Some Great Stories and how to Tell ThemNewson, 1910 - 181 pagina's |
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Some Great Stories and How to Tell Them (Classic Reprint) Richard Thomas Wyche Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2018 |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 85 - Hey, diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon!
Pagina 157 - And bore him to a chapel nigh the field, A broken chancel with a broken cross, That stood on a dark strait of barren land. On one side lay the Ocean, and on one Lay a great water, and the moon was full.
Pagina 156 - I found Him in the shining of the stars, I mark'd Him in the flowering of His fields, But in His ways with men I find Him not.
Pagina 158 - What is it thou hast seen? or what hast heard?" And answer made the bold Sir Bedivere: "I heard the ripple washing in the reeds, And the wild water lapping on the crag.
Pagina 133 - Blow trumpet, for the world is white with May; Blow trumpet, the long night hath roll'd away! Blow thro' the living world - "Let the King reign.
Pagina 43 - Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife ! To all the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth an age without a name.
Pagina 29 - Such a story told in a sympathetic and artistic way, free from dogma, would be welcomed by the children throughout the land, and if written in a book would be read and enjoyed as literature. FOLK AND FAIRY TALES In the child's estimate the stone that the builders rejected has become the chief of the corner. Many a floating fairy and folk tale that failed to find its way in saga and epic, has, because of its inherent worth lived through the centuries, and is today the favorite fireside story of the...
Pagina 15 - There will arise out of the sea," replied Har, " another earth most lovely and verdant, with pleasant fields where the grain shall grow unsown. Vidar and Vali shall survive ; neither the flood nor Surtur's fire shall harm them. They shall dwell on the plain of Ida, where Asgard formerly stood. Thither shall come the sons of Thor, Modi and Magni, bringing with them their father's mallet Mjblnir.
Pagina 5 - RUNE III. WAINAMOINEN AND YOUKAHAINEN. WAINAMOINEX, ancient minstrel, Passed his years in full contentment. On the meadows of Wainola. On the plains of Kalevala, Singing ever wondrous legends, Songs of ancient wit and wisdom, Chanting one day, then a second, Singing in the dusk of evening, Singing till the dawn of morning, Now the tales of old-time heroes, Tales of ages long forgotten, Now the legends of creation, Once familiar to the children, By our children sung no longer, Sung in part by many...
Pagina 159 - Larger than human on the frozen hills. He heard the deep behind him, and a cry Before. His own thought drove him like a goad. Dry...