Introduction to the English Reader: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Calculated to Improve the Younger Classes of Learners in Reading, and to Imbue Their Minds with the Love of Virtue ; to which are Added, Rules and Observations for Assisting Children to Read with ProprietyLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1836 - 152 стор. |
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... leaves no room for pauses ; fatigues himself ; and lowers the dignity of his subject . His hearers lose much of what is delivered , and must always be dissatisfied with a reader who hurries and tires them . Children are very apt to read ...
... leaves no room for pauses ; fatigues himself ; and lowers the dignity of his subject . His hearers lose much of what is delivered , and must always be dissatisfied with a reader who hurries and tires them . Children are very apt to read ...
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... leaf , 18. Trust in the goodness of God , .. 19. The Christian race , 20. The dying Christian to his soul , ......... ... 21. Epitaph on a poor and virtuous man , 223 224 .......... 225 ......... 226 ..... 227 SECT . 22. Love to enemies ...
... leaf , 18. Trust in the goodness of God , .. 19. The Christian race , 20. The dying Christian to his soul , ......... ... 21. Epitaph on a poor and virtuous man , 223 224 .......... 225 ......... 226 ..... 227 SECT . 22. Love to enemies ...
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... covered with moss , and a few yellow , withered leaves . Full of passion and jealousy , he ran to his father , and said : " Father , what sort of a tree is that which you have given me ? It is as dry as a 22 PART I. INTRODUCTION & c .
... covered with moss , and a few yellow , withered leaves . Full of passion and jealousy , he ran to his father , and said : " Father , what sort of a tree is that which you have given me ? It is as dry as a 22 PART I. INTRODUCTION & c .
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... leaves it for other animals , more rapacious and less delicate than himself . Solitary like the lion , he keeps the desert to himself alone ; it is as extraordinary to see two pairs of eagles in the same mountain , as two lions in the ...
... leaves it for other animals , more rapacious and less delicate than himself . Solitary like the lion , he keeps the desert to himself alone ; it is as extraordinary to see two pairs of eagles in the same mountain , as two lions in the ...
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... leaves and branches . The manners of the ouran - outang , when in confinement , are gentle , and , for the most part , harmless , perfectly devoid of that disgusting fero- city so conspicuous in some of the larger baboons and monkeys ...
... leaves and branches . The manners of the ouran - outang , when in confinement , are gentle , and , for the most part , harmless , perfectly devoid of that disgusting fero- city so conspicuous in some of the larger baboons and monkeys ...
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Сторінка 199 - HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound ; Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire.
Сторінка 205 - Ross, each lisping babe replies. Behold the market-place with poor o'erspread, The Man of Ross divides the weekly bread : He feeds yon almshouse, neat but void of state, Where age and want sit smiling at the gate ; Him portion'd maids, apprentic'd orphans bless' d, The young who labour and the old who rest. Is any sick ? the Man of Ross relieves, Prescribes, attends, the med'cine makes and gives.
Сторінка 180 - I've heard of fearful winds and darkness that come there; The little brooks that seem all pastime and all play, When they are angry, -roar like lions for their prey.
Сторінка 227 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes; my ears With sounds seraphic ring! Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
Сторінка 204 - She guides the young, with innocence, In pleasure's path to tread ; A crown of glory she bestows Upon the hoary head.
Сторінка 123 - I might have bought with the rest of the money; and laughed at me so much for my folly, that I cried with vexation; and the reflection gave me more chagrin than the whistle gave me pleasure.
Сторінка 124 - Don't give too much for the whistle ; and I saved my money.
Сторінка 189 - To thee, almighty God, to thee, Our childhood we resign ; 'Twill please us to look back and see That our whole lives were thine.
Сторінка 124 - I, too much for his whistle. If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens, and the joys of benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth, Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle.
Сторінка 146 - ... a woman, returning from the labors of the field, stopped to observe me, and, perceiving that I was weary and dejected, inquired into my situation, which I briefly explained to her ; whereupon, with looks of great compassion, she took up my saddle and bridle, and told me to follow her.