Chambers's narrative series of standard reading books, Libro 6 |
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Página 117
... boat ; nor were her crew at all sure that it would have been safe to attend to the midnight voice from amid the rocks , even had they the means of com- munication with the shore . We waited on and on , however , now shouting by turns ...
... boat ; nor were her crew at all sure that it would have been safe to attend to the midnight voice from amid the rocks , even had they the means of com- munication with the shore . We waited on and on , however , now shouting by turns ...
Página 118
... boats , strongly manned , shot round the western promontory , and shouted yet again . The whole town had been alarmed by the intelligence that two little boys had straggled away in the morning to the rocks of the southern Sutor , and ...
... boats , strongly manned , shot round the western promontory , and shouted yet again . The whole town had been alarmed by the intelligence that two little boys had straggled away in the morning to the rocks of the southern Sutor , and ...
Página 139
... boat , and got every medical assistance for him from the Valentine Indiaman , which lay at anchor near the island , but in vain . He lived twenty - four hours in the utmost torture ; his head and skull were all torn and broken to pieces ...
... boat , and got every medical assistance for him from the Valentine Indiaman , which lay at anchor near the island , but in vain . He lived twenty - four hours in the utmost torture ; his head and skull were all torn and broken to pieces ...
Página 140
... boat from that accursed shore , when the tigress made her appearance , raging almost mad , and remained on the sand as long as the distance would allow me to see her . POPE LEO X. Panurge . I have the honour of informing your holiness ...
... boat from that accursed shore , when the tigress made her appearance , raging almost mad , and remained on the sand as long as the distance would allow me to see her . POPE LEO X. Panurge . I have the honour of informing your holiness ...
Página 165
... boat , accom- panied by John Martin , an old seaman , who had formerly visited the river , and by three Canadians . Fox requested to have regular sailors to man the boat , but the captain would not spare them from the service of the ...
... boat , accom- panied by John Martin , an old seaman , who had formerly visited the river , and by three Canadians . Fox requested to have regular sailors to man the boat , but the captain would not spare them from the service of the ...
Términos y frases comunes
Antonio baron Bassanio beach bear beautiful began bird black bear boat brown bear called Cape Disappointment captain carried the bat castle caves Chambers's cloth companion comrades crew cried dark dead dear Doocot door ducats duckling Eurylochos eyes feet fell fire Flaxman flesh Gratiano hand happy head hear heard heart Helios Heracles honour hope horned owl horse island Kirkê knew lady land lend live looked Lord Lord Raglan maid maiden morning mother Nerissa never night o'er Odysseus Panurge passed pinnace poor Portia pray precipices Red-Cross Knight replied rich ring ROBERT CHAMBERS rock Rolf round sail seemed shew ship shore shout Shylock sighed Skylla soon stood sweet tears thee things thou thought tide told Tonquin took turned Venice waves wife wind wonder young youth Zeus
Pasajes populares
Página 172 - Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, " Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore; But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you "—here I opened wide the door.
Página 32 - So we were left galloping, Joris and I, Past Looz and past Tongres, no cloud in the sky; The broad sun above laughed a pitiless laugh, 'Neath our feet broke the brittle bright stubble like chaff; Till over by Dalhem a dome-spire sprang white, And "Gallop," gasped Joris, "for Aix is in sight!
Página 130 - I WAS ever of opinion, that the honest man who married, and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population.
Página 69 - Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken — The ice was all between. The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around: It cracked and growled, and roared and howled, Like noises in a swound!
Página 32 - And his low head and crest, just one sharp ear bent back For my voice, and the other pricked out on his track, And one eye's black intelligence — ever that glance O'er its white edge at me, his own master, askance; And the thick heavy spume-flakes, which aye and anon His fierce lips shook upwards in galloping on.
Página 123 - And after April, when May follows, And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows? Hark, where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dewdrops — at the bent spray's edge- — That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, Lest you should think he never could recapture The first fine careless rapture!
Página 127 - Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings? — Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago: Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again? Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending...
Página 32 - Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set the pique right, Rebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit.
Página 172 - Thrilled me— filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating, " 'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door: Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door: This it is and nothing more.
Página 178 - I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning; Alas! the gratitude of men Hath oftener left me mourning.