Graded Literature Readers, Book 8Ida Catherine Bender, Harry Pratt Judson Maynard, Merrill, & Company, 1901 - Readers |
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... mountains or lay in ambush in the mists , they understood by daily experience that good could not be had by the mere wishing , and they made it a first arti- 10 cle in their creed that their reward was future and that their present must ...
... mountains or lay in ambush in the mists , they understood by daily experience that good could not be had by the mere wishing , and they made it a first arti- 10 cle in their creed that their reward was future and that their present must ...
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... mountains that separate the valley of the dan from the plain of the sea . Our path was a zigzag 7 upon the slope . There are no houses or gardens , I Bethany , lying blighted in a nook of the hills , is 30 y beautiful because she lived ...
... mountains that separate the valley of the dan from the plain of the sea . Our path was a zigzag 7 upon the slope . There are no houses or gardens , I Bethany , lying blighted in a nook of the hills , is 30 y beautiful because she lived ...
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... mountains , 20 the plain of the Jordan . Far away , upon the other side , it was walled by the misty range of the ... mountain tops , this was the saddest . Not even the hope of regeneration into activity dawned in the mind . I was ...
... mountains , 20 the plain of the Jordan . Far away , upon the other side , it was walled by the misty range of the ... mountain tops , this was the saddest . Not even the hope of regeneration into activity dawned in the mind . I was ...
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... mountains rose grimly 5 before us , as if all fair airs were forever walled away . The sky was piled with jagged clouds . Occasional show- ers pattered upon the tents , and keen lightning angrily flashed , while low , dull thunder was ...
... mountains rose grimly 5 before us , as if all fair airs were forever walled away . The sky was piled with jagged clouds . Occasional show- ers pattered upon the tents , and keen lightning angrily flashed , while low , dull thunder was ...
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... remarkable landscape seen under such a sky is nowhere beheld . 30 The vast reach of the plain lay silent and shadowed , as in early twilight , from the gleaming level of the Dead Sea on the south to the mountains that closed the 42.
... remarkable landscape seen under such a sky is nowhere beheld . 30 The vast reach of the plain lay silent and shadowed , as in early twilight , from the gleaming level of the Dead Sea on the south to the mountains that closed the 42.
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Page 90 - Should I turn upon the true prince? Why, thou knowest. I am as valiant as Hercules ; but beware instinct ; the lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter ; I was a coward on instinct. I shall think the better of myself and thee during my life ; I for a valiant lion, and thou for a true prince.
Page 247 - Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail, Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail : And 'mid these dancing rocks at once and ever It flung up momently the sacred river.
Page 231 - Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy! Find out some uncouth cell Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings...
Page 29 - She smiled, she went up through the surf in the bay. Children dear, was it yesterday? Children dear, were we long alone? "The sea grows stormy, the little ones moan. Long prayers," I said, "in the world they say. Come!
Page 207 - ULYSSES. IT little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Match'd with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.
Page 208 - The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks: The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends, Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
Page 245 - Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.
Page 186 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth ? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest ? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened ? or who laid the corner stone, thereof, when, the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 185 - 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 gaze with admiration forever ! STUDIES AND NOTES 1.
Page 207 - I am become a name For always roaming with a hungry heart. Much have I seen and known; cities of men And manners, climates, councils, governments Myself not least, but...