LUYỆN ĐỌC TIẾNG ANH QUA TÁC PHẨM VĂN HỌC-JULES VERNE- THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND- CHAPTER 48 docx

... that the men were at the window,’ replied Oliver, pointing down, as he spoke, to the hedge which divided the cottage-garden from the meadow. The tall man leaped over, just there; and the Jew, ... nature of their search, they did not desist until the coming on of night rendered its further prosecution hopeless; and even then, they gave it up with reluctance. Giles was dispa...

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 03:15

... which the kings of the earth bring their glory and honour; which has no need of sun or moon to shine in it, because the glory of God lightens it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. In the prayer ... wanderers from the fold: a return, even at the eleventh hour, for those whom the temptations of the world and the flesh were luring from the narrow path. He asked, he...

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 15:15

... astir behind them! No need to listen for doors opening to fancy steps on the pavement or the gravel-walk! The lawn, the grounds were trodden and waste: the portal yawned void. The front was, ... broke the morning stillness. Strange delight inspired me: on I hastened. Another field crossed a lane threaded and there were the courtyard walls the back offices: the house i...

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 15:15

... him. He came upon the spot. There were half-dressed figures tearing to and fro, some endeavouring to drag the frightened horses from the stables, others driving the cattle from the yard and out-houses, ... and rubbed his clothes; there were spots that would not be removed, but he cut the pieces out, and burnt them. How those stains were dispersed about the room! The very...

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 11:16

... the other side. At a sign from Mr. Brownlow, they helped out a third man, and taking him between them, hurried him into the house. This man was Monks. They walked in the same manner up the ... determined to be the same, your blood be upon your own head!’ ’By what authority am I kidnapped in the street, and brought here by these dogs?’ asked Monks, looking from one to the o...

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 11:16

... was Mr. Grimwig all ready to receive them, kissing the young lady, and the old one too, when they got out of the coach, as if he were the grandfather of the whole party, all smiles and kindness, ... ‘What was the fate of the other the child?’ The child,’ replied Monks, ‘when her father died in a strange place, in a strange name, without a letter, book, or scrap of paper...

Ngày tải lên: 21/01/2014, 17:20

... and Brittles, they still remain in their old posts, although the former is bald, and the last-named boy quite grey. They sleep at the parsonage, but divide their attentions so equally among ... years, before another name is placed above it! But, if the spirits of the Dead ever come back to earth, to visit spots hallowed by the love the love beyond the grave—of those whom th...

Ngày tải lên: 21/01/2014, 17:20

... listening to the sound of the piano or the harp played below, to the passing to and fro of the butler and footman, to the jingling of glass and china as refreshments were handed, to the broken ... and the page I had usually found fascinating. I opened the glass- door in the breakfast-room: the shrubbery was quite still: the black frost reigned, unbroken by sun or b...

Ngày tải lên: 22/01/2014, 01:20

... feebly from the pillow; and a faint voice imperfectly articulated the words, ‘Let me see the child, and die.’ The surgeon had been sitting with his face turned towards the fire: giving the palms ... dinner; and the nurse, having once more applied herself to the green bottle, sat down on a low chair before the fire, and proceeded to dress the infant. What an excellent...

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 14:20

... front of the desk. ’This is the boy, your worship,’ said Mr. Bumble. The old gentleman who was reading the newspaper raised his head for a moment, and pulled the other old gentleman by the sleeve; ... him.’ ’Walk in,’ said the gentleman in the white waistcoat. Mr. Gamfield having lingered behind, to give the donkey another blow on the head, and another wrench of the...

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 14:20