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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... mean approbation . He that cannot bear a jest should not make one . We can do nothing against the truth , but for the truth . I fear not death , and shall I , then , fear thee ? Justice appropriates rewards to merit , and punishment to ...
... mean approbation . He that cannot bear a jest should not make one . We can do nothing against the truth , but for the truth . I fear not death , and shall I , then , fear thee ? Justice appropriates rewards to merit , and punishment to ...
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... mean , if he become poor , notwithstanding his dissipation , he will not lose his good character . RULE 6. The expression of tender emotions gener- ally inclines the voice to a gentle , upward slide . Is EXAMPLES . your father well ...
... mean , if he become poor , notwithstanding his dissipation , he will not lose his good character . RULE 6. The expression of tender emotions gener- ally inclines the voice to a gentle , upward slide . Is EXAMPLES . your father well ...
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... mean bírth ; I despise their mean chŕr- acters . Want of birth and fortune is the objection against mé ; want of personal worth against them . Mirth is short and tránsient ; cheerfulness fixed and pčrma- nent . Mirth is like a flash of ...
... mean bírth ; I despise their mean chŕr- acters . Want of birth and fortune is the objection against mé ; want of personal worth against them . Mirth is short and tránsient ; cheerfulness fixed and pčrma- nent . Mirth is like a flash of ...
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... means ; I had rather coin my heart , And drop iny blo`d for drachmas , than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trŕsh , By any indirection . I did send To you for gold to pay my lčgions , Which TOWN'S FOURTH READER . 45 ...
... means ; I had rather coin my heart , And drop iny blo`d for drachmas , than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trŕsh , By any indirection . I did send To you for gold to pay my lčgions , Which TOWN'S FOURTH READER . 45 ...
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... means , warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer , as a Christian is ? Exercise 12. - To Illustrate Rule 13 , page 36 . O thōu unutterable Pōtentate ! Through nature's vast extent , sublimely great ! But here , on these gigantic ...
... means , warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer , as a Christian is ? Exercise 12. - To Illustrate Rule 13 , page 36 . O thōu unutterable Pōtentate ! Through nature's vast extent , sublimely great ! But here , on these gigantic ...
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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 Cćsar 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...