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... letters ? -If this evil cannot be remedied , surely it may be easily retarded in its progress . Let parents , and guardians , and publick func- tionaries , at once set themselves at work to elevate the profession of school - keeping to ...
... letters ? -If this evil cannot be remedied , surely it may be easily retarded in its progress . Let parents , and guardians , and publick func- tionaries , at once set themselves at work to elevate the profession of school - keeping to ...
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... Letter to the Earl of Chesterfield , Dr. Johnson , 296 Rolla's Speech to the Peruvians , Sheridan , 297 To the Skies , Musick of the Ocean , Burns , 198 Bryant , 200 National Gazette , 201 The Ocean at the Resurrection Morn , Pollok ...
... Letter to the Earl of Chesterfield , Dr. Johnson , 296 Rolla's Speech to the Peruvians , Sheridan , 297 To the Skies , Musick of the Ocean , Burns , 198 Bryant , 200 National Gazette , 201 The Ocean at the Resurrection Morn , Pollok ...
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... letters or single words without reference to their mutual dependance on each other , it is styled Orthoepy ; but when extended to the just enunciation of words arranged into sentences , and depending on each other for sense , it is ...
... letters or single words without reference to their mutual dependance on each other , it is styled Orthoepy ; but when extended to the just enunciation of words arranged into sentences , and depending on each other for sense , it is ...
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... letters which constitute the English Alphabet ; and others , by combinations of two or more of these letters . A perfect Alphabet would consist of a separate symbol for every elementary sound ; but the letters of our alphabet , being ...
... letters which constitute the English Alphabet ; and others , by combinations of two or more of these letters . A perfect Alphabet would consist of a separate symbol for every elementary sound ; but the letters of our alphabet , being ...
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... letters . To make up this deficiency in our alphabet , these sounds are represented by two or more letters combined . By pronouncing the words th - ump , brea - th , brea - the , so - ng , sh - ut , wh - at , ch - ur - ch , ou - t , in ...
... letters . To make up this deficiency in our alphabet , these sounds are represented by two or more letters combined . By pronouncing the words th - ump , brea - th , brea - the , so - ng , sh - ut , wh - at , ch - ur - ch , ou - t , in ...
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Page 205 - This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must forever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye : I feel my heart new open'd. O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes...
Page 323 - Liberty first and Union afterwards'; but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable...
Page 338 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 273 - Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and everduring dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Page 278 - Await, alike, the inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud ! impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where, through the long-drawn aisle, and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, . Or flattery sooth the dull, cold ear of death...
Page 312 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, " My Lord, " Your Lordship's most humble " Most obedient servant,
Page 277 - THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea. The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds.
Page 222 - I wantoned with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight : and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here.
Page 331 - Then none have I offended. I have done no more to Caesar than you shall do to Brutus. The question" of his death is enrolled in the Capitol ; his glory not extenuated, wherein he was worthy; nor his offences enforced, for which he suffered death.