The Fourth Reader, Or Exercises in Reading and Speaking Designed for the Higher Classes in Our Public and Private SchoolsSanborn & Carter, 1851 - 408 páginas |
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... Hundred Years Ago ,. 19. Night in Eden , 27. Ode on Education , 22. Westminster Abbey , 36. The Gray Forest Eagle , 33. Ursa Major , 41. Mount Monadnock , POETRY . Mrs. Sigourney . 84 • Anon . 92 · Mellen . 93 Mrs. Evans . 114 Lester ...
... Hundred Years Ago ,. 19. Night in Eden , 27. Ode on Education , 22. Westminster Abbey , 36. The Gray Forest Eagle , 33. Ursa Major , 41. Mount Monadnock , POETRY . Mrs. Sigourney . 84 • Anon . 92 · Mellen . 93 Mrs. Evans . 114 Lester ...
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... hundred miles from land . Two of them had no decks in the center ; and the other , which carried the High Admiral , " was but little better fitted to meet the storm . 5. In such plight as this , on Friday , the third of August , 1492 ...
... hundred miles from land . Two of them had no decks in the center ; and the other , which carried the High Admiral , " was but little better fitted to meet the storm . 5. In such plight as this , on Friday , the third of August , 1492 ...
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... HUNDRED YEARS AGO . MELLEN . 1. WAKE your harp's music ! - louder , — higher . And pour your strains along ; And smite again each quivering wire , In all the pride of song ! Shout like those god - like men ' of old , Who , daring storm ...
... HUNDRED YEARS AGO . MELLEN . 1. WAKE your harp's music ! - louder , — higher . And pour your strains along ; And smite again each quivering wire , In all the pride of song ! Shout like those god - like men ' of old , Who , daring storm ...
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... hundred years ago ! 4. Oh ! ' t was a hard , unyielding fate That drove them to the seas , And Persecution strove with Hate , To darken her decrees ; But safe above each coral grave , Each looming ship did go , - And God was on the ...
... hundred years ago ! 4. Oh ! ' t was a hard , unyielding fate That drove them to the seas , And Persecution strove with Hate , To darken her decrees ; But safe above each coral grave , Each looming ship did go , - And God was on the ...
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... hundred years ago ! 8. Oh ! stay not to recount the tale ; - ' T was bloody , and ' t is past ; ― The firmest cheek might well grow pale , To hear it to the last . The God of heaven , who prospers us , Could bid a nation grow , And ...
... hundred years ago ! 8. Oh ! stay not to recount the tale ; - ' T was bloody , and ' t is past ; ― The firmest cheek might well grow pale , To hear it to the last . The God of heaven , who prospers us , Could bid a nation grow , And ...
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Anapestic ancholy ancient arms Aurelian beautiful behold beneath bosom brave bright Calais clouds dark dead death deep detona earth EXAMPLES fall father feel feet fire flowers forest friends gaze genius glory Goth grave Hafed hand happy heard heart heaven Herculaneum honor hour human hundred inflection Julius Cæsar Kilauea king labor land LESSON light live look ment mighty mind mountains nation nature never night o'er ocean passed pause Pliny the Younger Pompeii province of Spain rising rocks roll Rolla Roman Rome round Rule scene Scotland seemed shine shore silence smile solemn soul sound spirit splendor stalactites stars storm stream sublime syllables tears tempest temple thee things thou thought thousand thunder tion trees tremble Trochaic Trochee Ursa Major vast verse virtue voice waters waves wild wind wonders wooded crater words
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Página 373 - Nor in the embrace of ocean shall exist Thy image. Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again...
Página 45 - There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats ; For I am armed so strong in honesty That they pass by me as the idle wind, Which I respect not.
Página 374 - All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom.
Página 384 - All too will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate which would be oppression.
Página 24 - Some Books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; That is, some Books are to be read only in parts; others to be read but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some Books also may be read by deputy...
Página 373 - The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, - the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods - rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste, Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
Página 40 - The style of Dryden is capricious and varied ; that of Pope is cautious and uniform. Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle.
Página 344 - He thinks the whole world sees it in his face, reads it in his eyes, and almost hears its workings in the very silence of his thoughts. It has become his master. It betrays his discretion, it breaks down his courage, it conquers his prudence. When suspicions from without begin to embarrass him, and the net of circumstance to entangle him, the fatal secret struggles with still greater violence to burst forth.
Página 336 - Called upon by your country to defend its invaded rights, you accepted the sacred charge, before it had formed alliances, and whilst it was without funds or a government to support you. You have conducted the great military contest with wisdom and fortitude, invariably regarding the rights of the civil power through all disasters and changes.
Página 73 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal ; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord...