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Pagina 15
... story tells how a gifted youth , the pride of his parents and the hope of his school- master and generous patrons , is car- ried off by a decline in the flower of his years , and buried amid the lamen- tations of high and low . Some of ...
... story tells how a gifted youth , the pride of his parents and the hope of his school- master and generous patrons , is car- ried off by a decline in the flower of his years , and buried amid the lamen- tations of high and low . Some of ...
Pagina 29
... story to be false , and was anxious to accept Mr. Santal's assurance to that effect . There would have been , he added , no room at any time for even the slightest suspicion had not color been lent to the accusation by Mr. Santal's own ...
... story to be false , and was anxious to accept Mr. Santal's assurance to that effect . There would have been , he added , no room at any time for even the slightest suspicion had not color been lent to the accusation by Mr. Santal's own ...
Pagina 30
... story of the interrupted wed- ding , and had seen in it confirmation of his previous theories as to Santal's adventure at Bejant Place . He had talked the matter over continually with his village cronies , and always averred that Santal ...
... story of the interrupted wed- ding , and had seen in it confirmation of his previous theories as to Santal's adventure at Bejant Place . He had talked the matter over continually with his village cronies , and always averred that Santal ...
Pagina 47
... story telling ; it flatters the careful reader with a sense of his powers of apprehension , and pleasurably sur- prises the cursory reader by the ab- sence of anything to skip . And if this be the highest achieve- ment of a writer of ...
... story telling ; it flatters the careful reader with a sense of his powers of apprehension , and pleasurably sur- prises the cursory reader by the ab- sence of anything to skip . And if this be the highest achieve- ment of a writer of ...
Pagina 53
... story about a little girl and a piece of cake : Little girl : Is that large piece of cake for grandfather ? Mamma : No , dear , for you . Little girl : What a small piece of cake ! The new vicar , who is not so good a Pages from a ...
... story about a little girl and a piece of cake : Little girl : Is that large piece of cake for grandfather ? Mamma : No , dear , for you . Little girl : What a small piece of cake ! The new vicar , who is not so good a Pages from a ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 135 - The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.
Pagina 298 - All scattered in the bottom of the sea, Some lay in dead men's skulls ; and in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept (As 'twere in scorn of eyes) reflecting gems, That woo'd the slimy bottom of the deep, And mock'd the dead bones that lay scatter'd by.
Pagina 628 - I have taken note of it; the age is grown so picked that the toe of the peasant comes so near the heel of the courtier, he galls his kibe. — How long hast thou been a grave-maker? FIRST CLO. Of all the days i' the year, I came to't that day that our last King Hamlet o'ercame Fortinbras.
Pagina 135 - She wanders lowing here and there, And yet she cannot stray, All in the pleasant open air, The pleasant light of day; And blown by all the winds that pass And wet with all the showers, She walks among the meadow grass And eats the meadow flowers.
Pagina 138 - He saw her lift her eyes; he felt The soft hand's light caressing, And heard the tremble of her voice, As if a fault confessing. "I'm sorry that I spelt the word: I hate to go above you, Because," — the brown eyes lower fell, — "Because, you see, I love you!
Pagina 628 - The practice of that which is ethically best — what we call goodness or virtue — involves a course of conduct which, in all respects, is opposed to that which leads to success in the cosmic struggle for existence.
Pagina 60 - We have but collected them, and done an office to the dead, to procure his orphans guardians; without ambition either of self-profit or fame; only to keep the memory of so worthy a friend and fellow alive as was our Shakespeare, by humble offer of his plays to your most noble patronage.
Pagina 301 - The Sun came up upon the left, Out of the sea came he! And he shone bright, and on the right Went down into the sea. Higher and higher every day, Till over the mast at noon — The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast, For he heard the loud bassoon.
Pagina 137 - LOOKING FORWARD WHEN I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great, And tell the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys.
Pagina 138 - For near her stood the little boy Her childish favor singled; His cap pulled low upon a face Where pride and shame were mingled. Pushing with restless feet the snow To right and left, he lingered; As restlessly her tiny hands The blue-checked apron fingered.