 | Sir Henry Craik - 1895 - 670 páginas
...stand, and in an instant dropped into the lake. His wings, which were of no use in the air, sustained him in the water, and the prince drew him to land, half dead with terror and vexation. (From Rasselas.) POETRY WHEREVER I went, I found that poetry was considered as the highest learning,... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1895 - 660 páginas
...stand, and in an instant dropped into the lake. His wings, which were of no use in the air, sustained him in the water, and the prince drew him to land, half dead with terror and vexation. (From Rasselas.) POETRY WHEREVER I went, I found that poetry was considered as the highest learning,... | |
 | William Henry Maxwell - 1904 - 220 páginas
...stand, and in an instant dropped into the lake. His wings, which were of no use in the air, sustained him in the water, and the prince drew him to land, half dead with terror and vexation. — Samuel Johnson. 7. We come, as Americans, to mark a spot which must forever be dear to us and our... | |
 | Edwin Anderson Alderman - 1907 - 284 páginas
...stand and in an instant dropped into the lake. His wings, which were of no use in the air, sustained him in the water, and the prince drew him to land, half dead with terror and vexation. SAMUEL JOHNSON. re"cre-a'tion, amusement. gross'er, thicker; denser. Brav'i-ty, weight. pend'ant, hanging;... | |
 | Martha Pike Conant - 1908 - 352 páginas
...of flying. But his flying machine refused to fly and he promptly dropped into the lake, from which "the prince drew him to land half dead with terror and vexation." l Johnson's "wise and happy man," who talks nobly about fortitude, but who is unable to sustain the... | |
 | Martha Pike Conant - 1908 - 352 páginas
...of flying. - But his flying machine refused to fly and he promptly dropped into the lake, from which "the prince drew him to land half dead with terror and vexation." 1 Johnson's "wise and happy man," who talks nobly about fortitude, but who is unable to sustain the... | |
 | 1911 - 918 páginas
...stand, and in an instant dropped into the lake. His wings, which were of no use in the air, sustained him in the water, and the prince drew him to land, half dead with terror and vexation. DICKENS AT WORK In an article entitled "Dickens at Work" Mr. Henry F. Dickens says, "One of the principal... | |
 | Theodore L. Flood, Frank Chapin Bray - 1911 - 462 páginas
...stand, and in an instant dropped into the lake. His wings, which were of no use in the air, sustained him in the water, and the prince drew him to land, half dead with terror and vexation. DICKENS AT WORK t>> E O . iu-Sc< 5 _- rt r- tl v -M_ GS | SJ£°° £lp!s* o "^st . . _ c «' ° ue/)... | |
 | Annie Barnett, Lucy Dale - 1911 - 488 páginas
...stand, and in an instant dropped into the lake. His wings, which were of no use in the air, sustained him in the water, and the Prince drew him to land, half dead with terrour and vexation. BEN JONSON About this time Jonson probably began to acquire that turn for conviviality... | |
 | sir . g. greenhill - 1912 - 168 páginas
...stand, and in an instant dropped into the lake. His wings, which were of no use in the air, sustained him in the water, and the Prince drew him to land, half dead with terror and vexation. These extracts from Easselas will show that Dr. Johnson had realised with more accuracy than Cyrano... | |
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... waved his pinions a while to gather air, then leaped from his stand, and in an instant dropped into the lake. His wings, which were of no use in the air, sustained him in the water, and the prince drew him to land, half dead with terror and vexation. 
