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 StatesEly and Strong, 1838 - 276 Seiten |
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... Pulaski's Banner The Child of Earth · Mrs. Sigourney 117 B. B. Thatcher 119 Montgomery 120 · · Mc Lellan 154 Macarthy 155 Longfellow 156 Mrs. Norton 169 Blackwood's Magazine 170 On visiting a Scene of Childhood Autumn CONTENTS . vii.
... Pulaski's Banner The Child of Earth · Mrs. Sigourney 117 B. B. Thatcher 119 Montgomery 120 · · Mc Lellan 154 Macarthy 155 Longfellow 156 Mrs. Norton 169 Blackwood's Magazine 170 On visiting a Scene of Childhood Autumn CONTENTS . vii.
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... earth waking from deep slumber ; the day flowing down the sides of the hills , till it reaches the secret valleys ; the little insect recalled to life ; the bird trying her wings ; man going forth to his labor ; each created being ...
... earth waking from deep slumber ; the day flowing down the sides of the hills , till it reaches the secret valleys ; the little insect recalled to life ; the bird trying her wings ; man going forth to his labor ; each created being ...
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... earth waking from her deep slumber ? ' Point out the words , in this part of the piece , used metaphorically . Why is the day repre- sented as ' flowing down the sides of the hills ? ' What is ' painted ' derived from ? Name other ...
... earth waking from her deep slumber ? ' Point out the words , in this part of the piece , used metaphorically . Why is the day repre- sented as ' flowing down the sides of the hills ? ' What is ' painted ' derived from ? Name other ...
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... was still contemplating the same trophies of the un- sparing victor , the same mementos of human evanescence . Some were standing upright ; others were inclined to the ground ; some were sunk so deeply in the earth FIRST - CLASS READER .
... was still contemplating the same trophies of the un- sparing victor , the same mementos of human evanescence . Some were standing upright ; others were inclined to the ground ; some were sunk so deeply in the earth FIRST - CLASS READER .
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... earth , that their blue tops were just visible above the long grass which sur- rounded them ; and others were spotted or covered with the thin yellow moss of the grave - yard . I was reading the in- scriptions on the stones , which were ...
... earth , that their blue tops were just visible above the long grass which sur- rounded them ; and others were spotted or covered with the thin yellow moss of the grave - yard . I was reading the in- scriptions on the stones , which were ...
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Acbar Alhambra animals appeared Aurora Borealis Babylon beautiful behold beneath birds Boabdil bosom brave breast breath breeze bright brother brow called canoes cataract character clouds dark dead death deep delight dream earth enjoyment eternal eyes father feeling feet fell flowers Forever charming friends gaze give glory golden morning break grave green guerite hand happy hath heard heart heaven Herculaneum Hernando de Talavera holy honor hope hour human John Cochrane land LESSON light living look Lord Mark Stuart mastiff mighty mind mingled moral morning mother mountain mysterious nature never night o'er object Ossian passed passions peace pleasure river rock round scene sea of Galilee seemed shore Sicily solemn soul sound spirit stood stream sublime sweet tears thee thing thou thought toil trees truth virtue voice Wampanoags waves wild wind wonderful words youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 30 - 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...
Seite 43 - 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.
Seite 150 - He must divest himself of the prejudices of his age or country; he must consider right and wrong in their abstracted and invariable state; he must disregard present laws and opinions , and rise to general and transcendental truths, which will always be the same...
Seite 22 - 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?
Seite 150 - The business of a poet," said Imlac, " is to examine, not the individual, but the species; to remark general properties and large appearances; he does not number the streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest.
Seite 215 - 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...
Seite 227 - Lord sware unto thy fathers, to cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the Lord hath spoken. And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded you ? then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt ; and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand...
Seite 91 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The 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 hallow'd and so gracious is the time.
Seite 148 - 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!
Seite 180 - Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest, Curl the still waters, bright with stars, and rouse The wide old wood from his majestic rest, Summoning from the...