees vessel walk wanted waves whole wicked wife wild yards young
Pasajes populares
Página 67 - There was a rustling that seemed like a bustling Of merry crowds justling at pitching and hustling; Small feet were pattering, wooden shoes clattering, Little hands clapping, and little tongues chattering; And, like fowls in a farm-yard when barley is scattering, Out came the children running. All the little boys and girls, With rosy cheeks and flaxen curls, And sparkling eyes and teeth like pearls, Tripping and skipping, ran merrily after The wonderful music with shouting and laughter.
Página 150 - The way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy.
Página 66 - And what's dead can't come to life, I think. So, friend, we're not the folks to shrink From the duty of giving you something for drink, And a matter of money to put in your poke; But, as for the guilders, what we spoke Of them, as you very well know, was in joke. Beside, our losses have made us thrifty; A thousand guilders! Come, take fifty!
Página 155 - There were indeed some persons, but their number was very small, that continued a kind of hobbling march on the broken arches, but fell through one after another, being quite tired and spent with so long a walk.
Página 64 - And the muttering grew to a grumbling ; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling : And out of the houses the rats came tumbling.
Página 85 - THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm ; A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though child-like form.
Página 63 - I'm able. By means of a secret charm, to draw All creatures living beneath the sun, That creep or swim or fly or run, After me so as you never saw! And I chiefly use my charm On creatures that do people harm, The mole and toad and newt and viper; And people call me the Pied Piper.
Página 64 - Smiling first a little smile, As if he knew what magic slept In his quiet pipe the while; Then, like a musical adept, To blow the pipe his lips he wrinkled, And green and blue his sharp eyes twinkled, Like a...
Página 85 - Say, father, say, If yet my task is done ?" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. " Speak, father !" once again he cried, " If I may yet be gone ! And" — but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on.
Página 155 - I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge, into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon...