Journeys Through Bookland: A New and Original Plan for Reading Applied to the World's Best Literature for Children, Volume 4Bellows-Reeve, 1922 - 352 pages |
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... given us the best translation of these , and from his famous work , Chronicle of the Cid , we take the selections which are printed in this volume . According to the Spanish accounts , Rodrigo was born in 1026 in Burgos , the son of ...
... given us the best translation of these , and from his famous work , Chronicle of the Cid , we take the selections which are printed in this volume . According to the Spanish accounts , Rodrigo was born in 1026 in Burgos , the son of ...
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... given with the hand upon the neck , at which time the king said , " Awake , and sleep not in the affairs of knighthood . " The king omitted this , knowing that Rodrigo needed no such command . To do the new knight more honour , the ...
... given with the hand upon the neck , at which time the king said , " Awake , and sleep not in the affairs of knighthood . " The king omitted this , knowing that Rodrigo needed no such command . To do the new knight more honour , the ...
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... given him was not of the spoils which he had lost ; and he called for water and washed his hands , and chose two of his kinsmen to be set free with him : the one was named Don Hugo , and the other Guillen Bernalto . And my Cid sate at ...
... given him was not of the spoils which he had lost ; and he called for water and washed his hands , and chose two of his kinsmen to be set free with him : the one was named Don Hugo , and the other Guillen Bernalto . And my Cid sate at ...
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... given me , and to oppose his service , helping the enemies of the faith . Moreover we won this city in which we dwell , which is not under the dominion of any man in the world , save only my Lord the King Don Alfonso , and that rather ...
... given me , and to oppose his service , helping the enemies of the faith . Moreover we won this city in which we dwell , which is not under the dominion of any man in the world , save only my Lord the King Don Alfonso , and that rather ...
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... given me any capacity for knowledge or not , she has at any rate given me a very strong predilection for literary pursuits , and I am almost confident in believing that , if I can ever rise in the world , it must be by the exercise of ...
... given me any capacity for knowledge or not , she has at any rate given me a very strong predilection for literary pursuits , and I am almost confident in believing that , if I can ever rise in the world , it must be by the exercise of ...
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Page 81 - It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise! He needs must think of her once more, How in the grave she lies; And with his hard, rough hand he wipes A tear out of his eyes.
Page 449 - And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.
Page 83 - THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea ; And the skipper had taken his little daughter, To bear him company.
Page 165 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This, teach me more than Hell to shun, That, more than Heaven pursue.
Page 55 - 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, And draw them all along, and flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever.
Page 258 - Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. And the LORD said unto him, Ihis is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed : I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
Page 84 - Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the Northeast, The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows frothed like yeast. Down came the storm, and smote amain The vessel in its strength; She shuddered and paused, like a frighted steed, Then leaped her cable's length.
Page 80 - And children coming home from school, Look in at the open door ; They love to see the flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor.
Page 304 - Percy present word, He would prevent his sport. The English Earl, not fearing that, Did to the woods resort With fifteen hundred bowmen bold, All chosen men of might, Who knew full well, in time of need, To aim their shafts aright.
Page 301 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down: And darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: Yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.