The British IslesHoughton Mifflin, 1909 - 283 oldal This book, written for young adults, gives an overview of the British Isles: the scenery and people; customs, homes, cities, and industries; castles, cathedrals, estates, and famous schools. |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 38 találatból.
vii. oldal
... Steamer in Dry - Dock A Dock at Liverpool The End of the Voyage Liverpool from the Landing Stage An English Locomotive . An English Railway Compartment Roman Ruins at Chester . King Charles's Tower . The River Dee at Chester Eaton Hall ...
... Steamer in Dry - Dock A Dock at Liverpool The End of the Voyage Liverpool from the Landing Stage An English Locomotive . An English Railway Compartment Roman Ruins at Chester . King Charles's Tower . The River Dee at Chester Eaton Hall ...
2. oldal
... , in company with throngs of other people on the deck , wave in response . As soon as the steamer is free from the dock , her speed is increased . We make our way down the harbor , THE START 3 past the famous " sky - scrapers 2 THE VOYAGE.
... , in company with throngs of other people on the deck , wave in response . As soon as the steamer is free from the dock , her speed is increased . We make our way down the harbor , THE START 3 past the famous " sky - scrapers 2 THE VOYAGE.
4. oldal
... steamer - chairs , placed in a long row from one end of the deck to the other , passen- gers can almost always be found sitting , — perhaps wrapped in rugs , if the weather is cool , reading , talk- ing with their neighbors , or ...
... steamer - chairs , placed in a long row from one end of the deck to the other , passen- gers can almost always be found sitting , — perhaps wrapped in rugs , if the weather is cool , reading , talk- ing with their neighbors , or ...
12. oldal
... steamers , the America and the Ireland — come alongside to receive the passengers , the baggage , and the mails for Ireland . More than an hour is required for this transfer , and while the boat is waiting , bright Irish QUEENSTOWN 13 ...
... steamers , the America and the Ireland — come alongside to receive the passengers , the baggage , and the mails for Ireland . More than an hour is required for this transfer , and while the boat is waiting , bright Irish QUEENSTOWN 13 ...
14. oldal
... steamer as are her many passengers , crowding about the rails , in the strange sights they see . But there are no salutes from one boat to another , nor does the whistle greet even the huge boats that are starting · ON THE MERSEY 15 on ...
... steamer as are her many passengers , crowding about the rails , in the strange sights they see . But there are no salutes from one boat to another , nor does the whistle greet even the huge boats that are starting · ON THE MERSEY 15 on ...
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Abbey acres America arrive beautiful Belfast Ben Nevis Blarney Castle boats boys Bridge Bristol Bristol Channel Britain British Isles building built busy Caledonian Canal called castle cathedral cattle Channel coal coast colleges Cork crowd docks Dublin early Edinburgh England English enter factories famous feet gardens giant Giant's Causeway girls Glasgow harbor hills House hundred industry inquires interesting Ireland Irish Irish Sea island jaunting cars Killarney King lake land largest linen Liverpool Loch London look Melrose Abbey miles mills mines morning North Parliament party pass port quaint region ride river river Dee Scotch Scotland seen sheep ships shore soon South Southampton square miles steamer stone stop streets SUGGESTIONS FOR WRITTEN Thames thousand to-day Tower town train United Kingdom valleys villages Wales walk walls Welsh Westminster Abbey wonderful
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100. oldal - Forty years on, when afar and asunder Parted are those who are singing today, When you look back, and forgetfully wonder What you were like in your work and your play; Then, it may be, there will often come o'er you Glimpses of notes like the catch of a song Visions of boyhood shall float them before you, Echoes of dreamland shall bear them along.
245. oldal - WITH deep affection And recollection I often think of Those Shandon bells, Whose sounds so wild would, In the days of childhood, Fling round my cradle Their magic spells.
73. oldal - London bridge is falling down, Falling down, falling down. London bridge is falling down, My fair lady!
100. oldal - God gives us bases to guard or beleaguer, Games to play out, whether earnest or fun, Fights for the fearless, and goals for the eager, Twenty, and thirty, and forty years on!
38. oldal - I'm amused at the signs As I pass through the town, To see the odd mixture — A
100. oldal - When you look back, and forgetfully wonder What you were like in your work and your play ; Then it may be, there will often come o'er you Glimpses of notes like the catch of a song — Visions of boyhood shall float them before you, Echoes of dreamland shall bear them along. Follow up! Follow up! Follow up! Follow up ! Till the field ring again and again, With the tramp of the twenty-two men, Follow up...
38. oldal - I'm amazed at the signs As I pass through the town ; To see the odd mixture A Magpie and Crown, The Whale and the Crow, The Razor and Hen, The Leg and Seven Stars, The Axe and the Bottle, The Sun and the Lute, The Eagle and Child, The Shovel and Boot.
28. oldal - There was a jolly miller Lived on the river Dee, He looked upon his pillow, And there he saw a flea, "O! Mr. Flea, You have been biting me, And you must die :" So he cracked his bones Upon the stones, And there he let him lie.
xix. oldal - Lords and the House of Commons. Members of the House of Commons are elected by the people, while birth or rank determines the membership of the House of Lords. Parliament can make new laws or alter those previous!}
178. oldal - And he played bonnilie. He played a spring the laird to please, A spring brent new frae yont the seas ; And then he ga'e his bags a wheeze, And played anither key. And wasna he a roguey, A roguey, a roguey, And wasna he a rogney, The piper o' Dundee ? He played " The welcome ower the main," And " Ye'se be fou and I'se be fain," And "Auld Stuarts back again," Wi