The Heart of Oak Books: Third Book : Fairy Stories and Classic Tales of AdventureCharles Eliot Norton D.C. Heath, 1899 - 265 Seiten |
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... fell down into the sea . Phrixus wept very much because his good sister was dead , but went on riding until he came to Colchis . There he sacrificed his Ram , and nailed the fleece against an oak - tree . Some time after , there was a ...
... fell down into the sea . Phrixus wept very much because his good sister was dead , but went on riding until he came to Colchis . There he sacrificed his Ram , and nailed the fleece against an oak - tree . Some time after , there was a ...
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... ; and the Harpies , being fright- ened , flew away , and the two heroes flew after them . The Harpies at last were tired out , and fell into the sea and were drowned . So Phineus had rest and 4 THE STORY OF THE ARGONAUTS .
... ; and the Harpies , being fright- ened , flew away , and the two heroes flew after them . The Harpies at last were tired out , and fell into the sea and were drowned . So Phineus had rest and 4 THE STORY OF THE ARGONAUTS .
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... fell on their knees . The plow to which they were to be yoked was all of iron ; Pollux brought it near and threw the yoke over their necks and the chain around their horns , whilst Jason kept their mouths and noses so close to the ...
... fell on their knees . The plow to which they were to be yoked was all of iron ; Pollux brought it near and threw the yoke over their necks and the chain around their horns , whilst Jason kept their mouths and noses so close to the ...
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... fell asleep . Then Jason stepped over him , and drew out the nails with which the fleece was fastened to the oak ; and taking down the fleece , he wrapped it in his cloak and carried it off to the ship . Medea came also , and became ...
... fell asleep . Then Jason stepped over him , and drew out the nails with which the fleece was fastened to the oak ; and taking down the fleece , he wrapped it in his cloak and carried it off to the ship . Medea came also , and became ...
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... fell . After a time she threw it up so high that when she stretched out her hand to catch it , the ball bounded away and rolled along upon the ground , till at last it fell into the spring . The prin- cess looked into the spring after ...
... fell . After a time she threw it up so high that when she stretched out her hand to catch it , the ball bounded away and rolled along upon the ground , till at last it fell into the spring . The prin- cess looked into the spring after ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Aladdin Alcinous Ali Baba Antinous asked Athene Baba beautiful began beggar bird Bob-o'-link brother Calypso Cassim cave chee Circe Cogia Hassan Colchis cried Cyclop daughter dead death delight door dreadful duckling Eumæus Eurylochus Eurymachus eyes fast father fear feast fell friends gate gave giant give gods gold guest hand head hear heard Heart of Oak heaven horse Ithaca Jason Jove king King Arthur knew lady lamp lived looked Lord Lovel magician mind Morgiana morning mother Nausicaa never night Ogygia palace Pelias Penelope Phæacian Phineus Phrixus poor princess quoth Jack replied robbers rock sail Scylla ship sight slaves soon Spink stood suitors sultan sword tears Telemachus tell thee thou thought tin soldier Tiresias told took Troy Ulysses Ulysses's wife winds wine wood words young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 47 - 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...
Seite 101 - And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And looked from that lone post of death In still yet brave despair. And shouted but once more aloud, "My father! must I stay?
Seite 136 - THE cock is crowing, The stream is flowing, The small birds twitter, The lake doth glitter, The green field sleeps in the sun ; The oldest and youngest Are at work with the strongest ; The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising ; There are forty feeding like one ! Like an army defeated The Snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill...
Seite 100 - THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead.
Seite 141 - Swifter than the moon's sphere ; And I serve the fairy queen, To dew her orbs upon the green : The cowslips tall her pensioners be ; In their gold coats spots you see ; Those be rubies, fairy favours, In those freckles live their savours : I must. go seek some dew-drops here, And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.
Seite 142 - ... reindeer, With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick! More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled and shouted and called them by name. " Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen! — To the top of the porch, to the top of the wall, Now, dash away, dash away, dash away all!
Seite 142 - TwAS the night before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that ST.
Seite 47 - I chatter over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles, I bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the pebbles. With many a curve my banks I fret By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow. I chatter, chatter, as I flow To join the brimming river ; For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever.
Seite 143 - As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound. He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot; A bundle of Toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a pedler just opening his pack. His eyes — how they twinkled ! his dimples how merry ! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry...
Seite 137 - Where the bee sucks, there suck I ; In a cowslip's bell I lie; There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat's back I do fly After summer merrily. Merrily, merrily shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.