The First-class Reader: A Selection for Exercises in Reading : from Standard British and American Authors, in Prose and Verse : for the Use of Schools in the United StatesRussell, Odiorne, and Metcalf, 1833 - 276 ページ |
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... sounds and technicali- ties , his attention is excited , his curiosity is gratified , and his fancy is amused . In the second place , when proper books are put into the hands of the scholars , every article , which they read , may be ...
... sounds and technicali- ties , his attention is excited , his curiosity is gratified , and his fancy is amused . In the second place , when proper books are put into the hands of the scholars , every article , which they read , may be ...
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... sound of its gently heaving billows formed itself into the following words : ' At the outset of life , however humble we may seem , there may be in store for us great and unexpected opportunities of doing good and of being great . In ...
... sound of its gently heaving billows formed itself into the following words : ' At the outset of life , however humble we may seem , there may be in store for us great and unexpected opportunities of doing good and of being great . In ...
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... sound , which fell upon the ear like the voice of grief , and seemed to utter the conscious tribute of nature's ... sounds , I fell asleep . But whether my eyes closed or not , I am unable to say , for the same scene ap- peared to be ...
... sound , which fell upon the ear like the voice of grief , and seemed to utter the conscious tribute of nature's ... sounds , I fell asleep . But whether my eyes closed or not , I am unable to say , for the same scene ap- peared to be ...
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... sounds , that the very blood in my heart felt cold - subterraneous cries and groans issued from every part of the grave - yard , and these were mingled with a hollow crashing noise , as if the moul- dering bones were bursting from their ...
... sounds , that the very blood in my heart felt cold - subterraneous cries and groans issued from every part of the grave - yard , and these were mingled with a hollow crashing noise , as if the moul- dering bones were bursting from their ...
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... sounds of labor , and society , and merriment . Sometimes , I could see them meet together with inflamed features and angry ... sound swept by me , like the rushing wind - the dwellings shrunk back into their original forms , and I FIRST ...
... sounds of labor , and society , and merriment . Sometimes , I could see them meet together with inflamed features and angry ... sound swept by me , like the rushing wind - the dwellings shrunk back into their original forms , and I FIRST ...
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48 ページ - The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
49 ページ - How beautiful is night ! A dewy freshness fills the silent air, No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven : In full-orbed glory yonder moon divine Rolls through the dark blue depths.
28 ページ - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
223 ページ - I HAD a dream, which was not all a dream. The bright sun was extinguished, and the stars Did wander darkling in the eternal space, Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earth Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air...
40 ページ - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore. There is society where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not man the less, but nature more...
97 ページ - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm ; So hallowed and so gracious is the time.
156 ページ - Take thy banner! May it wave Proudly o'er the good and brave; When the battle's distant wail Breaks the sabbath of our vale, When the clarion's music thrills To the hearts of these lone hills, When the spear in conflict shakes, And the strong lance shivering breaks. "Take thy banner! and, beneath The battle-cloud's encircling wreath, Guard it!
24 ページ - In rural occupation there is nothing mean and debasing. It leads a man forth among scenes of natural grandeur and beauty ; it leaves him to the workings of his own mind, operated upon by the purest and most elevating of external influences. Such a man may be simple and rough, but he cannot be vulgar.
158 ページ - To a poet nothing can be useless. Whatever is beautiful, and whatever is dreadful, must be familiar to his imagination: he must be conversant with all that is awfully vast or elegantly little.
154 ページ - Oh, few and weak their numbers were — A handful of brave men ; But to their God they gave their prayer, And rushed to battle then.