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... asked , not as't . 33 The following words , which are often incorrectly pronounced , have the proper pronunciation indicated : — A Again ( a - gen ' ) against ( a - genst ' ) a'ged ( two syllables ) an - te - pe - nult ' ar'chives ( ar ...
... asked , not as't . 33 The following words , which are often incorrectly pronounced , have the proper pronunciation indicated : — A Again ( a - gen ' ) against ( a - genst ' ) a'ged ( two syllables ) an - te - pe - nult ' ar'chives ( ar ...
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... asked her for some paper . She gave him all she had ; and then he went to all the neighbors ' houses and begged more . Having , as he hoped , collected enough , he hastened , with the bundle under his arm , to the shop , and , on ...
... asked her for some paper . She gave him all she had ; and then he went to all the neighbors ' houses and begged more . Having , as he hoped , collected enough , he hastened , with the bundle under his arm , to the shop , and , on ...
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... asked I of the doctor . " It is , " replied he , " the milk of the cocoa - nut . " - " Ah , indeed ! " 8. A moment afterward one of the women brought a black pitcher , polished , shining , and carved , though somewhat rudely . It was ...
... asked I of the doctor . " It is , " replied he , " the milk of the cocoa - nut . " - " Ah , indeed ! " 8. A moment afterward one of the women brought a black pitcher , polished , shining , and carved , though somewhat rudely . It was ...
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... asked her the reason of this strange employment , she replied , ' Why , sir , I have lost my knitting - needle , and just thought I would rub down this bar to make me another . ' 16. " The words acted like magic on the young philosopher ...
... asked her the reason of this strange employment , she replied , ' Why , sir , I have lost my knitting - needle , and just thought I would rub down this bar to make me another . ' 16. " The words acted like magic on the young philosopher ...
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... asked 29 . THE LAMP . - A FABLE . 1. A YOUTH was once walking along in the obscure passages of an ancient building . The place was rough and dark , and in some parts he could hardly discern the objects around him . Several times he ran ...
... asked 29 . THE LAMP . - A FABLE . 1. A YOUTH was once walking along in the obscure passages of an ancient building . The place was rough and dark , and in some parts he could hardly discern the objects around him . Several times he ran ...
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Page 110 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 109 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Page 304 - I tell thee, thou'rt defied! And if thou saidst I am not peer To any lord in Scotland here, Lowland or Highland, far or near, Lord Angus, thou hast lied...
Page 121 - twas a famous victory. "My father lived at Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by; They burnt his dwelling to the ground, And he was forced to fly; So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head.
Page 109 - Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more; and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; that ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
Page 188 - THE thoughts are strange that crowd into my brain, While I look upward to thee. It would seem As if God poured thee from His hollow hand, And hung His bow upon thine awful front; And spoke in that loud voice, which seemed to him Who dwelt in Patmos for his Saviour's sake, The sound of many waters ; and had bade Thy flood to chronicle the ages back, And notch His centuries in the eternal rocks.
Page 120 - Old Kaspar took it from the boy Who stood expectant by: And then the old man shook his head, And with a natural sigh "'Tis some poor fellow's skull," said he, "Who fell in the great victory.
Page 166 - Say, Father, say, if yet my task is done ? " He knew not that the chieftain lay, unconscious of his son. ' Speak, Father ! " once again he cried, " if I may yet be gone ! And " — but the booming shots replied, and fast the flames rolled on.
Page 135 - ... the field, I found it the source of an exquisite pleasure, The purest and sweetest that nature can yield. How ardent I seized it. with hands that were glowing, And quick to the white-pebbled bottom it fell ; Then soon, with the emblem of truth overflowing. And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well : The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket arose from the well.
Page 82 - His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.