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McGuffey’s Third Eclectic Reader Lesson 48: Who Made the Stars?
Lesson: The beautiful blue sky? Who made the moon, so clear and bright, That rises up so high?’ He formed them by his power; He made alike the brilliant sun, And every leaf and flower. Your sparkling eyes to see; Your busy, prattling tongue to talk, And limbs so light and free. With loveliness and…
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Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children Chapter 22: The Enchanted Bark
Chapter 22: The Enchanted Bark Fair and softly, and step by step, did Don Quixote and his squire wend their way through field and wood and village and farmland. Many and strange were their adventures — so many and strange, indeed, that I shall not try to relate the half of them. At length, on…
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McGuffey’s Third Eclectic Reader: Lesson 46: Harry and the Guidepost
Lesson: Beneath the mountain gray, And not a single star appeared To shoot a silver ray. And screamed along the blast; And onward, with a quickened step, Benighted Harry passed. He groped his way to find; And now, he thought he saw beyond, A form of horrid kind. Of cloak and mantle bare, And held…
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Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children Chapter 21: The Adventure with the Lions
Chapter 21: The Adventure with the Lions The sun rose high in the sky, and Don Quixote jogged onward, full of joy and pride. He had overthrown the Knight of the Mirrors, and he was more persuaded than ever that he was the most valiant hero in the world. Neither enchanter nor enchantments could alarm…
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Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children Chapter 20: The Knight of the Mirrors
Chapter 20: The Knight of the Mirrors That night Don Quixote and Sancho Panza sought shelter under some trees by the roadside. Sancho unsaddled his Dapple and turned the beast loose to graze among the shrubs and thistles; then he threw himself down at the foot of a cork tree and was soon fast asleep.…
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Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children Chapter 19: The Strolling Players
Chapter 19: The Strolling Players A few days afterward as Don Quixote was riding onward and still grieving because of his ill luck, he suddenly met a large cart full of strange people. The driver, who was walking by his horses, was dressed very oddly. His coat and trousers were of scarlet, he had horns…
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Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children Chapter 18: In Search of Dulcinea
Chapter 18: In Search of Dulcinea Towards evening on the appointed day, the start was made. Don Quixote mounted his Rozinante, and Sancho threw himself astride of his faithful Dapple. The knight carried a new lance and wore a new helmet of brass which his friend Samson had given him; and the squire carried a…
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Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children Chapter 17: With Friends and Neighbors
Chapter 17: With Friends and Neighbors For nearly a month Don Quixote remained at home, seeing no one at all but his niece and the housekeeper. The curate and the barber came daily to inquire how he was doing; but they kept carefully out of his sight lest they might hinder his recovery. At length…
