She was dead. No sleep so beautiful and calm, so free from trace of pain, so fair to look upon. She seemed a creature fresh from the hand of God, and waiting for the breath of life — not one who had lived and suffered death. Stories for standard i (-vi). - Seite 209von mrs. William Thomas Greenup - 1880Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Charles Dickens - 1884 - 868 Seiten
...she was dead. There, upon her little bed, she lay al rest. The solemn stillness was no marvel now. She was dead. No sleep so beautiful and calm, so free...death. Her couch was dressed with here and there some winter berries and green leaves, gathered in a spot she had been used to favor. " When I die, put near... | |
| John Heywood (ltd.) - 1884 - 232 Seiten
...by his habits of dissipation. Born 1698, died in jail in 1743. LESSON XII. DEATH OF LITTLE NELL. 1. She was dead. No sleep so beautiful and calm, so free...life ; not one who had lived, and suffered death. 2. Her couch was dressed with here and there some winter berries and green leaves, gathered in a spot... | |
| Loomis Joseph Campbell - 1884 - 442 Seiten
..." The mate for beauty Should be a man^, and not a money'-chest." 8. " She seemed a creature FRESH V from the hand of God, and waiting^ for the breath...life; not one who HAD' lived, and suffered DEATH'." 9. We live in deeds ^ , not years'; in thoughts^, not breaths'; In feelings^, not in figures on a dial'.... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1885 - 328 Seiten
...lesson is from the Old Curiosity Shop, by Charles Dickens (1812 — 1870), novelist and humorist.] 1. She was dead. No sleep so beautiful and calm, so free...death. Her couch was dressed with here and there some winter berries and green leaves, gathered in a spot she had been used to favour. ' When I die, put... | |
| John George Repplier McElroy - 1885 - 362 Seiten
...inimitable style of Lamb and his school. 2 \ 74, above. 3 For the law of the dramatic passages, see § 160. "She was dead. No sleep so beautiful and calm, so...of life ; not one who had lived and suffered death. . . . And now the bell—the bell she had so often heard, by night and day, and listened to with solemn... | |
| John George Repplier McElroy - 1885 - 374 Seiten
...above. 8 For the law of the dramatic passages, see ? 160. "She was dead. No sleep so beautiful and cnlm, so free from trace of pain, so fair to look upon....of life ; not one who had lived and suffered death. . . . And now the bell — the bell she had so often heard, by night and day, and listened to with... | |
| J. Scott Clark - 1886 - 410 Seiten
...longer passages; as this from the " Old Curiosity Shop," which can be scanned with hardly a break: — " She was dead. No sleep so beautiful and calm, so free...death. Her couch was dressed with here and there some winter berries and green leaves, gathered in a spot she had been used to favor. ' When I die, put near... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1887 - 824 Seiten
...she was dead. There, upon her little bed, she lay it rest. The solemn stillness was no marvel now. She was dead. No sleep so beautiful and calm, so free...trace of pain, so fair to look upon. She seemed a creatur fresh from the hand of God, and waiting for the breath of fife ; not one who had lived and... | |
| Alonzo Reed - 1909 - 236 Seiten
...shouldn't. — Hood. 92. Dictation Exercise Direction. Copy the following, and study the italicized words. She was dead. No sleep so beautiful and calm, so free...death. Her couch was dressed with here and there some winter berries and green leaves, gathered in a spot she had been used to favor. " When I die, put •near... | |
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