Geikie's school books. 1st (-6th) reading book, المجلد 2 |
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عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
awful Berkshire blow blue boats Bob-o-link boughs bread bright summer day brown brown thrush bugle horn built bur'y caught chee chieve clock cobbler cold crystal water cuckoo dance DIPHTHONGS dreadful Eyam eyes father fields fierce flocks flowers frozen fruit God's great table grass green Greenland hedgerows herds hole Holland horse iceberg jaunt John Clerk keep kind LAKE HURON land Lapland legs light little birds man'y meadow merry mountains neighbours nest night noise numbers play poor prey reindeer Robert of Lincoln rooks round sailor sails Sepoys Sergeant Berkeley sewing sharks shine ship shore side sing skates sleep sleighs snow snow skates soft song soon sound spank spiders Spink spread Spring stay tell tents thread told TOM BROWN trees village watch waves wheels wild wind winter wood yeast
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الصفحة 109 - Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink, Nice good wife that never goes out, Keeping house while I frolic about. Chee, chee, chee. Soon as the little ones chip the shell, Six wide mouths are open for food ; Robert of Lincoln bestirs him well, Gathering seeds for the hungry brood : Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink, This new life is likely to be Hard for a gay young fellow like me. Chee, chee, chee.
الصفحة 43 - Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me: "Pipe a song about a Lamb!' So I piped with merry cheer. 'Piper, pipe that song again;
الصفحة 43 - Drop thy pipe, thy happy pipe; Sing thy songs of happy cheer!" So I sang the same again, While he wept with joy to hear. "Piper, sit thee down and write In a book, that all may read.
الصفحة 109 - Modest and shy as a nun is she, One weak chirp is her only note. Braggart and prince of braggarts is he, Pouring boasts from his little throat: Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink; Never was I afraid of man ; Catch me, cowardly knaves, if you can. Chee, chee, chee.
الصفحة 107 - MERRILY swinging on brier and weed, Near to the nest of his little dame, Over the mountain-side or mead, Robert of Lincoln is telling his name : Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Snug and safe is that nest of ours, Hidden among the summer flowers. Chee, chee, chee.
الصفحة 110 - Off is his holiday garment laid, Half forgotten that merry air: Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink; Nobody knows but my mate and I Where our nest and our nestlings lie. Chee, chee, chee. Summer wanes; the children are grown; Fun and frolic no more he knows; Robert of Lincoln's a humdrum crone; Off he flies, and we sing as he goes: Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink; When you can pipe that merry old strain, Robert of Lincoln, come back again. Chee, chee, chee.
الصفحة 50 - Lullaby Hush ! the waves are rolling in, White with foam, white with foam ; Father toils amid the din ; But baby sleeps at home. Hush ! the winds roar hoarse and deep, — On they come, on they come ! Brother seeks the wandering sheep : But baby sleeps at home.
الصفحة 6 - The Baby's Dance. DANCE, little baby, dance up high : Never mind, baby, mother is by ; Crow and caper, caper and crow, There, little baby, there you go...
الصفحة 78 - MY God, who makes the sun to know His proper hour to rise, And, to give light to all below, Doth send him round the skies.
الصفحة 108 - Robert of Lincoln's Quaker wife, Pretty and quiet, with plain brown wings, Passing at home a patient life, Broods in the grass while her husband sings : Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink; Brood, kind creature; you need not fear Thieves and robbers while I am here. Chee, chee, chee.