LUYỆN ĐỌC TIẾNG ANH QUA TÁC PHẨM VĂN HỌC-VANITY FAIR -WILLIAM MAKERPEACE THACKERAY -CHAPTER 16 potx

... his new jacket as nearly to set him on fire. ‘Look at his togs! Superfine cloth, and the Fair, or not fair, ’ retorted Sikes, ‘hand over, I tell you! Do you think Nancy and me has got nothing ... end in his being taken back. ’Come! Hand over, will you?’ said Sikes. ’This is hardly fair, Bill; hardly fair, is it, Nancy?’ inquired the Jew. kind to me: will think I stole them. Oh, do h...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2013, 18:15

... safety. At least half a dozen more were severally drawn forth from the same box, and surveyed with equal pleasure; besides rings, brooches, bracelet, and other articles of jewellery, of such magnificent

Ngày tải lên: 17/10/2013, 22:15

... limpid, salubrious: no gush of bilge water had turned it to fetid puddle. I was your equal at eighteen quite your equal. Nature meant me to be, on the whole, a good man, Miss Eyre; one of the better ... won't do to neglect her; she is a Fairfax, or wed to one; and blood is said to be thicker than water." He rang, and despatched an invitation to Mrs. Fairfax, who soon arrived, k...

Ngày tải lên: 18/10/2013, 01:15

... your plebeian bride in the attributes of a peeress. I though how I would carry down to you the square of unembroidered blond I had myself prepared as a covering for my low-born head, and ask ... now?" "No, no, sir; besides the delicacy and richness of the fabric, I found nothing save Fairfax Rochester's pride; and that did not scare me, because I am used to the sight of t...

Ngày tải lên: 18/10/2013, 01:15

... passengers as they turn the corners, rousing up the dogs, and astonishing the fowls: and streets, squares, and courts, re- echo with the sound. ’Stop thief! Stop thief!’ The cry is taken up by a ... rushed upon the boy’s mind. Oliver Twist Charles Dickens CHAPTER X OLIVER BECOMES BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH THE CHARACTERS OF HIS NEW ASSOCIATES; AND PURCHASES EXPERIENCE AT A HIGH PRIC...

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 16:15

... of the scene. Mr. Fang was a lean, long-backed, stiff-necked, middle-sized man, with no great quantity of hair, and what he had, growing on the back and sides of his head. His face was stern,

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 16:15

... his head; ‘crime, like death, is not confined to the old and withered alone. The youngest and fairest are too often its chosen victims.’ ’But, can you—oh! can you really believe that this delicate ... of parents in your goodness and affection, but that I might have done so, and might have been equally helpless and unprotected with this poor child, have pity upon him before it is too lat...

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 16:15

... goodness?’ The old lady dropped a curtsey. The doctor, after tasting the cool stuff, and expressing a qualified approval of it, hurried away: his boots creaking in a very important and wealthy manner

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 14:15

... afford to throw away any drink but water—and not that, unless he done the River Company every quarter. Wot’s it all about, Fagin? D—me, if my neck-handkercher an’t lined with beer! Come in, ... growth, and two scowling eyes; one Oliver Twist Charles Dickens CHAPTER XIII SOME NEW ACQUAINTANCES ARE INTRODUCED TO THE INTELLIGENT READER, CONNECTED WITH WHOM VARIOUS PLEASANT MATTE...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 14:15

... tints upon the wet house-tops, and dreary streets. There appeared to be nobody stirring in that quarter of the town; the windows of the houses were all closely shut; and the streets through which ... were noiseless and empty. By the time they had turned into the Bethnal Green Road, the day had fairly begun to break. Many of the lamps were already extinguished; a few country waggons were...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 14:15