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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... under which the fore- fathers of the present race have sported - the antique family mansion , standing apart in some little rural domain , but looking down with a protecting air on the surrounding scene 3 FIRST - CLASS READER . 25.
... under which the fore- fathers of the present race have sported - the antique family mansion , standing apart in some little rural domain , but looking down with a protecting air on the surrounding scene 3 FIRST - CLASS READER . 25.
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... were born to blush in her shining hair . She is leaving the home of her childhood's mirth , She hath bid farewell to her father's hearth , Her place is now by another's side- Bring flowers for 3 * FIRST - CLASS READER . 29 Mrs Hemans.
... were born to blush in her shining hair . She is leaving the home of her childhood's mirth , She hath bid farewell to her father's hearth , Her place is now by another's side- Bring flowers for 3 * FIRST - CLASS READER . 29 Mrs Hemans.
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... fathers of man's destinies , I am lost in an exulting admiration . Look at the bold barriers of Palestine ! see how the infant liberties of Greece , were sheltered from the vast tribes of the uncivilized north by the heights of Hæmu's ...
... fathers of man's destinies , I am lost in an exulting admiration . Look at the bold barriers of Palestine ! see how the infant liberties of Greece , were sheltered from the vast tribes of the uncivilized north by the heights of Hæmu's ...
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... Father Time himself at last ; But in a moment he flew quickly past ; His chariot was a cloud ; the viewless wind His noiseless steeds , which left no trace behind . I asked the Mighty Angel , who shall stand One foot on sea , and one on ...
... Father Time himself at last ; But in a moment he flew quickly past ; His chariot was a cloud ; the viewless wind His noiseless steeds , which left no trace behind . I asked the Mighty Angel , who shall stand One foot on sea , and one on ...
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... fathers . ' The stern warrior wept at this picture of desolation , but his proud spirit would not retract , and he answered , The English have slain your young men . They have sent them to the happy hunting grounds unprepared for the ...
... fathers . ' The stern warrior wept at this picture of desolation , but his proud spirit would not retract , and he answered , The English have slain your young men . They have sent them to the happy hunting grounds unprepared for the ...
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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 185 - THE EVENING WIND Spirit that breathest through my lattice, thou That cool'st the twilight of the sultry day, Gratefully flows thy freshness round my brow; Thou hast been out upon the deep at play, Riding all day the wild blue waves till now, Roughening their crests, and scattering high their spray, And swelling the white sail. I welcome thee To the scorched land, thou wanderer of the sea!
Page 118 - Night is the time for dreams ; The gay romance of life, When truth that is, and truth that seems, Blend in fantastic strife ; ' Ah! visions less beguiling far Than waking dreams by daylight are! Night is the...
Page 49 - 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 184 - Thou changest not ; but I am changed, Since first thy pleasant banks I ranged ; And the grave stranger, come to see The play-place of his infancy, Has scarce a single trace of him Who sported once upon thy brim. The visions of my youth are past — Too bright, too beautiful to last.
Page 69 - The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge is, perhaps, one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand on a very high point of land. On your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Potomac, in quest of a passage also. In the moment of their junction, they rush together against the mountain, rend it asunder, and pass off to the sea.
Page 152 - Mr. President, I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts; she needs none. There she is. Behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history; the world knows it by heart The past, at least, is secure. There is Boston, and Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker Hill; and there they will remain forever.
Page 183 - THIS little rill, that from the springs Of yonder grove its current brings, Plays on the slope awhile, and then Goes prattling into groves again, Oft to its warbling waters drew My little feet, when life was new. When woods in early green were dressed, And from the chambers of the west The...
Page 127 - Such was the solemn and pious manner in which the brilliant court of Spain celebrated this sublime event ; offering up a grateful tribute of melody and praise, and giving glory to God for the discovery of another world.
Page 152 - The corn, half garnered, on the plain, And mustered, in their simple dress, For wrongs to seek a stern redress ; To right those wrongs, come weal, come woe, To perish, or o'ercome their foe.