Readings from the best authors, ed. by A.H. Bryce, Issue 9Archibald Hamilton Bryce 1862 |
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... children . Example is in all things , proverbially , more powerful than precept ; and this is especially true in training to a correct and tasteful style of reading . The voice of the teacher and the ear of the pupil are the two great ...
... children . Example is in all things , proverbially , more powerful than precept ; and this is especially true in training to a correct and tasteful style of reading . The voice of the teacher and the ear of the pupil are the two great ...
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... ............... .............. E. Cook . VIII . The Toy of the Giant's Child ........................................................................... ... Richardson . IX . The Last Man ...... 188 189 Campbell . 191 X. The ...
... ............... .............. E. Cook . VIII . The Toy of the Giant's Child ........................................................................... ... Richardson . IX . The Last Man ...... 188 189 Campbell . 191 X. The ...
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... child , having a fancy that the reflection of the moon in water was a path to heaven , trod- den by the spirits of good people on their way to God ; and this old feeling often came over me again , when I watched it on a tranquil night ...
... child , having a fancy that the reflection of the moon in water was a path to heaven , trod- den by the spirits of good people on their way to God ; and this old feeling often came over me again , when I watched it on a tranquil night ...
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... child , vain was the hope of reunion . Each hurried blindly and confusedly on . Nothing in all the various and compli- cated machinery of social life was left , save the primal law of self - preservation ! . . . . Bright and gigantic ...
... child , vain was the hope of reunion . Each hurried blindly and confusedly on . Nothing in all the various and compli- cated machinery of social life was left , save the primal law of self - preservation ! . . . . Bright and gigantic ...
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... child ! " cried St. Pierre ; " I am then twice sacrificed . But no ; I have rather begotten thee a second time . Thy years are few , but full , my son . The victim of virtue has reached the utmost purpose and goal of mortality ! Who ...
... child ! " cried St. Pierre ; " I am then twice sacrificed . But no ; I have rather begotten thee a second time . Thy years are few , but full , my son . The victim of virtue has reached the utmost purpose and goal of mortality ! Who ...
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