The National Reader: A Selection of Exercises in Reading and Speaking, Designed to Fill the Same Place in the Schools of the United States that is Held in Those of Great Britain by the Compilations of Murray, Scott, Enfield, Mylius, Thompson, Ewing, and OthersCharles Bowen, 1835 - 276 páginas |
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... lessons are exclusively Ameri- can . I do not understand that a national spirit is an exclusive spirit . The language of pure moral sentiment , the out - pourings of a poetical spirit , the ... LESSONS IN PROSE . Lesson . 19 PREFACE .
... lessons are exclusively Ameri- can . I do not understand that a national spirit is an exclusive spirit . The language of pure moral sentiment , the out - pourings of a poetical spirit , the ... LESSONS IN PROSE . Lesson . 19 PREFACE .
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... LESSONS IN PROSE . Lesson . The names of American authors are in small capitals . 1. Discovery of America , abridged from 2. A good Scholar 3. The good Schoolmaster 4. Attention and Industry rewarded 5. On Lying . 6. Portrait of a ...
... LESSONS IN PROSE . Lesson . The names of American authors are in small capitals . 1. Discovery of America , abridged from 2. A good Scholar 3. The good Schoolmaster 4. Attention and Industry rewarded 5. On Lying . 6. Portrait of a ...
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... Lessons . 6 , 8 , 34. Knox , Vicesimus . 29 , 45 . Lessons . • 64 138 . Longfellow , H. W. • 10 , 31 , 32 , 35 , 49 , 60 , 94 , 95 , 98 . Barbauld , Mrs. L. Barton , Bernard Mackenzie ... LESSON I. Discovery of America . - INDEX OF AUTHORS .
... Lessons . 6 , 8 , 34. Knox , Vicesimus . 29 , 45 . Lessons . • 64 138 . Longfellow , H. W. • 10 , 31 , 32 , 35 , 49 , 60 , 94 , 95 , 98 . Barbauld , Mrs. L. Barton , Bernard Mackenzie ... LESSON I. Discovery of America . - INDEX OF AUTHORS .
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... conducting them . This early discovery of the spirit of his followers taught Columbus that he must prepare to struggle , not only with the unavoidable difficulties which might be expected from the nature Robertson Lesson Lesson.
... conducting them . This early discovery of the spirit of his followers taught Columbus that he must prepare to struggle , not only with the unavoidable difficulties which might be expected from the nature Robertson Lesson Lesson.
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... lesson . He is remarkable for his diligence and attention . He reads no other book than that which he is desired to read by his master . He studies no lessons but those which are appointed for the day . He takes no toys from his pocket ...
... lesson . He is remarkable for his diligence and attention . He reads no other book than that which he is desired to read by his master . He studies no lessons but those which are appointed for the day . He takes no toys from his pocket ...
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Página 222 - Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
Página 85 - Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done. Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began.
Página 222 - ... if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight ; I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms, and to the God of Hosts, is all that is left us!
Página 84 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden -flower grows wild; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year...
Página 68 - There were indeed some persons, but their number was very small, that continued a kind of hobbling march on the broken arches, but fell through one after another, being quite tired and spent with so long a walk.
Página 23 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth...
Página 85 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, 190 Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Página 68 - I observed some with scimitars in their hands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trapdoors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. ' The genius seeing me indulge myself in this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it : "Take thine eyes off the bridge," said he, " and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend." Upon looking up,
Página 69 - These are the mansions of good men after death, who, according to the degree and kinds of virtue in which they excelled, are distributed among these several islands, which abound with pleasures of different kinds and degrees, suitable to the relishes and perfections of those who are settled in them ; every island is a paradise accommodated to its respective inhabitants. Are not these...
Página 239 - God! when thou Dost scare the world with tempests, set on fire The heavens with falling thunderbolts, or fill, With all the waters of the firmament, The swift dark whirlwind that uproots...