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 páginas |
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... minds the invaluable habit of attention , but also of communicating to them , along with facility in the art of reading ... mind of the performer ! How many , in which they have left be- hind them only the most erroneous and absurd ...
... minds the invaluable habit of attention , but also of communicating to them , along with facility in the art of reading ... mind of the performer ! How many , in which they have left be- hind them only the most erroneous and absurd ...
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... mind in a state of vicious ac- tivity ! The want of a good and even of a fine ear for music , was almost unknown amongst them ; because it was kept in continual practice among the multitude from passion , but by the wiser few , because ...
... mind in a state of vicious ac- tivity ! The want of a good and even of a fine ear for music , was almost unknown amongst them ; because it was kept in continual practice among the multitude from passion , but by the wiser few , because ...
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... minds of all , every considerable family had a historian who recounted , and a bard who sang , the deeds of the clan and of its chieftain : and all , even the lowest in station , were sent to school in their youth ; partly because they ...
... minds of all , every considerable family had a historian who recounted , and a bard who sang , the deeds of the clan and of its chieftain : and all , even the lowest in station , were sent to school in their youth ; partly because they ...
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... mind will be ele- vated by celestial converse , the soul be endued with immor tal vigor , and man be prepared for the course of eternity . " The angel then turned from me , and with a voice , which I hear even now , cried , " Back to ...
... mind will be ele- vated by celestial converse , the soul be endued with immor tal vigor , and man be prepared for the course of eternity . " The angel then turned from me , and with a voice , which I hear even now , cried , " Back to ...
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... mind , ope- rated upon by the purest and most elevating of external influences . Such a man may be simple and rough , but he cannot be vulgar . The man of refinement , therefore , finds nothing revolting in an intercourse with the lower ...
... mind , ope- rated upon by the purest and most elevating of external influences . Such a man may be simple and rough , but he cannot be vulgar . The man of refinement , therefore , finds nothing revolting in an intercourse with the lower ...
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Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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?
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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!
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.