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... construction throughout . Thus , the first lesson may be regarded as a suitable introduction to the second , the second to the third , and so on to the conclusion . Too much stress cannot be laid on this important feature of instruction ...
... construction throughout . Thus , the first lesson may be regarded as a suitable introduction to the second , the second to the third , and so on to the conclusion . Too much stress cannot be laid on this important feature of instruction ...
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... construction should be observed through- out . An unnecessary change of scene , or the ad- mixture of active and passive phraseology in the same sentence , must be avoided ; thus , " Copies of the Bible were rapidly dispersed , and ...
... construction should be observed through- out . An unnecessary change of scene , or the ad- mixture of active and passive phraseology in the same sentence , must be avoided ; thus , " Copies of the Bible were rapidly dispersed , and ...
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... construction according to Rule 7. No. 38 . 1. We place the works of Pagan writers in their proper situation , and an additional value is given to them when they are made subservient to the cause of religion , and the illus- tration of ...
... construction according to Rule 7. No. 38 . 1. We place the works of Pagan writers in their proper situation , and an additional value is given to them when they are made subservient to the cause of religion , and the illus- tration of ...
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... construction wherever it is desirable , without alter- ing the sense . 1. The Helvetii , moved by the want of everything , sent to Cæsar ambassadors concerning a surrender . These having met him on the way , with great humility ...
... construction wherever it is desirable , without alter- ing the sense . 1. The Helvetii , moved by the want of everything , sent to Cæsar ambassadors concerning a surrender . These having met him on the way , with great humility ...
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... construction wherever desirable . 1. The German war having been finished , Cæsar for many reasons determined to cross the Rhine ; more especially since he saw that the Germans so easily were induced to come into Gaul . He wished too ...
... construction wherever desirable . 1. The German war having been finished , Cæsar for many reasons determined to cross the Rhine ; more especially since he saw that the Germans so easily were induced to come into Gaul . He wished too ...
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Page 174 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent! Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, He bounds, connects, and equals all.
Page 124 - Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
Page 191 - In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God : he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him even into his ears. Then the earth shook and trembled ; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
Page 171 - Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Page 51 - The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Page 59 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Page 171 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Page 160 - Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid Nature. Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore...
Page 137 - 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, And the night-raven sings; There, under ebon shades and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
Page 62 - Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. 13 He that answereth a matter before he heareth it it is folly and shame unto him.