 His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.  First (-Fourth) reading book - Page 143by Philip George and son, ltd - 1872Full view - About this book
 | William Swinton - 1872 - 238 pages
...Exercise XL A. Convert the following Stanzas into Prose: THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH.— Longfellow. 1. Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. 2. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat... | |
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1872 - 88 pages
...number, gender, and case of each Noun in the following Exercise : — Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands : The smith, a mighty man...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. The children coming home from school Look in at the open door ; They love to see the flaming forge,... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1872 - 254 pages
...without them. JAMES NORTHCOTE. XCVI.—THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. i. I TNDER a spreading chestnut tree LJ The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. n. His hair is crisp, and black, and long ; His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest... | |
 | Circling year - 1872 - 228 pages
...from the anvil ! But Longfellow has made the scene his own : — " Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands ; The smith, a mighty man...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. AT THE SMITHY DOOR. " His hair is crisp, and black, and long ; His face is like the tan ; His brow... | |
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1872 - 168 pages
...number, gender, and case of each Noun in the following Exercise : — Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands : The smith, a mighty man...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. The children coming home from school Look in at the open door ; They love to see the flaming forge,... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1872 - 254 pages
...without them. James Northcote. XCVl.—THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. i. "TNDER a spreading chestnut tree kJ The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. ii. His hair is crisp, and black, and long; His face is like the tan; His brow is wet with honest sweat;... | |
 | 1872 - 710 pages
...heart is still with Thee. Charles Wesley. 2OST. LABOB, Lesson of. Under a spreading chestnut-tree Tho ied Ton can hear him swing his heavy sledge. With measured beat and slow, Like sexton ringing the village... | |
 | Benjamin Smith (Wesleyan Minister.) - 1872 - 336 pages
...not despicable because dirty. That which promotes man's true welfare is honourable. Longfellow says : Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy...large and sinewy hands, And the muscles of his brawny armsAre strong as iron bands. " His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ;... | |
 | 1872 - 770 pages
...handicraft skill, it is- that of the mechanic ; and of mechanics, none need these qualifications more than the smith — " A mighty man is he, "With large and...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands." For that man can take an uncouth, shapeless mass of cold iron and so correctly judge of the volume... | |
 | 1872 - 900 pages
...The highest and best ; T is onwards ! unswerving, — And that is true rest. JOHN SULLIVAN DWIGHT. Could you on this fair mountain leave to feed, And...batten on this moor ? Ha ! have you eyes ! You can ; His hair is crisp and black and long ; His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat,... | |
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