The Elson Readers..: Book 5-8 ...Scott, Foresman and Company, 1921 |
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... rest , limping along , tossing his head and his long 10 splendid mane at every step . One of the hunters tried to ride him and nearly lost his life , for the horse seemed possessed of a demon as soon as the man was on his back . The ...
... rest , limping along , tossing his head and his long 10 splendid mane at every step . One of the hunters tried to ride him and nearly lost his life , for the horse seemed possessed of a demon as soon as the man was on his back . The ...
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... rest . Long may he roam — this is my wish , and this - that I may see him once again in all the glory of his speed with his black mane on the wind , the spur- galls gone from his flanks , and in his eyes the blazing light that grew in ...
... rest . Long may he roam — this is my wish , and this - that I may see him once again in all the glory of his speed with his black mane on the wind , the spur- galls gone from his flanks , and in his eyes the blazing light that grew in ...
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... rest of the story , page 41 , line 12 , to the end . Outline for Testing Silent Reading . ( a ) The condition of the French garrison ; ( b ) Satan and his message ; ( c ) The homing pigeon and the silencing of the German battery ...
... rest of the story , page 41 , line 12 , to the end . Outline for Testing Silent Reading . ( a ) The condition of the French garrison ; ( b ) Satan and his message ; ( c ) The homing pigeon and the silencing of the German battery ...
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... rest of the family now realized that some great danger was swooping down upon them . Mr. Anderson made his plan of escape as he ran . To think of fleeing was out of the question . Their slow - moving schooner 15 would be overtaken in ...
... rest of the family now realized that some great danger was swooping down upon them . Mr. Anderson made his plan of escape as he ran . To think of fleeing was out of the question . Their slow - moving schooner 15 would be overtaken in ...
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... rest of the herd , was seen bearing down upon them as though they were charging the schooner , although they probably did not even notice it . " Ready with your rifle , Bennie , " called Mr. Anderson , and 30 father and son both cocked ...
... rest of the herd , was seen bearing down upon them as though they were charging the schooner , although they probably did not even notice it . " Ready with your rifle , Bennie , " called Mr. Anderson , and 30 father and son both cocked ...
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Page 110 - thing of evil - prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that bends above us - by that God we both adore Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore.
Page 54 - ... midst falling dew. While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far through their rosy depths dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong. As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Page 107 - Only this, and nothing more." Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow;— vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow— sorrow for the lost Lenore— For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore— Nameless here for evermore.
Page 131 - I long wooed your daughter, my suit you denied; Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide— And now I am come, with this lost love of mine, To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far, That would gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar.
Page 319 - Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil; Still, as the spiral grew, He left the past year's dwelling for the new, Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Built up its idle door, Stretched in his last-found home, and knew the old no more.
Page 86 - 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...
Page 107 - Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and. curious volume of forgotten lore — While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. " "Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — Only this and nothing more.
Page 315 - Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!' " They sailed and sailed, as winds might blow, Until at last the blanched mate said: "Why, now not even God would know Should I and all my men fall dead. These very winds forget their way, For God from these dread seas is gone. Now speak, brave Admiral, speak and say"— He said: "Sail on! sail on! and on!
Page 111 - And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted — nevermore!
Page 132 - mong Graemes of the Netherby clan ; Forsters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they ran : There was racing and chasing on Cannobie Lee, But the lost bride of Netherby ne'er did they see. So daring in love, and so dauntless in war, Have ye e'er heard of gallant like young Lochinvar?