Early LessonsG. Routledge, 1856 - 427 pàgines |
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Frases i termes més freqüents
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 279 - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost...
Pàgina 111 - RUIN seize thee, ruthless King ! Confusion on thy banners wait ! Though, fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state. Helm, nor hauberk's twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, tyrant, shall avail To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, From Cambria's curse, from Cambria's tears...
Pàgina 264 - I have seen a small manufactory of this kind where ten men only were employed, and where some of them consequently performed two or three distinct operations. But though they were very poor, and therefore but indifferently accommodated with the necessary machinery, they could, when they exerted themselves, make among them about twelve pounds of pins in a day.
Pàgina 112 - Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died amidst your dying country's cries — No more I weep : they do not sleep ! On yonder cliffs, a grisly band, I see them sit; they linger yet Avengers of their native land: With me in dreadful harmony they join, And weave with bloody hands the tissue of thy line.
Pàgina 81 - Thy arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
Pàgina 264 - But if they had all wrought separately and independently, and without any of them having been educated to this peculiar business, they certainly could not each of them have made twenty, perhaps not one pin in a day...
Pàgina 113 - Humour can prevail, When Airs, and Flights, and Screams, and Scolding fail. Beauties in vain their pretty Eyes may roll ; Charms strike the Sight, but Merit wins the Soul.
Pàgina 144 - stay a little longer ; for I dare not go yet — I am afraid.' Little boys, I advise you never be afraid to tell the truth : never say ' Stay a minute,' and ' Stay a little longer ;' but run directly and tell of what you have done that is wrong. The longer you stay, the more afraid you will grow, till at last perhaps you will not dare to tell the truth at all. Hear what happened to Robert. The longer he...
Pàgina 146 - How do you know," said his mother, " that Frank did not do it?" " Because — because — because, ma'am," said Robert, hesitating, as liars do, for an excuse — "because I was in the room all the time, and I did not see him do it." '• Then how was the basin thrown down ? If you have been in the room all the time, you can tell." Then Robert, going on from one lie to another, answered, " I suppose the dog must have done it."
Pàgina 148 - I'll go to the brazier's," added he, " and get a new collar made for your dog. From this day forward he shall always be called after you, Frank ! And, wife, whenever any of the neighbours...