The Schoolmate, Volume 4A. R. Phippen George Savage, 1854 - Education |
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... learned , but the thought of speaking it before the whole school still troubled him . " What piece have you chosen ? " said he to Morris . " Not any , " replied his companion . " Do you think I want to stand up and spout before the ...
... learned , but the thought of speaking it before the whole school still troubled him . " What piece have you chosen ? " said he to Morris . " Not any , " replied his companion . " Do you think I want to stand up and spout before the ...
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... learned , you are cramped down to the words , and cannot speak or act with freedom . " When I first proposed speaking , I heard several of the reluctant boys asking each other complainingly , ' What is the use of speaking ? what good ...
... learned , you are cramped down to the words , and cannot speak or act with freedom . " When I first proposed speaking , I heard several of the reluctant boys asking each other complainingly , ' What is the use of speaking ? what good ...
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... learned , indeed , " said the captain . " And most unsatisfactory , " repeated the lieutenant , who felt him- self in duty bound to side with his commanding officer . " But it may be true , nevertheless , " THE PHANTOM BELL . 29.
... learned , indeed , " said the captain . " And most unsatisfactory , " repeated the lieutenant , who felt him- self in duty bound to side with his commanding officer . " But it may be true , nevertheless , " THE PHANTOM BELL . 29.
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... learned that the steamer with which we came in collision was the screw - steamer Vesta , from St. Pierre , bound from and belonging to Greenville , France . As near as we could learn , the Vesta was steering E. S. E. , and was crossing ...
... learned that the steamer with which we came in collision was the screw - steamer Vesta , from St. Pierre , bound from and belonging to Greenville , France . As near as we could learn , the Vesta was steering E. S. E. , and was crossing ...
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... learned before any attempt is made to speak it . 2. Before speaking in public , the pupil should practice by himself the emphasis , tone , inflection , gesture , & c . , of he piece , and endeavor to make them as perfect as possible . 3 ...
... learned before any attempt is made to speak it . 2. Before speaking in public , the pupil should practice by himself the emphasis , tone , inflection , gesture , & c . , of he piece , and endeavor to make them as perfect as possible . 3 ...
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Page 342 - OFTEN I think of the beautiful town That is seated by the sea ; Often in thought go up and down The pleasant streets of that dear old town, And my youth comes back to me. And a verse of a Lapland song Is haunting my memory still : " A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.
Page 343 - I can see the breezy dome of groves, The shadows of Deering's Woods; And the friendships old and the early loves Come back with a Sabbath sound, as of doves In quiet neighborhoods.
Page 324 - Have mercy upon me, O God, According to thy loving kindness: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies Blot out my transgressions.
Page 79 - Disaster'd stands; sees other hills ascend, Of unknown joyless brow; and other scenes, Of horrid prospect, shag the trackless plain: Nor finds the river, nor the forest, hid Beneath the formless wild; but wanders on From hill to dale, still more and more astray; Impatient flouncing through the drifted heaps, Stung with the thoughts of home; the thoughts of home Rush on his nerves, and call their vigour forth In many a vain attempt.
Page 80 - Smooth'd up with snow; and what is land, unknown, What water, of the still unfrozen spring, In the loose marsh or solitary lake, Where the fresh fountain from the bottom boils.
Page 264 - Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year...
Page 244 - The Niobe of nations ! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe ; An empty urn within her withered hands, Whose holy dust was scattered long ago ; The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now ; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers : dost thou flow, Old Tiber ! through a marble wilderness ? Rise, with thy yellow waves, and mantle her distress.
Page 263 - He comes amidst the pomp and fragrance of the season ; his life seems all sensibility and enjoyment, all song and sunshine. He is to be found in the soft bosoms of the freshest and sweetest meadows, and is most in song when the clover is in blossom.
Page 331 - Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.
Page 388 - Miller. You may do what you please. You are twelve miles from Nottingham, and all the way through this thick wood ; but if you are resolved upon going thither to-night, I will put you in the...