The First-class Reader: A Selection for Exercises in Reading : from Standard British and American Authors, in Prose and Verse : for the Use of Schools in the United States |
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... faces of children at their sports . This distinction is chiefly to be attributed to that part of the system of which we are here treating ; by which , in place of harass- ing the pupil , with a mere mechanical routine of sounds and ...
... faces of children at their sports . This distinction is chiefly to be attributed to that part of the system of which we are here treating ; by which , in place of harass- ing the pupil , with a mere mechanical routine of sounds and ...
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... a convulsive shudder- ing was on the frames of all , and on their faces that same shadow of unutterable meaning . While they stood thus , I perceived that their bloodless lips began to move , and 36 22 FIRST - CLASS READER .
... a convulsive shudder- ing was on the frames of all , and on their faces that same shadow of unutterable meaning . While they stood thus , I perceived that their bloodless lips began to move , and 36 22 FIRST - CLASS READER .
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... faces and forms , which I had seen before - but other passions were traced upon their faces , and their forms were no longer clad in the garments of death . The silence of their still prayer was succeeded by the sounds of labor , and ...
... faces and forms , which I had seen before - but other passions were traced upon their faces , and their forms were no longer clad in the garments of death . The silence of their still prayer was succeeded by the sounds of labor , and ...
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... face of the country . A great part of the island is rather level , and would be monotonous , were it not for the charms of culture ; but it is studded and gemmed , as it were , with castles and palaces , and embroidered with parks and ...
... face of the country . A great part of the island is rather level , and would be monotonous , were it not for the charms of culture ; but it is studded and gemmed , as it were , with castles and palaces , and embroidered with parks and ...
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... faces , and modest cheerfulness , thronging tranquilly along the green lanes to church ; but it is still more pleasing to see them in the evenings , gathering about their cottage doors , and appearing to exult in the humble comforts and ...
... faces , and modest cheerfulness , thronging tranquilly along the green lanes to church ; but it is still more pleasing to see them in the evenings , gathering about their cottage doors , and appearing to exult in the humble comforts and ...
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Page 48 - The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Page 49 - How beautiful is night ! A dewy freshness fills the silent air, No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven : In full-orbed glory yonder moon divine Rolls through the dark blue depths.
Page 28 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Page 223 - I HAD a dream, which was not all a dream. The bright sun was extinguished, and the stars Did wander darkling in the eternal space, Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earth Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air...
Page 40 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore. There is society where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not man the less, but nature more...
Page 97 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm ; So hallowed and so gracious is the time.
Page 156 - Take thy banner! May it wave Proudly o'er the good and brave; When the battle's distant wail Breaks the sabbath of our vale, When the clarion's music thrills To the hearts of these lone hills, When the spear in conflict shakes, And the strong lance shivering breaks. "Take thy banner! and, beneath The battle-cloud's encircling wreath, Guard it!
Page 24 - In rural occupation there is nothing mean and debasing. It leads a man forth among scenes of natural grandeur and beauty ; it leaves him to the workings of his own mind, operated upon by the purest and most elevating of external influences. Such a man may be simple and rough, but he cannot be vulgar.
Page 158 - To a poet nothing can be useless. Whatever is beautiful, and whatever is dreadful, must be familiar to his imagination: he must be conversant with all that is awfully vast or elegantly little.
Page 154 - Oh, few and weak their numbers were — A handful of brave men ; But to their God they gave their prayer, And rushed to battle then.