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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... whole , than a fragment . Mere detached sen- tences , the understanding of which presupposes an acquaint- ance with their preceding and subsequent connections , have been studiously rejected ; for the obvious reason , that scholars ...
... whole , than a fragment . Mere detached sen- tences , the understanding of which presupposes an acquaint- ance with their preceding and subsequent connections , have been studiously rejected ; for the obvious reason , that scholars ...
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... whole passage , but will also , with a view to future exigences , direct his attention to the full force and signification of the particular terms employed , and likewise , in some cases at least , to their roots , derivatives , and ...
... whole passage , but will also , with a view to future exigences , direct his attention to the full force and signification of the particular terms employed , and likewise , in some cases at least , to their roots , derivatives , and ...
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... whole scene a new character and beauty . As it moved on now in majesty and pride , the 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 ...
... whole scene a new character and beauty . As it moved on now in majesty and pride , the 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 ...
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... whole concluding with the solemn dirge and lamentation for the slain . By the loudness and artificial jarring of their war - instrument , the bagpipe , which played continually during the action , their spirits were exalted to a frenzy ...
... whole concluding with the solemn dirge and lamentation for the slain . By the loudness and artificial jarring of their war - instrument , the bagpipe , which played continually during the action , their spirits were exalted to a frenzy ...
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... whole of the Pacific Ocean is crowded with islands of the same architecture , the pro- duce of the same insignificant architects . An animal bare- ly possessing life , scarcely appearing to possess volition , tied down to its narrow ...
... whole of the Pacific Ocean is crowded with islands of the same architecture , the pro- duce of the same insignificant architects . An animal bare- ly possessing life , scarcely appearing to possess volition , tied down to its narrow ...
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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.