Chambers's narrative series of standard reading books, 6 knyga |
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... rock , we may yet be in time . ' He looked rather pale as he spoke ; and Hope , seeing his alarm , hastened to follow him . For the moment , Cross ceased speaking ; he scrambled up the rocks , and began walking as rapidly as he could ...
... rock , we may yet be in time . ' He looked rather pale as he spoke ; and Hope , seeing his alarm , hastened to follow him . For the moment , Cross ceased speaking ; he scrambled up the rocks , and began walking as rapidly as he could ...
10 psl.
... rocks they had just left . The little girl passed them , and led the way ; the two friends strained every nerve to keep pace with her , for , as they neared the rock , the wave still rolled on 10 STANDARD VI .
... rocks they had just left . The little girl passed them , and led the way ; the two friends strained every nerve to keep pace with her , for , as they neared the rock , the wave still rolled on 10 STANDARD VI .
11 psl.
... rock . ' Quick ! quick ! ' said the girl ; ' there is the passage to cross ; and if the second wave comes , we shall be too late . ' She ran on for a hundred yards , till she came to a crack in the rock , six or seven feet wide , along ...
... rock . ' Quick ! quick ! ' said the girl ; ' there is the passage to cross ; and if the second wave comes , we shall be too late . ' She ran on for a hundred yards , till she came to a crack in the rock , six or seven feet wide , along ...
45 psl.
... rocks and long grass , and I was surprised to see a plentiful stream of water running out from between the rocks . I took a good drink , and then ascended the slope , the long grass reaching up to my middle . After I had gone about ...
... rocks and long grass , and I was surprised to see a plentiful stream of water running out from between the rocks . I took a good drink , and then ascended the slope , the long grass reaching up to my middle . After I had gone about ...
47 psl.
... rocks , but a few minutes ' trial shewed me that the stone was so hard , that it would take me days to make even half the holes requisite to enable me to reach the top of the pit . It is a horrible thing to feel yourself a prisoner ; it ...
... rocks , but a few minutes ' trial shewed me that the stone was so hard , that it would take me days to make even half the holes requisite to enable me to reach the top of the pit . It is a horrible thing to feel yourself a prisoner ; it ...
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Antonio baron Bassanio beach bear beautiful began bird black bear boat brown bear called Cape Disappointment captain carried the bat castle caves Chambers's cloth companion comrades crew cried dark dead dear Doocot door ducats duckling Eurylochos eyes feet fell fire Flaxman flesh Gratiano hand happy head hear heard heart Helios Heracles honour hope horned owl horse island Kirkê knew lady land lend live looked Lord Lord Raglan maid maiden morning mother Nerissa never night o'er Odysseus Panurge passed pinnace poor Portia pray precipices Red-Cross Knight replied rich ring ROBERT CHAMBERS rock Rolf round sail seemed shew ship shore shout Shylock sighed Skylla soon stood sweet tears thee things thou thought tide told Tonquin took turned Venice waves wife wind wonder young youth Zeus
Populiarios ištraukos
172 psl. - Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, " Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore; But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you "—here I opened wide the door.
32 psl. - So we were left galloping, Joris and I, Past Looz and past Tongres, no cloud in the sky; The broad sun above laughed a pitiless laugh, 'Neath our feet broke the brittle bright stubble like chaff; Till over by Dalhem a dome-spire sprang white, And "Gallop," gasped Joris, "for Aix is in sight!
130 psl. - I WAS ever of opinion, that the honest man who married, and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population.
69 psl. - Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken — The ice was all between. The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around: It cracked and growled, and roared and howled, Like noises in a swound!
32 psl. - And his low head and crest, just one sharp ear bent back For my voice, and the other pricked out on his track, And one eye's black intelligence — ever that glance O'er its white edge at me, his own master, askance; And the thick heavy spume-flakes, which aye and anon His fierce lips shook upwards in galloping on.
123 psl. - 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 should think he never could recapture The first fine careless rapture!
127 psl. - Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings? — Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago: Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again? Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending...
32 psl. - Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set the pique right, Rebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit.
172 psl. - Thrilled me— filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating, " 'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door: Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door: This it is and nothing more.
178 psl. - I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning; Alas! the gratitude of men Hath oftener left me mourning.