Stepping Stones to Literature: A reader for fifth gradesSilver, Burdett, 1897 - 224 strán (strany) |
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Strana 7
... might have set his immense foot upon a multitude , and when he took it up again there would have been a pitiful sight , to be sure . But , being the son of Mother Earth , as they likewise were , the Giant THE PYGMIES . 7.
... might have set his immense foot upon a multitude , and when he took it up again there would have been a pitiful sight , to be sure . But , being the son of Mother Earth , as they likewise were , the Giant THE PYGMIES . 7.
Strana 10
... foot of the Giant . He would lay down his great hand flat on the grass , and challenge the tallest of them to clamber upon it , and straddle from finger to finger . So fearless were they that they made nothing of creeping in among the ...
... foot of the Giant . He would lay down his great hand flat on the grass , and challenge the tallest of them to clamber upon it , and straddle from finger to finger . So fearless were they that they made nothing of creeping in among the ...
Strana 15
... foot , or any other part of his body , he grew stronger than ever he had been before . The Earth , you remember , was his mother , and was very fond of him , as being almost the biggest of her children ; and so she took this method of ...
... foot , or any other part of his body , he grew stronger than ever he had been before . The Earth , you remember , was his mother , and was very fond of him , as being almost the biggest of her children ; and so she took this method of ...
Strana 16
... foot , not as if wonder- smitten at his stature , but as if he had seen a great many Giants before , and this was by no means the biggest of them . In fact , if the Giant had been no bigger than the Pygmies ( who stood pricking up their ...
... foot , not as if wonder- smitten at his stature , but as if he had seen a great many Giants before , and this was by no means the biggest of them . In fact , if the Giant had been no bigger than the Pygmies ( who stood pricking up their ...
Strana 17
... foot upon the ground , I am five hundred times stronger . I am ashamed to kill such a puny little dwarf as you seem to be . I will make a slave of you , and you shall likewise be the slave of my brethren here , the Pygmies . So throw ...
... foot upon the ground , I am five hundred times stronger . I am ashamed to kill such a puny little dwarf as you seem to be . I will make a slave of you , and you shall likewise be the slave of my brethren here , the Pygmies . So throw ...
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Antæus arms Asgard Baldur beast beautiful began behold bird blow body Bradamante brave breath Bregenz brethren brother brought called castle coral reef creature cried Czar death dream dwarf ears earth Egypt enchanter eyes face father feet fell Fenris fire foot forever Giant Gluck gods gold Golden River grew hair hand head heard heart Hercules hill hundred island Joseph killed King knew land of Egypt lips live Loki looked mighty mountains mouth Nathaniel Hawthorne never night Norsemen Odin old gentleman Old Oaken Bucket Pharaoh piece Pinabel Pygmies raft reading lesson ring rock round SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH Schwartz ship shore side stone stood strong sword thee Thiassi things Thor thou thought told took Treasure Valley tree turned unto voice wind wonderful wood words
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Strana 102 - That moss-covered vessel I hail as a treasure; For often at noon, when returned from the field, I found it the source of an exquisite pleasure, The purest and sweetest that nature can yield. How ardent I seized it with hands that were glowing! And quick to the white-pebbled bottom it fell; Then soon, with the emblem of truth overflowing, And dripping with coolness it rose from the well; The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket, arose from the well.
Strana 223 - Brown rats, black rats, gray rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, 'Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, Families by tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed the Piper for their lives. From street to street he piped advancing, And step for step they followed dancing...
Strana 181 - Then launched they to the blast, Bent like a reed each mast, Yet we were gaining fast, When the wind failed us; And with a sudden flaw Came round the gusty Skaw, So that our foe we saw Laugh as he hailed us. "And as to catch the gale Round veered the flapping sail, Death ! was the helmsman's hail, Death without quarter...
Strana 181 - Three weeks we westward bore, And when the storm was o'er, Cloud-like we saw the shore Stretching to lee-ward ; There for my lady's bower Built I the lofty tower, Which, to this very hour, Stands looking sea-ward.
Strana 284 - And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. 9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
Strana 223 - To Rat-land home his commentary: Which was, 'At the first shrill notes of the pipe, I heard a sound as of scraping tripe, And putting apples, wondrous ripe, Into a cider-press's gripe: And a moving away of pickle-tub-boards, And a leaving ajar of conserve-cupboards, And a drawing the corks of train-oil-flasks, And a breaking the hoops of butter-casks; And it seemed as if a voice (Sweeter far than by harp or by psaltery Is breathed) called out, Oh rats, rejoice!
Strana 229 - They made a decree that lawyers never Should think their records dated duly If, after the day of the month and year, These words did not as well appear, " And so long after what happened here " On the Twenty-second of July, " Thirteen hundred and Seventy-six...
Strana 284 - And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him. What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
Strana 300 - And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived.
Strana 291 - And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh,, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.