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... dangerous kind , that you may feel interested in hearing it . " It occurred in the dead of winter , when there was snow upon the ground . The lake was frozen over , and the ice was as smooth as glass . We spent much of our time in ...
... dangerous kind , that you may feel interested in hearing it . " It occurred in the dead of winter , when there was snow upon the ground . The lake was frozen over , and the ice was as smooth as glass . We spent much of our time in ...
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... danger . 66 " O Robert ! ' cried my wife , ' they have broken through the ice ! ' " We all dropped what we held in our hands , and rushed to the door . I seized a rope as I ran , while Cudjo took his long spear , thinking it might be of ...
... danger . 66 " O Robert ! ' cried my wife , ' they have broken through the ice ! ' " We all dropped what we held in our hands , and rushed to the door . I seized a rope as I ran , while Cudjo took his long spear , thinking it might be of ...
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... were bearing them- selves manfully , but Frank was most in danger . " The wolves were upon his heels ! ' O they will kill him ! ' I cried , expecting the next moment to see him thrown down upon the ice 32 FOURTH READER .
... were bearing them- selves manfully , but Frank was most in danger . " The wolves were upon his heels ! ' O they will kill him ! ' I cried , expecting the next moment to see him thrown down upon the ice 32 FOURTH READER .
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... danger threatens . Upon his heels means very close to . Dead of winter is the middle of winter , as that is supposed to be the quietest or most lifeless time . Syllabify , accent , and mark sounds of letters in the following words ...
... danger threatens . Upon his heels means very close to . Dead of winter is the middle of winter , as that is supposed to be the quietest or most lifeless time . Syllabify , accent , and mark sounds of letters in the following words ...
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... dangerous beasts are no longer found in Europe , although they lived there in numbers many hundred years ago . It is only in the deserts and rocky hills of Asia and Africa that they are met with . Those who have visited a menagerie ...
... dangerous beasts are no longer found in Europe , although they lived there in numbers many hundred years ago . It is only in the deserts and rocky hills of Asia and Africa that they are met with . Those who have visited a menagerie ...
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Page 338 - Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below, No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea!
Page 287 - I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally, And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley. By thirty hills I hurry down, Or slip between the ridges, By twenty thorps, a little town, And half a hundred bridges.
Page 289 - I steal by lawns and grassy plots, I slide by hazel covers; I move the sweet forget-me-nots That grow for happy lovers. I slip, I slide, I gloom, I glance, Among my skimming swallows; I make the netted sunbeam dance Against my sandy shallows. I murmur under moon and stars In brambly wildernesses; I linger by my shingly bars; I loiter round my cresses; And out again I curve and flow To join the brimming river: For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever.
Page 338 - AY, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her deck once red with heroes...
Page 194 - Twas so bold that it feared not to play its joke With the doctor's wig, and the gentleman's cloak.
Page 325 - On Brador's rocks are shed, And the noisy murr are flying, Like black scuds, overhead ; Where in mist the rock is hiding, And the sharp reef lurks below, And the white squall smites in summer, And the autumn tempests blow ; Where, through gray and rolling vapor, From evening unto morn, A thousand boats are hailing, Horn answering unto horn.
Page 359 - Roushan's tasselled cap of red Trembled not upon his head, Careless sat he and upright ; Neither hand nor bridle shook, Nor his head he turned to look, As he galloped out of sight. Flash of harness in the air, Seen a moment like the glare Of a sword drawn from its sheath ; Thus the phantom horseman passed, And the shadow that he cast Leaped the cataract underneath. Reyhan the Arab held his breath While this vision of life and death Passed above him. " Allahu !
Page 193 - The wind one morning sprang up from sleep, Saying, "Now for a frolic! now for a leap! Now for a madcap galloping chase! I'll make a commotion in every place!
Page 288 - I chatter over stony ways In little sharps and trebles, I bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the pebbles. With many a curve my banks I fret By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow.
Page 206 - The day passed on, and we became hungry. Many wild beasts came plunging into the water beside us, and others swam across to our side and stood still. Although faint and weary, I managed to shoot a porcupine, and we all tasted its flesh. The night passed I cannot tell you how.