The Children's Fairy Geography; Or, A Merry Trip Round EuropeW. Skeffington & Son, 1879 - 320 páginas |
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The Children's Fairy Geography, Or, A Merry Trip Round Europe Forbes Edward Winslow Vista completa - 1880 |
The Children's Fairy Geography, Or, A Merry Trip Round Europe Forbes Edward Winslow Vista de fragmentos - 1880 |
Términos y frases comunes
amongst Austria Bay of Biscay beautiful Belgium Blarney stone blue boat bridge building called carpet carriage castle cathedral celebrated centre charming church coast curious dear dressed Dutch electric boots England English Ethel famous feet fire fish fond France French funny gardens German grand horses houses hundred inhabitants islands Italy Jack lake land LAPLAND live look magnificent mamma marble miles long Mont Blanc mountains Naples night North Norway Notice once palace pass piazza picturesque Pitti Palace pleasant poor pretty provinces Rhine river rock Rome round Russia sail scene Scotland side sight Skye terrier soldiers South Spain Spanish square miles steamer stone stream streets summit Switzerland table d'hôte tell things tower town trees turn Venice vessels walk walls wind wine wishing-carpet women Yonder
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Página 152 - The castled crag of Drachenfels("> Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine, Whose breast of waters broadly swells Between the banks which bear the vine, And hills all rich with blossom'd trees, And fields which promise corn and wine, And scatter'd cities crowning these, Whose far white walls along them shine, Have strew'da scene, which I should see With double joy wert thou with me ! 2.
Página 156 - Another came running presently, And he was pale as pale could be : " Fly, my Lord Bishop, fly ! " quoth he, " Ten thousand Rats are coming this way : The' Lord forgive you for yesterday ! " " I'll go to my tower on the Rhine," replied he ; " Tis the safest place in Germany ; The walls are high, and the shores are steep, And the stream is strong, and the water deep.
Página 156 - THE summer and autumn had been so wet, That in winter the corn was growing yet : 'Twas a piteous sight to see all around The grain lie rotting on the ground.
Página 156 - He laid him down and closed his eyes; But soon a scream made him arise. He started, and saw two eyes of flame On his pillow, from whence the screaming came.
Página 156 - So then to his palace returned he, And he sat down to supper merrily, And he slept that night like an innocent man; But Bishop Hatto never slept again. In the morning, as he...
Página 119 - HOLLAND. A COUNTRY that draws fifty foot of water, In which men live as in the hold of Nature, And when the sea does in upon them break, And drowns a province, does but spring a leak...
Página 153 - And peasant girls, with deep blue eyes, And hands which offer early flowers, Walk smiling o'er this paradise ; Above, the frequent feudal towers Through green leaves lift their walls of gray ; And many a rock which steeply lowers, And noble arch in proud decay, Look o'er this vale of vintage-bowers ; But one thing want these banks of Rhine, — Thy gentle hand to clasp in mine...
Página 156 - And in at the windows and in at the door, And through the walls by thousands they pour, And down from the ceiling and up through the floor, From the right and the left, from behind and before, From within and without, from above and below, And all at once to the bishop they go.
Página 156 - They have whetted their teeth against the stones, And now they pick the bishop's bones ; They gnawed the flesh from every limb, For they were sent to do judgment on him.
Página 122 - That dwell in ships, like swarms of rats, and prey Upon the goods all nations...