The Bodleys Telling StoriesHoughton, Osgood, 1879 - 236 Seiten |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Acadians asked began Bessie Bell birds boats Bobby Shafto Bodley Boston brave cage called catch Charney church Circassians Cosmorama Cousin Cousin Ned Coutah door drive Evangeline eyes fairy Faneuil Hall father fire friends frigate Gabriel gave Golden Slumbers grew Hattie hear heard hill horse Indians Johnny Pringle Joseph Warren jumped ketch king knew laughed Lazy Bunch little girl lived looked Lucy Ludovic Martin Mother Goose Nathan never night Odense once paper Patrick Henry Phippy Phippy's Picciola picture piece pins pirates plaster play poor pretty printed Rabbit Raketon ready round sailed sang scup ship sing skalds sleigh snow Sons of Liberty stick stood story tail tell thatcher of Thatchwood thing thought told took tree Uncle valentine walk wanted watched wife wonder wood young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 158 - 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!
Seite 157 - 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...
Seite 120 - He rose very awkwardly, and faltered much in his exordium. The people hung their heads at so unpromising a commencement; the clergy were observed to exchange sly looks with each other; and his father is described as having almost sunk with confusion from his seat But these feelings were of short duration, and soon gave place to others of a very different character. For now were those wonderful faculties which he possessed, for the first time developed; and now was first witnessed that mysterious...
Seite 32 - SPEAK. ! speak ! thou fearful guest ! Who, with thy hollow breast Still in rude armor drest, Comest to daunt me ! Wrapt not in Eastern balms, But with thy fleshless palms Stretched, as if asking alms, Why dost thou haunt me...
Seite 33 - Take heed, that in thy verse Thou dost the tale rehearse, Else dread a dead man's curse; For this I sought thee. "Far in the Northern Land, By the wild Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand, Tamed the gerfalcon; And, with my skates fast-bound, Skimmed the half-frozen Sound That the poor whimpering hound Trembled to walk on.
Seite 35 - Bright in her father's hall Shields gleamed upon the wall, Loud sang the minstrels all, Chanting his glory ; When of old Hildebrand I asked his daughter's hand, Mute did the minstrels stand To hear my story.
Seite 76 - But a celestial brightness — a more ethereal beauty — shone on her face and encircled her form, when, after confession, homeward serenely she walked with GOD'S benediction upon her. When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.
Seite 33 - But when I older grew, Joining a corsair's crew, O'er the dark sea I flew With the marauders. Wild was the life we led; Many the souls that sped, Many the hearts that bled, By our stern orders.
Seite 37 - There lived we many years; Time dried the maiden's tears; She had forgot her fears, She was a mother; Death closed her mild blue eyes; Under that tower she lies; Ne'er shall the sun arise On such another.
Seite 36 - Still grew my bosom then, Still as a stagnant fen ! Hateful to me were men, The sunlight hateful ! In the vast forest here, Clad in my warlike gear...