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 StatesS.H. Henry & Company, 1835 - 300 страници |
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... object is to communicate our own thoughts ; in the former to communicate the thoughts of others ; -- and in both we wish to do it in the manner calculated to make us best understood . By this remark we do not design to recommend to ...
... object is to communicate our own thoughts ; in the former to communicate the thoughts of others ; -- and in both we wish to do it in the manner calculated to make us best understood . By this remark we do not design to recommend to ...
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... object of reading to attain . To give rules by which the proper use of emphasis may be learned , without entering into the meaning and spirit of the composition , is not possible . It is governed by the sentiment , and is inseparably ...
... object of reading to attain . To give rules by which the proper use of emphasis may be learned , without entering into the meaning and spirit of the composition , is not possible . It is governed by the sentiment , and is inseparably ...
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... objects at GREATEST distance , and continues the longest in action without being TIRED or satiated with its proper enjoyments . " It There is one other manner of reading deserving of notice . is sometimes adopted in the pulpit , from ...
... objects at GREATEST distance , and continues the longest in action without being TIRED or satiated with its proper enjoyments . " It There is one other manner of reading deserving of notice . is sometimes adopted in the pulpit , from ...
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... objects , and the thoughtlessness with which he floats along the stream of time , -I sunk into a slumber amidst my meditations , and , on a sudden , found my ears filled with the tumult of labor , the shouts of alacrity , the shrieks of ...
... objects , and the thoughtlessness with which he floats along the stream of time , -I sunk into a slumber amidst my meditations , and , on a sudden , found my ears filled with the tumult of labor , the shouts of alacrity , the shrieks of ...
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... object to which he directed all his care and attention . He kept , however , no fixed public school , but took every opportunity , without regarding times or places , of conveying to them his precepts , and that in the most en- ticing ...
... object to which he directed all his care and attention . He kept , however , no fixed public school , but took every opportunity , without regarding times or places , of conveying to them his precepts , and that in the most en- ticing ...
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Страница 293 - Legislature so next chosen, as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each house, then it shall be the duty of the Legislature to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people, in such manner and at such time as the Legislature shall prescribe...
Страница 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...
Страница 291 - In all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury, that the matter charged as libelous, is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.
Страница 269 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased, by the consent of the legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful 'buildings.
Страница 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.
Страница 264 - Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here.
Страница 263 - He has constrained our fellow citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
Страница 109 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house...
Страница 153 - ... fountains, or resting on beds of flowers; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge.
Страница 181 - The primal duties shine aloft — like stars ; The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of Man — like flowers.