Stories for standard i (-vi). |
Contents
32 | |
33 | |
34 | |
35 | |
36 | |
37 | |
38 | |
39 | |
40 | |
41 | |
42 | |
43 | |
44 | |
45 | |
46 | |
47 | |
48 | |
49 | |
50 | |
51 | |
53 | |
62 | |
63 | |
64 | |
65 | |
66 | |
67 | |
68 | |
69 | |
72 | |
76 | |
77 | |
80 | |
100 | |
162 | |
184 | |
194 | |
209 | |
227 | |
266 | |
274 | |
287 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
animal Antonio army aunt bank Bank of England Bassanio battle Betty Burke blood boat brave called castle Chevy Chase clock Coulter court Dash dead death door Duke Earl Earl Douglas Earl Percy England English escape eyes father favour fear feet gave Gelert give gold grandfather Gratiano hand hear heard heart Hereward hippopotamus honour hour hundred killed king lady Lambert Simnel LESSON lion lived Lochiel London look Lord Lord Nelson Macbeth Macduff Martin Martin Guerre mercy miles Mungo Park Nerissa never night noble passed Perkin Warbeck Portia prince replied ring river rocks Saxons says Scotland seized ship shore Shylock side slain sleep soldiers soon stood story struck sword thee thou thought tion told took town troops Wallace wife Wolsey woman young
Popular passages
Page 207 - A THING of beauty is a joy for ever : Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass into nothingness ; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
Page 228 - I hate him for he is a Christian, But more for that in low simplicity He lends out money gratis and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice. If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
Page 51 - Have you the heart? When your head did but ache, I knit my handkerchief about your brows, (The best I had ; a princess wrought it me,) And I did never ask it you again ; And with my hand at midnight held your head ; And, like the watchful minutes to the hour, Still and anon cheered up the heavy time ; Saying, What lack you ? and, Where lies your grief?
Page 210 - His steps are not upon thy paths, — thy fields Are not a spoil for him, — thou dost arise And shake him from thee; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction, thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him, shivering in thy playful spray, And howling, to his Gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth: — there let him lay.
Page 76 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.
Page 267 - With a bare bodkin ? who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of ? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all...
Page 244 - 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 209 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed...
Page 287 - But peaceful was the night Wherein the Prince of Light His reign of peace upon the earth began...
Page 211 - She was dead. No sleep so beautiful and calm, so free from trace of pain, so fair to look upon. She seemed a creature fresh from the hand of God, and waiting for the breath of life — not one who had lived and suffered death.