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... LESSON . PART II . EXERCISES IN READING . -PROSE . 1. Preeminence of American Institutions , 2. The last Night of the Voyage , 3. Return and Reception of Columbus , 4. Suffering of the Pilgrims , • 6. Westward Movement of Civilization ...
... LESSON . PART II . EXERCISES IN READING . -PROSE . 1. Preeminence of American Institutions , 2. The last Night of the Voyage , 3. Return and Reception of Columbus , 4. Suffering of the Pilgrims , • 6. Westward Movement of Civilization ...
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... his natural desire , He asks no angel's wing , no seraph's fire ; But thinks , admitted to that equal sky , His faithful dog shall bear him company . PART II . * EXERCISES IN READING . LESSON I. 74 TOWN'S FOURTH READER . Western Emigration,
... his natural desire , He asks no angel's wing , no seraph's fire ; But thinks , admitted to that equal sky , His faithful dog shall bear him company . PART II . * EXERCISES IN READING . LESSON I. 74 TOWN'S FOURTH READER . Western Emigration,
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Salem Town. PART II . * EXERCISES IN READING . LESSON I. PRE - EMINENCE OF AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS . BANCROFT . 1. THE United States of America constitute an essential portion of a.great political system , embracing all the civilized ...
Salem Town. PART II . * EXERCISES IN READING . LESSON I. PRE - EMINENCE OF AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS . BANCROFT . 1. THE United States of America constitute an essential portion of a.great political system , embracing all the civilized ...
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... LESSON II . . THE LAST NIGHT OF THE VOYAGE . SHAW . 1. THOSE Who have deserved the most at the hands of this world , have often fared the worst . Poverty and persecution have been the lot of genius ; the stake and the cross , the re ...
... LESSON II . . THE LAST NIGHT OF THE VOYAGE . SHAW . 1. THOSE Who have deserved the most at the hands of this world , have often fared the worst . Poverty and persecution have been the lot of genius ; the stake and the cross , the re ...
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... LESSON V. THE PILGRIMS . MRS . SIGOURNEY . 1. How slow yon tiny vessel plows the main ! Amid the heavy billows now she seems 2 . A toiling atom ; then from wave to wave Leaps madly , by the tempests lashed , or reels , Half wrecked ...
... LESSON V. THE PILGRIMS . MRS . SIGOURNEY . 1. How slow yon tiny vessel plows the main ! Amid the heavy billows now she seems 2 . A toiling atom ; then from wave to wave Leaps madly , by the tempests lashed , or reels , Half wrecked ...
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Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 374 - All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...