The Heath Readers by Grades, Volume 4D.C. Heath & Company, 1907 - Readers |
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... gold- dust from Guinea ; ivory , pearls , and precious stones from every part of the earth ; but not a fruit , not a solitary flower , from one of my castles in Spain . I have sent clerks , agents , and travellers of all kinds ...
... gold- dust from Guinea ; ivory , pearls , and precious stones from every part of the earth ; but not a fruit , not a solitary flower , from one of my castles in Spain . I have sent clerks , agents , and travellers of all kinds ...
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... gold and silver , but also such things as they lack at home , especially iron . They do not circulate the money among themselves , but use the gold and silver , of which money is made , in such a way as the very nature of the thing ...
... gold and silver , but also such things as they lack at home , especially iron . They do not circulate the money among themselves , but use the gold and silver , of which money is made , in such a way as the very nature of the thing ...
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ble means they bring silver and gold to reproach and infamy among them . cir'cuit ( sir'kit ) , the space enclosed by | bul'wark , a defence . a curve . jeop'ard ous , perilous . hu man'i ty , culture . hus'band ry , farming . pre'cept ...
ble means they bring silver and gold to reproach and infamy among them . cir'cuit ( sir'kit ) , the space enclosed by | bul'wark , a defence . a curve . jeop'ard ous , perilous . hu man'i ty , culture . hus'band ry , farming . pre'cept ...
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... gold if they would set him free ; but their oars only moved faster . And still the Sirens sang . And still the more he adjured them to set him free , the faster with cords and ropes they bound him , till they were quite out of hearing ...
... gold if they would set him free ; but their oars only moved faster . And still the Sirens sang . And still the more he adjured them to set him free , the faster with cords and ropes they bound him , till they were quite out of hearing ...
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... gold about the sword that said thus : Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise king born of all England . So when all masses were done all the lords went to behold the stone and the sword . And when they saw the ...
... gold about the sword that said thus : Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise king born of all England . So when all masses were done all the lords went to behold the stone and the sword . And when they saw the ...
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Abbey ALFRED TENNYSON ancient Mariner anon Antony Armada arms Bagdemagus beauty behold blessed Brutus Cæsar Cassius castles in Spain Daniel Webster dead death deep Emerson enemy England English Excalibur eyes fair fear Fourth Citizen give gold grave Guenever hand hath hear heard heart heaven holy honor King Arthur knights ladies land live look lords manners Merlin mind moon nature never noble o'er pleasure poet Queen RALPH WALDO EMERSON rode round sail Sangreal Second Citizen seen Shakespeare shield ship Siege Perilous Sir Bedivere Sir Ector Sir Galahad Sir Kay Sir Launcelot Sir Lucan Sir Mordred soul spake Spanish speak spirit stand stone stood sweet sword tell thee things Third Citizen thou thought tomb took Ulysses unto Uther Pendragon vessel voice Wedding-Guest Westminster Abbey wind words wound youth
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Page 164 - Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
Page 165 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries ; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes : And thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, — when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble...
Page 238 - Like one that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks on, And turns no more his head; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.
Page 136 - 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 113 - No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging.
Page 226 - Nor dim nor red, like God's own head The glorious sun uprist: Then all averred, I had killed the bird That brought the fog and mist.
Page 100 - Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray; Mountains, on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest; Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide; Towers and battlements it sees Bosomed high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some beauty lies, The cynosure of neighbouring eyes.
Page 188 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause ; and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honour; and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom; and awake your senses that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Page 98 - Haste thee nymph and bring with thee Jest and youthful jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles. Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled care derides. And laughter holding both his sides.
Page 98 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...