Lovell's Progressive Readers, No.4: A Series of Interesting and Instructive Lessons, in Prose, Poetry and Dialogue; with Exercises in Elocution, Supplying the Means for Copious Practice on Rhetorical Pause, Inflection and Emphasis, Together with an Explanatory Index |
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... followed its meandering . 6. But not alone to plant and bird That little stream was known , Its gentle murmur far was heard- A friend's familiar tone ! It glided by the cotter's door , It blessed the labor of the poor . 7. And would ...
... followed its meandering . 6. But not alone to plant and bird That little stream was known , Its gentle murmur far was heard- A friend's familiar tone ! It glided by the cotter's door , It blessed the labor of the poor . 7. And would ...
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... followed their track down the precipice which still remained to descend . 18. Her rugged path became easier as she went on , and brought her at length to the foot of the mountain again , among her neighbors and friends , who , a few ...
... followed their track down the precipice which still remained to descend . 18. Her rugged path became easier as she went on , and brought her at length to the foot of the mountain again , among her neighbors and friends , who , a few ...
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... followed her closely . 7. On receiving the square from her , he said , " Stay , daugh- ter , how do you know that this is what Mr. Williams wants ? " " Why , " she replied , " did you LOVELL'S PROGRESSIVE READERS . 85.
... followed her closely . 7. On receiving the square from her , he said , " Stay , daugh- ter , how do you know that this is what Mr. Williams wants ? " " Why , " she replied , " did you LOVELL'S PROGRESSIVE READERS . 85.
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... followed wicked ways— Unless when she was sinning . 4. At church , in silks and satins new , With hoop of wondrous size , She never slumbered in her pew- But when she shut her eyes . 5. Her love was sought , I do aver , By twenty beaus ...
... followed wicked ways— Unless when she was sinning . 4. At church , in silks and satins new , With hoop of wondrous size , She never slumbered in her pew- But when she shut her eyes . 5. Her love was sought , I do aver , By twenty beaus ...
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... followed him at a slower pace ; for he was gen- erous enough , much as he had previously counted on the privilege of being first to tell the good news to his mother , ( for his own father was Captain of the Sylph , ) to transfer his ...
... followed him at a slower pace ; for he was gen- erous enough , much as he had previously counted on the privilege of being first to tell the good news to his mother , ( for his own father was Captain of the Sylph , ) to transfer his ...
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Page 395 - absorbs me quite; Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul—can this be death ? 3. The world "recedes—it disappears ; Heaven opens on my eyes ; my ears With sounds "seraphic ring. Lend, lend your wings! I mount, I fly ! 0 Grave, where is thy victory
Page 290 - 10. The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not "attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. 11. Standing on what too long we bore, With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may "discern—unseen before— A path to higher destinies.
Page 110 - Ever bear in mind that solemn "admonition of tried experience and paternal love: " Thou, Solomon, my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off forever.
Page 325 - responsive as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd that lowed to meet their young, , , . \ The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that °bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind. 'I.
Page 261 - 1. How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep! O gentle Sleep ! Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness! 2. Why, rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy "pallets stretching thee, And
Page 262 - Canst thou, oh partial Sleep, give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude, And in the calmest and the stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a King ? Then, happy, lowly "clown! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. "SHAKSPEARE.
Page 1 - For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous : he is a "buckler to them that walk uprightly. He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and "equity: yea, every good path. 3.
Page 2 - Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge : but fools despise wisdom and instruction. 8. My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy
Page 175 - time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar, the king, hath set up: and whoso falleth not down and worshipeth, shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
Page 261 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast, Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains . In cradle of the rude °imperious surge? And in the visitation of the winds Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads and hanging them With deaf ning °clamors in the slippery "shrouds, That, with the hurly, Death itself awakes