Town's Third Reader: Containing a Selection of Lessons, Exclusively from American AuthorsH. & E. Phinney, 1848 - 288 страници |
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... of apparent chaos , through the long eclipse of the dark ages ; and when light is again restored , behold the ra- diance which we first worshipped on the shores of the Indian ocean , has at last reached and illumined the 24 TOWN'S.
... of apparent chaos , through the long eclipse of the dark ages ; and when light is again restored , behold the ra- diance which we first worshipped on the shores of the Indian ocean , has at last reached and illumined the 24 TOWN'S.
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... light began to stream in more and more feebly through the lofty stained windows , and a deeper gloom settled upon every part of the Abbey . And when increasing dark- ness had spread through all the cloisters , chapels , and passages , a ...
... light began to stream in more and more feebly through the lofty stained windows , and a deeper gloom settled upon every part of the Abbey . And when increasing dark- ness had spread through all the cloisters , chapels , and passages , a ...
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... light of science or destroy freedom of thought ; every outrage inflicted upon man ; and every blow aimed against liberty by the oppressors of the race . There is not a great author here who did not write for us ; not a man of science ...
... light of science or destroy freedom of thought ; every outrage inflicted upon man ; and every blow aimed against liberty by the oppressors of the race . There is not a great author here who did not write for us ; not a man of science ...
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... lights ; There , seasons , years , unnoticed roll , And unregretted by the soul . Thou little sparkling star of even , - Thou gem upon an azure heaven ! How swiftly will I soar to thee , When this imprisoned soul is free ! E 4 LESSON XI ...
... lights ; There , seasons , years , unnoticed roll , And unregretted by the soul . Thou little sparkling star of even , - Thou gem upon an azure heaven ! How swiftly will I soar to thee , When this imprisoned soul is free ! E 4 LESSON XI ...
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... light of the sun it was not the brilliancy of a single act , but the finished series of his life : the combined results of all his action . Hence the firmness of his resolution and the courage of his temper . Hence he shrunk not in the ...
... light of the sun it was not the brilliancy of a single act , but the finished series of his life : the combined results of all his action . Hence the firmness of his resolution and the courage of his temper . Hence he shrunk not in the ...
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Страница 213 - To him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Страница 16 - Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon ? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? God! Let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, God!
Страница 15 - Some place the bliss in action, some in ease, Those call it pleasure, and contentment these...
Страница 222 - Let our object be, our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country. And, by the blessing of God, may that country itself become a vast and splendid monument, not of oppression and terror, but of wisdom, of peace, and of liberty, upon which the world may gazo with admiration, forever I VOL.
Страница 13 - But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison ; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.
Страница 228 - Affected passion, intense expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it — they cannot reach it.
Страница 222 - Our proper business is improvement. Let our age be the age of improvement. In a day of peace, let us advance the arts of peace and the works of peace. Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.
Страница 250 - Happy in the confirmation of our independence and sovereignty, and pleased with the opportunity afforded the United States of becoming a respectable nation, I resign with satisfaction the appointment I accepted with diffidence, — a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task ; which, however, was superseded by a confidence in the rectitude of our cause, the support of the supreme power of the Union, and the patronage of heaven.
Страница 147 - Oh, the grave! The grave! It buries every error — covers every defect — extinguishes every resentment! From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections. Who can look down upon the grave even of an enemy and not feel a compunctious throb that he should ever have warred with the poor handful of earth that lies moldering before him.
Страница 148 - If thou art a child, and hast ever added a sorrow to the soul, or a furrow to the silvered brow of an affectionate parent; if thou art a husband, and hast ever caused the fond bosom that ventured its whole happiness in thy arms to doubt one moment of thy kindness or thy truth...