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, the Constitution of the United States, and of the State of New York. For the Use of Schools |
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The Grave of Jefferson . 1 . I ascended the winding road which leads from
Charlottsville to Monticello , up the miniature mountain to the farm and the grave
of Jefferson . On entering the gate which opens into the enclosure , numerous
paths ...
The Grave of Jefferson . 1 . I ascended the winding road which leads from
Charlottsville to Monticello , up the miniature mountain to the farm and the grave
of Jefferson . On entering the gate which opens into the enclosure , numerous
paths ...
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I was seated there one still , sunny morning , watching two laborers who were
digging a grave . — They had chosen one of the most remote and neglecied
corners of the churchyard , where , from the number of nameless graves around ,
it ...
I was seated there one still , sunny morning , watching two laborers who were
digging a grave . — They had chosen one of the most remote and neglecied
corners of the churchyard , where , from the number of nameless graves around ,
it ...
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which breaks so harshly on the feelings of grief and affecLion - directions given in
the cold tones of business — the ötriking of spades into sand and gravel , - -
which , at the grave of those we love , is of all sounds the most withering .
which breaks so harshly on the feelings of grief and affecLion - directions given in
the cold tones of business — the ötriking of spades into sand and gravel , - -
which , at the grave of those we love , is of all sounds the most withering .
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Two men yet stood together at the head of the grave , with countenances of
sincere , but wimpassioned grief . They were brothers — the only sons of him
who had been Luried . And there was something in their situation that naturally
kept the ...
Two men yet stood together at the head of the grave , with countenances of
sincere , but wimpassioned grief . They were brothers — the only sons of him
who had been Luried . And there was something in their situation that naturally
kept the ...
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He died with this paper in his hand ; and he made me know that I was to read it to
you over his grave . I now obey him ." My sons , if you will let my ' ones lie qniet in
the grave , Ticar the dust of your mother , depart not from my burial , till , in the ...
He died with this paper in his hand ; and he made me know that I was to read it to
you over his grave . I now obey him ." My sons , if you will let my ' ones lie qniet in
the grave , Ticar the dust of your mother , depart not from my burial , till , in the ...
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Página 232 - of the poor. 9. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await, alike, th' inevitable hour;— The paths of glory lead but to the grave. 10. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where, through the
Página 275 - into compliance with his measures. He has refused for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have relumed to the people at large for their exercise ; the state remaining, in the meantime, exposed to all the danger of invasion from without, and con
Página 218 - deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not Man the less, but Nature more, From; these our interviews, in which I steal From all I may be, or have been before, To mingle with the Universe, and feel, What I can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal. 1. There is
Página 208 - On with the dance ! let joy be unconfin'd; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet. To chase the glowing hours with flying feet— But, hark!—that heavy sound breaks in once more. As if the clouds its echo would repeat: And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before! Ann ! Arm', it
Página 208 - Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell. Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a
Página 120 - we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition, to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne. I
Página 233 - 19. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learned to stray: Along the cool, sequestered vale of life, They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. '.20. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial, still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh.
Página 176 - joys of life's unmeasur'd way; Thus from afar, each dim discover'd scene, More pleasing seems than all the past hath been And every form that fancy can repair, From dark oblivion, glows divinely there. Night. Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty now stretches forth Her leaden scepter o'er a
Página 208 - opening roar ! 2. But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising 3. Within a windowed niche of that high hall Sat Brunswick's fated chieftain; he did hear That sound the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with Death's prophetic ear; And when they smiled because he deem'd it near, His heart
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| Título | 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 ... |
| Autor | Moses Severance |
| Editor | S. H. Henry & Company, 1836 |
| Procedencia del original | Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York |
| Digitalizado | 25 Sep. 2006 |
| Largo | 295 páginas |
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