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 pages |
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... called clans , each of which bore a different name , and lived upon the lands of a different chieftain . The members of every tribe were tied one to another not only by the feudal , but by the patriarchal , bond ; for while the ...
... called clans , each of which bore a different name , and lived upon the lands of a different chieftain . The members of every tribe were tied one to another not only by the feudal , but by the patriarchal , bond ; for while the ...
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... called savage , carried in the outward expression of their manners the politeness of courts without their vices , and in their bosoms the high point of honor without its follies . In countries where the surface is rugged , and the ...
... called savage , carried in the outward expression of their manners the politeness of courts without their vices , and in their bosoms the high point of honor without its follies . In countries where the surface is rugged , and the ...
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... called to the exercise , and astrono- my may now be looked upon , as the most certain and best established of the sciences . zon . We know that every visible object appears less in mag- nitude as it recedes from the eye . The lofty ...
... called to the exercise , and astrono- my may now be looked upon , as the most certain and best established of the sciences . zon . We know that every visible object appears less in mag- nitude as it recedes from the eye . The lofty ...
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... called , —then man- kind lose a sense of the beauties of nature ; but never , per- haps till then . A love for them is inherent in the mind , and almost always shows itself in youth ; and , if cherished at that period by education ...
... called , —then man- kind lose a sense of the beauties of nature ; but never , per- haps till then . A love for them is inherent in the mind , and almost always shows itself in youth ; and , if cherished at that period by education ...
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... called from its agonizing anticipa- tions , by the tremulous tones of a plaintive voice ; when , on looking around me , I saw a man kneeling beneath a branch- ing fir , and praying loudly and fervently . It was not , how- ever , the ...
... called from its agonizing anticipa- tions , by the tremulous tones of a plaintive voice ; when , on looking around me , I saw a man kneeling beneath a branch- ing fir , and praying loudly and fervently . It was not , how- ever , the ...
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Page 48 - 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...
Page 49 - 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.
Page 28 - 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?
Page 223 - 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...
Page 40 - 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...
Page 97 - 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.
Page 156 - 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!
Page 24 - 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.
Page 158 - 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.
Page 154 - 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.