Introduction to the English Reader: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Calculated to Improve the Younger Classes of Learners in Reading ... From the Last English EditionCollins & Company, 1831 - 150 էջ |
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... leaves no room for pauses ; fatigues himself ; and lowers the dignity of his subject . His hear- ers lose much of what is delivered , and must always be dissatisfied with a reader who hurries and tires them . Children are very apt to ...
... leaves no room for pauses ; fatigues himself ; and lowers the dignity of his subject . His hear- ers lose much of what is delivered , and must always be dissatisfied with a reader who hurries and tires them . Children are very apt to ...
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... leaf , 18. Trust in the goodness of God , 20. The dying Christian to his soul , Pago · 140 ib . 142 143 ib . - 144 145 ib . 146 ib . 117 7 . 148 149 ib . 150 ib . 151 152 • ib 153 154 ih . 155 19. The Christian race , 21. Epitaph on a ...
... leaf , 18. Trust in the goodness of God , 20. The dying Christian to his soul , Pago · 140 ib . 142 143 ib . - 144 145 ib . 146 ib . 117 7 . 148 149 ib . 150 ib . 151 152 • ib 153 154 ih . 155 19. The Christian race , 21. Epitaph on a ...
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... leaves . 9. Full of passion and jealousy , he ran to his father , and said ; 66 Father , what sort of a tree is that which you have given me ? It is as dry as a broomstick ; and I shall not have ten apples on it . My brother you have ...
... leaves . 9. Full of passion and jealousy , he ran to his father , and said ; 66 Father , what sort of a tree is that which you have given me ? It is as dry as a broomstick ; and I shall not have ten apples on it . My brother you have ...
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... leaves it for other animals , more rapacious and less delicate than him- self . Solitary , like the lion , he keeps the desert to himself alone ; it is as extraordinary to see two pair of eagles in the same mountain , as two lions in ...
... leaves it for other animals , more rapacious and less delicate than him- self . Solitary , like the lion , he keeps the desert to himself alone ; it is as extraordinary to see two pair of eagles in the same mountain , as two lions in ...
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... leaves and branches . 6. The manners of the Ouran - Outang , when in confine- ment , are gentle , and , for the most part , harmless , perfect- ly devoid of that disgusting ferocity so conspicuous in some of the larger baboons and ...
... leaves and branches . 6. The manners of the Ouran - Outang , when in confine- ment , are gentle , and , for the most part , harmless , perfect- ly devoid of that disgusting ferocity so conspicuous in some of the larger baboons and ...
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Էջ 91 - Ever charming, ever new, When will the landscape tire the view ! The fountain's fall, the river's flow, The woody valleys, warm and low ; The windy summit, wild and high, "Roughly rushing on the sky ! The pleasant seat, the ruin'd tower, The naked rock, the shady bower ; The town and village, dome and farm, Each give each a double charm, As pearls upon an Ethiop's arm.
Էջ 90 - I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family.
Էջ 152 - And an immortal crown. 2 A cloud of witnesses around Hold thee in full survey ; Forget the steps already trod, And onward urge thy way. 3...
Էջ 134 - 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.
Էջ 122 - Rest, little young One, rest ; thou hast forgot the day When my father found thee first in places far away...
Էջ 90 - I saved my money. As I grew up, came into the world, and observed the actions of men, I thought I met with many, very many, who gave too much for the whistle.
Էջ 155 - My thoughts, before they are my own, Are to my God distinctly known ; He knows the words I mean to speak Ere from my opening lips they break. 3 Within thy circling power I stand; On every side I find thy hand; Awake, asleep, at home, abroad, I am surrounded still with God.
Էջ 122 - What ails thee, young one? what? Why pull so at thy cord ? Is it not well with thee? — well both for bed and board? Thy plot of grass is soft, and green as grass can be ; Rest, little young one, rest ; what is't that aileth thee ? "What is it thou wouldst seek?
Էջ 153 - ... what is this absorbs me quite steals my senses shuts my sight drowns my...
Էջ 155 - God. 4 Amazing- knowledge, vast and great ! What large extent ! what lofty height ! My soul, with all the powers I boast, Is in the boundless prospect lost. 5 O may these thoughts possess my breast, Where'er I rove, where'er I rest ! Nor let my weaker passions dare Consent to sin, for God is there.