The Heart of Oak Books: Third Book : Fairy Stories and Classic Tales of AdventureCharles Eliot Norton |
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... daughter , who were very good , and loved each other very much . The son's name was Phrixus , and the daughter's Helle . But the father was wicked and put away his wife , the mother of the good chil- dren , and married another wife ...
... daughter , who were very good , and loved each other very much . The son's name was Phrixus , and the daughter's Helle . But the father was wicked and put away his wife , the mother of the good chil- dren , and married another wife ...
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... daughter of the king , saw Jason at her father's and loved him , and was sorry that he should perish . She knew how to brew magic liquors ; she had a chariot drawn by flying serpents , and on this chariot she was carried where she ...
... daughter of the king , saw Jason at her father's and loved him , and was sorry that he should perish . She knew how to brew magic liquors ; she had a chariot drawn by flying serpents , and on this chariot she was carried where she ...
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... daughter and all his people came to see . The king sat down on a throne near the place where Jason was to plow , and the people sat around him . Jason rubbed himself and his weapons with the juice , as Medea had told him , and came to ...
... daughter and all his people came to see . The king sat down on a throne near the place where Jason was to plow , and the people sat around him . Jason rubbed himself and his weapons with the juice , as Medea had told him , and came to ...
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... daughters ; and when they saw the goose , they were very curious to examine what this won- derful bird could be , and wished very much to pluck one of the feathers out of its tail . At last the eldest said , " I must and will have a ...
... daughters ; and when they saw the goose , they were very curious to examine what this won- derful bird could be , and wished very much to pluck one of the feathers out of its tail . At last the eldest said , " I must and will have a ...
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... daughter . The princess was of so thoughtful and serious a turn of mind that no one could make her laugh ; and the king had proclaimed to all the world , that whoever could make her laugh should have her for his wife . When the young ...
... daughter . The princess was of so thoughtful and serious a turn of mind that no one could make her laugh ; and the king had proclaimed to all the world , that whoever could make her laugh should have her for his wife . When the young ...
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Aladdin Alcinous Ali Baba Antinous asked Athene Baba beautiful began beggar bird Bob-o'-link brother Calypso Cassim cave chee Circe Cogia Hassan Colchis cried Cyclop daughter dead death delight door dreadful duckling Eumæus Eurylochus Eurymachus eyes fast father fear feast fell friends gate gave giant give gods gold guest hand head hear heard Heart of Oak heaven horse Ithaca Jason Jove king King Arthur knew lady lamp lived looked Lord Lovel magician mind Morgiana morning mother Nausicaa never night Ogygia palace Pelias Penelope Phæacian Phineus Phrixus poor princess quoth Jack replied robbers rock sail Scylla ship sight slaves soon Spink stood suitors sultan sword tears Telemachus tell thee thou thought tin soldier Tiresias told took Troy Ulysses Ulysses's wife winds wine wood words young
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Page 47 - I wind about, and in and out, With here a blossom sailing, And here and there a lusty trout, And here and there a grayling, And here and there a foamy flake Upon me as I travel, With many a silvery waterbreak Above the golden gravel...
Page 101 - And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And looked from that lone post of death In still yet brave despair. And shouted but once more aloud, "My father! must I stay?
Page 136 - THE cock is crowing, The stream is flowing, The small birds twitter, The lake doth glitter, The green field sleeps in the sun ; The oldest and youngest Are at work with the strongest ; The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising ; There are forty feeding like one ! Like an army defeated The Snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill...
Page 100 - THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead.
Page 141 - Swifter than the moon's sphere ; And I serve the fairy queen, To dew her orbs upon the green : The cowslips tall her pensioners be ; In their gold coats spots you see ; Those be rubies, fairy favours, In those freckles live their savours : I must. go seek some dew-drops here, And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.
Page 142 - ... reindeer, With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick! More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled and shouted and called them by name. " Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen! — To the top of the porch, to the top of the wall, Now, dash away, dash away, dash away all!
Page 142 - TwAS the night before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that ST.
Page 47 - I chatter over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles, I bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the pebbles. With many a curve my banks I fret By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow. I chatter, chatter, as I flow To join the brimming river ; For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever.
Page 143 - As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound. He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot; A bundle of Toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a pedler just opening his pack. His eyes — how they twinkled ! his dimples how merry ! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry...
Page 137 - Where the bee sucks, there suck I ; In a cowslip's bell I lie; There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat's back I do fly After summer merrily. Merrily, merrily shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.