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 StatesClaremont Manufacturing Company, 1841 - 276 páginas |
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... human life . The castle of the chieftain was a kind of palace , to which every man of his tribe was made welcome ; where he was entertained according to his station , in time of peace , and whither all flocked , at the sound of war ...
... human life . The castle of the chieftain was a kind of palace , to which every man of his tribe was made welcome ; where he was entertained according to his station , in time of peace , and whither all flocked , at the sound of war ...
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... human is there- but the folly , the bustle , the vanities , the pretensions , the competitions , the pride of humanity , are gone - men are there , but their passions are hushed , and their spirits are still - malevolence has lost its ...
... human is there- but the folly , the bustle , the vanities , the pretensions , the competitions , the pride of humanity , are gone - men are there , but their passions are hushed , and their spirits are still - malevolence has lost its ...
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... 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 . 21.
... 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 . 21.
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... human figures of every age , and clad in the garments of death , rose from the ground , and stood by the side of their grave - stones . Their arms were crossed upon their bosoms - their countenances were deadly pale , and raised to ...
... human figures of every age , and clad in the garments of death , rose from the ground , and stood by the side of their grave - stones . Their arms were crossed upon their bosoms - their countenances were deadly pale , and raised to ...
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... human heart ; they are to us memorials of the joys , sorrows , hopes , and triumphs of our forefathers ; they are , to all nations , the emblems of youth in its loveliness and purity . The ancient Greeks , whose souls preeminently sympa ...
... human heart ; they are to us memorials of the joys , sorrows , hopes , and triumphs of our forefathers ; they are , to all nations , the emblems of youth in its loveliness and purity . The ancient Greeks , whose souls preeminently sympa ...
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The First-class Reader: A Selection for Exercises in Reading from Standard ... Benjamin Dudley Emerson Visualização completa - 1833 |
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Acbar Alhambra animals appeared Aurora Borealis Babylon beauty behold beneath birds Boabdil bosom brave breath breeze bright brother brow called canoes cataract character clouds dark dead death deep deer fly delight dream earth eternal father feeling feet flowers Forever charming friends gaze give glorious glory golden morning break grave Greece green guerite hand happiness hath heard heart heaven Herculaneum Hernando de Talavera holy honor hope hour human land LESSON light lives lofty look Mark Stuart mastiff mighty mind morning mother mountains mysterious nature never night o'er object ocean Ossian passed passions pathies peace pleasure river rock round scene seemed shore silent solemn soul sound spirit stood stream sublime sweet tears thee thing thou thought thousand toil trees truth virtue voice Wampanoags waters waves wild wind wonderful youth
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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 185 - THE EVENING WIND Spirit that breathest through my lattice, thou That cool'st the twilight of the sultry day, Gratefully flows thy freshness round my brow; Thou hast been out upon the deep at play, Riding all day the wild blue waves till now, Roughening their crests, and scattering high their spray, And swelling the white sail. I welcome thee To the scorched land, thou wanderer of the sea!
Página 118 - Night is the time for dreams ; The gay romance of life, When truth that is, and truth that seems, Blend in fantastic strife ; ' Ah! visions less beguiling far Than waking dreams by daylight are! Night is the...
Página 49 - 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 184 - Thou changest not ; but I am changed, Since first thy pleasant banks I ranged ; And the grave stranger, come to see The play-place of his infancy, Has scarce a single trace of him Who sported once upon thy brim. The visions of my youth are past — Too bright, too beautiful to last.
Página 69 - The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge is, perhaps, one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand on a very high point of land. On your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Potomac, in quest of a passage also. In the moment of their junction, they rush together against the mountain, rend it asunder, and pass off to the sea.
Página 152 - Mr. President, I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts; she needs none. There she is. Behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history; the world knows it by heart The past, at least, is secure. There is Boston, and Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker Hill; and there they will remain forever.
Página 183 - THIS little rill, that from the springs Of yonder grove its current brings, Plays on the slope awhile, and then Goes prattling into groves again, Oft to its warbling waters drew My little feet, when life was new. When woods in early green were dressed, And from the chambers of the west The...
Página 127 - Such was the solemn and pious manner in which the brilliant court of Spain celebrated this sublime event ; offering up a grateful tribute of melody and praise, and giving glory to God for the discovery of another world.
Página 152 - The corn, half garnered, on the plain, And mustered, in their simple dress, For wrongs to seek a stern redress ; To right those wrongs, come weal, come woe, To perish, or o'ercome their foe.