The Student's Speaker: A New Collection of Original and Selected Pieces in Prose, Dialogues, and Poetry : Designed to Furnish Suitable Pieces for Speaking in Schools and at Public ExaminationsPratt, Woodford & Company, 1853 - 144 էջ |
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... grass growing bright and beautiful in spring . And I have seen the withered leaves , the dry and faded grass , and the decaying fruit in autumn . I have also seen a young child , beautiful and fair . It was full of life and joy . And I ...
... grass growing bright and beautiful in spring . And I have seen the withered leaves , the dry and faded grass , and the decaying fruit in autumn . I have also seen a young child , beautiful and fair . It was full of life and joy . And I ...
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... grass and fruit , which come forth in the spring , fresh and fair , but wither and fall to the earth in autumn . They tell me that childhood is the spring - time of life - that children are like the green leaves , the fresh grass , and ...
... grass and fruit , which come forth in the spring , fresh and fair , but wither and fall to the earth in autumn . They tell me that childhood is the spring - time of life - that children are like the green leaves , the fresh grass , and ...
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... grass ; peace came as a river , and joy like the cataracts of the mountain . These were the blessings of Ki - man - chee and his brothers , when they drank at the forest spring and grew strong . But alas ! where now is Ki - man - chee ...
... grass ; peace came as a river , and joy like the cataracts of the mountain . These were the blessings of Ki - man - chee and his brothers , when they drank at the forest spring and grew strong . But alas ! where now is Ki - man - chee ...
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... grass will wither , and the red , men will fall like the leaves of autumn . Brothers ! bring us not the Fire - water - let us not perish by the withering curse of the waters of death . Bring us the hatchet and the spade . Then we will ...
... grass will wither , and the red , men will fall like the leaves of autumn . Brothers ! bring us not the Fire - water - let us not perish by the withering curse of the waters of death . Bring us the hatchet and the spade . Then we will ...
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... high walls lay scattered in ruins ; moss and rank grass grew wildly there . the gay who revelled there away . The The young and had all passed I saw a child rejoicing in its youth - the THE STUDENT'S SPEAKER . 33 33 Be Active Time.
... high walls lay scattered in ruins ; moss and rank grass grew wildly there . the gay who revelled there away . The The young and had all passed I saw a child rejoicing in its youth - the THE STUDENT'S SPEAKER . 33 33 Be Active Time.
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The Student's Speaker: A New Collection of Original and Selected Pieces, in ... Jacob S. Denman Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1851 |
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Էջ 69 - Sir, he who sees these States, now revolving in harmony around a common centre, and expects- to see them quit their places and fly off without convulsion, may look the next hour to see the heavenly bodies rush from their spheres, and jostle against each other in the realms of space, without causing the wreck of the universe.
Էջ 68 - I hear with pain, and anguish, and distress the word secession, especially when it falls from the lips of those who are eminently patriotic and known to the country and known all over the world for their political services. Secession!
Էջ 127 - Brood not on insults or injuries old, For thou art injurious too, — Count not their sum till the total is told, For thou art unkind and untrue : And if all thy harms are forgotten, forgiven, Now mercy with justice is met...
Էջ 137 - God ! protect my child ¡—The clock strikes three. They're gone, they're gone ! the glimmering spark hath fled ! The wife and child are numbered with the dead. On the cold...
Էջ 137 - GAMBLER'S WIFE. DARK is the night ! how dark ! no light — no fire ! Cold, on the hearth, the last faint sparks expire ! Shivering she watches by the cradle side For him who pledged her love — last year a bride ! " Hark ! 'tis his footstep ! No — 'tis past ; 'tis gone.
Էջ 28 - For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty : and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Էջ 67 - I mean to perform it with fidelity, not without a sense of existing dangers, but not without hope. I have a part to act, not for my own security or safety, for I am looking out for no fragment upon which to float away from the wreck, if wreck there must be, but for the good of the whole and the preservation of...
Էջ 126 - With the wrong so repented, the wrath will depart, Though scorn on injustice were heaped ; For the best compensation is paid for all ill, When the cheek with contrition is wet, And every one feels it is possible still At once to forgive and forget.