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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... living beings ? Is the term , prop- erly speaking , more comprehensive ? What is the origin of the term being ? Does it apply to unorganized or lifeless matter , as well as to living creatures ? Define , and give some of the derivatives ...
... living beings ? Is the term , prop- erly speaking , more comprehensive ? What is the origin of the term being ? Does it apply to unorganized or lifeless matter , as well as to living creatures ? Define , and give some of the derivatives ...
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... living , and once more number the days which they had spent there , how differently would they then spend them ! and when they came to die , how much firmer would be their hope ! and when they were again laid in the ground , how much ...
... living , and once more number the days which they had spent there , how differently would they then spend them ! and when they came to die , how much firmer would be their hope ! and when they were again laid in the ground , how much ...
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... living sense of the loveliness and delightfulness of flowers . Of all the minor creations of God , they seem to be most completely the effusions of his love of beauty , grace and joy . Of all the natural objects which surround us , they ...
... living sense of the loveliness and delightfulness of flowers . Of all the minor creations of God , they seem to be most completely the effusions of his love of beauty , grace and joy . Of all the natural objects which surround us , they ...
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... living inspiration of grace to his spirit , for a perpetual admiration . And accordingly , they seize on our affections the first moment that we behold them . With what eagerness do very infants grasp at flowers ! As they become older ...
... living inspiration of grace to his spirit , for a perpetual admiration . And accordingly , they seize on our affections the first moment that we behold them . With what eagerness do very infants grasp at flowers ! As they become older ...
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... living waters leap from the rocks , and millions of new and res- plendent flowers brighten the fresh sward , what then is the joy of his heart ! To Omnipotence creation costs not an effort , but to the desolate and the weary , how ...
... living waters leap from the rocks , and millions of new and res- plendent flowers brighten the fresh sward , what then is the joy of his heart ! To Omnipotence creation costs not an effort , but to the desolate and the weary , how ...
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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
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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...