Appletons' School ReadersD. Appleton, 1878 |
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... kind on any subject , the author must seize on the special points which individuate it . A favorite means of making an idea more vivid and distinct ( especially in poetry and eloquence ) , is by com- paring it with something similar ...
... kind on any subject , the author must seize on the special points which individuate it . A favorite means of making an idea more vivid and distinct ( especially in poetry and eloquence ) , is by com- paring it with something similar ...
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... kind of ardent spirits , with my tongue , throat , and palate as raw as beef , what could I do ? I could not swallow ; and , clapping my hands upon my mouth , the liquor spurted through my fingers like a fountain , over all the dishes ...
... kind of ardent spirits , with my tongue , throat , and palate as raw as beef , what could I do ? I could not swallow ; and , clapping my hands upon my mouth , the liquor spurted through my fingers like a fountain , over all the dishes ...
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... kind of attraction had been invented which put all other locks and cements to shame . 7. I should not have wondered by this time to find that they had their respective musical bands stationed on some eminent chip , and playing their ...
... kind of attraction had been invented which put all other locks and cements to shame . 7. I should not have wondered by this time to find that they had their respective musical bands stationed on some eminent chip , and playing their ...
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... , ye woodlands , I mourn not for you ; For morn is approaching your charms to restore , Perfumed with fresh fragrance , and glittering with dew . Nor yet for the ravage of winter I mourn— Kind 36 FIFTH READER . The Hermit.
... , ye woodlands , I mourn not for you ; For morn is approaching your charms to restore , Perfumed with fresh fragrance , and glittering with dew . Nor yet for the ravage of winter I mourn— Kind 36 FIFTH READER . The Hermit.
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... Kind Nature the embryo blossom will save ; But when shall spring visit the mouldering urn ? Oh , when shall day dawn on the night of the grave ? 5. " " Twas thus , by the glare of false science betrayed , That leads to bewilder , and ...
... Kind Nature the embryo blossom will save ; But when shall spring visit the mouldering urn ? Oh , when shall day dawn on the night of the grave ? 5. " " Twas thus , by the glare of false science betrayed , That leads to bewilder , and ...
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Страница 181 - Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And, sure, he is an honorable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause: What cause withholds you then to mourn for him?
Страница 250 - 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 But hark!
Страница 420 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Страница 413 - Peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun ! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Страница 19 - Shalt thou retire alone, — nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world, — with kings, The powerful of the earth, — the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre.
Страница 233 - River where ford there was none: But ere he alighted at Netherby gate The bride had consented, the gallant came late: For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar.
Страница 233 - LOCHINVAR. LADY HERON'S SONG. 12. O, young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best, And save his good broad-sword he weapons had none ; He rode all unarmed, and he rode all alone. So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.
Страница 429 - Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound Over some wide-watered shore. Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Страница 251 - Cameron's gathering" rose, The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard,— and heard, too, have her Saxon foes; How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills Their...
Страница 68 - THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.