The American Manual: Or New English Reader: Consisting of Exercises in Reading and Speaking, Both in Prose and Poetry; Selected from the Best Writers. To which are Added, a Succinct History of the Colonies, from the Discovery of North America to the Close of the War of the Revolution; the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States. For the Use of SchoolsS.H. Henry & Company, 1833 - 295 páginas |
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... thee gold , will give my heart . " [ In this sentence the antithesis is expressed ; and we can hardly do other wise than place the emphuss upon both gold and heart . ] 3d . " Exercise and temperance strengthen even an indifferent ...
... thee gold , will give my heart . " [ In this sentence the antithesis is expressed ; and we can hardly do other wise than place the emphuss upon both gold and heart . ] 3d . " Exercise and temperance strengthen even an indifferent ...
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... thee from wickedness , from poverty , and from shame . He who harbors malice in his heart , will find to his sor- row , that a viper has been nourished in his bosom . Men make themselves ridiculous , not so much by , the qualities they ...
... thee from wickedness , from poverty , and from shame . He who harbors malice in his heart , will find to his sor- row , that a viper has been nourished in his bosom . Men make themselves ridiculous , not so much by , the qualities they ...
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... thee what this or that man does ? Think of what thou ought to do thyself , or what is suitable to thy character and place , -of what the world has a title to expect from thee . Every excursion of vain curiosity about others , is a ...
... thee what this or that man does ? Think of what thou ought to do thyself , or what is suitable to thy character and place , -of what the world has a title to expect from thee . Every excursion of vain curiosity about others , is a ...
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... thee in thy soliloquies : follow me . " 5. He then led me to the highest pinnacle of the rock , and placing me on the top of it , " Cast thy eyes eastward , " said he , " and tell me what thou seest . " 66 " I see , " said J , a huge ...
... thee in thy soliloquies : follow me . " 5. He then led me to the highest pinnacle of the rock , and placing me on the top of it , " Cast thy eyes eastward , " said he , " and tell me what thou seest . " 66 " I see , " said J , a huge ...
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... thee opportuni- ties of earning such a reward ? Is death to be feared , that will convey thee to so happy an existence ? Think not man was made in vain , who has such an eternity reserved for him . " I gazed with inexpressible pleasure ...
... thee opportuni- ties of earning such a reward ? Is death to be feared , that will convey thee to so happy an existence ? Think not man was made in vain , who has such an eternity reserved for him . " I gazed with inexpressible pleasure ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
America Amias Paulet appointed arms army assembly baneful band beauty bosom British British parliament character Charlestown church circumflex clouds colony command congress court dark death declaration delight dust dust to dust duties earth elected England eternal Eurystheus feeling fire force friends genius George Somers glory governor grave hand happy heard heart heaven hill honor hope hour human impeachment inflection inhabitants innu James Town Jehoshaphat justice land legislature liberty living look Lord Cornwallis Massachusetts ment midst mighty mind mountain nature neral never night o'er object passed passions peace person pleasure praise president racter Rhode Island rising river rock scene SECTION senate side sorrow soul spirit stood sweet tears thee thing thou thought thousand tion troops United Virginia virtue voice votes waves whole words youth
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Página 202 - The priest-like father reads the sacred page, How Abram was the friend of God on high ; Or, Moses bade eternal warfare wage With Amalek's ungracious progeny ; Or how the royal bard did groaning lie Beneath the stroke of Heaven's avenging ire ; Or Job's pathetic plaint and wailing cry ; Or rapt Isaiah's wild, seraphic fire ; Or other holy seers that tune the sacred lyre. Perhaps...
Página 269 - To establish post offices and post roads; To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries; To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court; To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and...
Página 201 - They chant their artless notes in simple guise; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim : Perhaps ' Dundee's ' wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive *• Martyrs...
Página 198 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Página 169 - The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school. The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; — These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made.
Página 262 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise; the State remaining, in the meantime, exposed to all the danger of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Página 109 - There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free — if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending — if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us!
Página 197 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street: On with the dance! let joy be unconfined: No sleep till morn when youth and pleasure meet, To chase the glowing hours with flying feet.
Página 197 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness: And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts; and choking sighs. Which ne'er might be repeated...
Página 223 - Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send: He gave to Misery all he had, a tear, He gained from Heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend.