Standard Supplementary Readers, Book 4William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart American Book Company, 1880 - Readers |
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... distance . The fruit of the ash - trees looks like that of the maple , and also hangs in bunches ; but each fruit is a single key . 9. These are but a few of the many kinds of fruits to be found on plants , each in itself a curiosity ...
... distance . The fruit of the ash - trees looks like that of the maple , and also hangs in bunches ; but each fruit is a single key . 9. These are but a few of the many kinds of fruits to be found on plants , each in itself a curiosity ...
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... distance of twenty degrees from the equator ; but on the elevations in warm climates it is suc- cessfully grown , as on the elevations near Quito , almost directly under the equator . And on the north side of the Himalaya mountains ...
... distance of twenty degrees from the equator ; but on the elevations in warm climates it is suc- cessfully grown , as on the elevations near Quito , almost directly under the equator . And on the north side of the Himalaya mountains ...
Page 102
... distance from me , he commenced de- vouring it , without even waiting to peel it according to his usual custom , his eyes all the while eagerly fixed upon my motions , and generally managing matters so adroitly as to have finished the ...
... distance from me , he commenced de- vouring it , without even waiting to peel it according to his usual custom , his eyes all the while eagerly fixed upon my motions , and generally managing matters so adroitly as to have finished the ...
Page 103
... distance increasing without any better chance of overcoming his ad- versary's resolution than at first . Then commenced a most ludicrous and amusing scene . Kees would alight , and both follow the caravan at full speed ; but the dog ...
... distance increasing without any better chance of overcoming his ad- versary's resolution than at first . Then commenced a most ludicrous and amusing scene . Kees would alight , and both follow the caravan at full speed ; but the dog ...
Page 104
... distance ; and it is singular that none of the pack ever disputed the point or resented the affront . 10. Like all monkeys , he was incurably addicted to petty larceny ; and , being a free - born Africander , he committed his ...
... distance ; and it is singular that none of the pack ever disputed the point or resented the affront . 10. Like all monkeys , he was incurably addicted to petty larceny ; and , being a free - born Africander , he committed his ...
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Page 283 - There is a Power whose care teaches thy way along that pathless coast, the desert and illimitable air — lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, at that far height, the cold thin atmosphere, yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, though the dark night is near.
Page 315 - 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 272 - What thou art, we know not ; What is most like thee ? From rainbow clouds there flow not Drops so bright to see, As from thy presence showers a rain of melody.
Page 281 - Thrice welcome, darling of the Spring! Even yet thou art to me No bird, but an invisible thing, A voice, a mystery; The same whom in my school-boy days I listened to; that Cry Which made me look a thousand ways In bush, and tree, and sky. To seek thee did I often rove Through woods and on the green; And thou wert still a hope, a love; Still longed for, never seen. And I can listen to thee yet; Can lie upon the plain And listen, till I do beget That golden time again.
Page 16 - IN May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes, I found the fresh Rhodora in the woods, Spreading its leafless blooms in a damp nook, To please the desert and the sluggish brook. The purple petals fallen in the pool Made the black water with their beauty gay ; Here might the red-bird come his plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array.
Page 315 - Through the deep caves of thought I hear a voice that sings: — Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!
Page 79 - THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amid the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.
Page 282 - 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 315 - Build thee more stately mansions, 0 my soul, As the swift seasons roll ! Leave thy low-vaulted past ! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea ! " OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, The Chambered Nautilus.
Page 129 - TIGER! Tiger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare seize the fire?