The American Manual: Or New English Reader: Consisting of Exercises in Reading and Speaking, Both in Prose and Poetry; Selected from the Best Writers. To which are Added, a Succinct History of the Colonies, from the Discovery of North America to the Close of the War of the Revolution; the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States. For the Use of SchoolsS.H. Henry & Company, 1833 - 295 стор. |
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... thing . One fush of passion on the cheek , one beam of feeling from the eye , one thrilling note of sensibility from the tongue , have a thousand times more value than any exemplifico- tion of mere rules , where feeling is absent . " 66 ...
... thing . One fush of passion on the cheek , one beam of feeling from the eye , one thrilling note of sensibility from the tongue , have a thousand times more value than any exemplifico- tion of mere rules , where feeling is absent . " 66 ...
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... things are necessary , -which are , na- ture , study , and practice . To endure present evils with patience , and wait ... thing that is bright . Never employ yourself to discern the faults of others ; but be careful to amend and prevent ...
... things are necessary , -which are , na- ture , study , and practice . To endure present evils with patience , and wait ... thing that is bright . Never employ yourself to discern the faults of others ; but be careful to amend and prevent ...
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... thing , and not desiring it . Be very cautious of speaking or believing any ill of your neighbors ; but be much more cautious of making hasty reports of them to their disadvantage . Upon whatsoever foundation happiness is built , when ...
... thing , and not desiring it . Be very cautious of speaking or believing any ill of your neighbors ; but be much more cautious of making hasty reports of them to their disadvantage . Upon whatsoever foundation happiness is built , when ...
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... thing at a time . When you descant on the faults of others , consider whether you be not guilty of the same . To gain knowledge of ourselves , the best way is to convert the imperfections of others , into a mirrors for discovering our ...
... thing at a time . When you descant on the faults of others , consider whether you be not guilty of the same . To gain knowledge of ourselves , the best way is to convert the imperfections of others , into a mirrors for discovering our ...
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... things lie huddled together in one chaos , which admits neither of distribution nor re- view . Whatever ornamental or engaging endowments you now possess , virtue is a necessary requisite , in order to their shi- ning with proper luster ...
... things lie huddled together in one chaos , which admits neither of distribution nor re- view . Whatever ornamental or engaging endowments you now possess , virtue is a necessary requisite , in order to their shi- ning with proper luster ...
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Сторінка 202 - The priest-like father reads the sacred page, How Abram was the friend of God on high ; Or, Moses bade eternal warfare wage With Amalek's ungracious progeny ; Or how the royal bard did groaning lie Beneath the stroke of Heaven's avenging ire ; Or Job's pathetic plaint and wailing cry ; Or rapt Isaiah's wild, seraphic fire ; Or other holy seers that tune the sacred lyre. Perhaps...
Сторінка 269 - To establish post offices and post roads; To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries; To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court; To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and...
Сторінка 201 - They chant their artless notes in simple guise; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim : Perhaps ' Dundee's ' wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive *• Martyrs...
Сторінка 198 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Сторінка 169 - The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school. The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; — These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made.
Сторінка 262 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise; the State remaining, in the meantime, exposed to all the danger of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Сторінка 109 - There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free — if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending — if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us!
Сторінка 197 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street: On with the dance! let joy be unconfined: No sleep till morn when youth and pleasure meet, To chase the glowing hours with flying feet.
Сторінка 197 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness: And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts; and choking sighs. Which ne'er might be repeated...
Сторінка 223 - Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send: He gave to Misery all he had, a tear, He gained from Heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend.