The American Common-place Book of Prose: A Collection of Eloquent and Interesting Extracts from the Writings of American AuthorsCarter and Hendee, 1831 - 468 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 9
... Heart . The Preservation of the Church . Modern Facilities for evangelizing the World . Frisbie . 355 Greenwood . 359 Nott . 363 Mason . 367 Beecher . 308 Speech of the Chief Sa - gu - yu - what - hah , called by the white People Red ...
... Heart . The Preservation of the Church . Modern Facilities for evangelizing the World . Frisbie . 355 Greenwood . 359 Nott . 363 Mason . 367 Beecher . 308 Speech of the Chief Sa - gu - yu - what - hah , called by the white People Red ...
Page 11
... heart shall feel , and my prompt pen shall describe , the uses and pleas- ures of the nocturnal hour . " Watchman , what of the night ? " I can with propriety imagine this question addressed to myself ; I am a professed lucubrator ; and ...
... heart shall feel , and my prompt pen shall describe , the uses and pleas- ures of the nocturnal hour . " Watchman , what of the night ? " I can with propriety imagine this question addressed to myself ; I am a professed lucubrator ; and ...
Page 16
... heart with a sharp pang , and I involuntarily dashed my hands forward -they passed through against the damp wall , and the tide of life rolled back , leaving me hardly able to support my- self . I stood a few moments lost in fear and ...
... heart with a sharp pang , and I involuntarily dashed my hands forward -they passed through against the damp wall , and the tide of life rolled back , leaving me hardly able to support my- self . I stood a few moments lost in fear and ...
Page 26
... heart , and thus make men proficients in the science of self - gov- ernment ; and , finally , that they teach him to aspire after a conformity to a Being of infinit holiness , and fill him with hopes infinitely more purifying , more ...
... heart , and thus make men proficients in the science of self - gov- ernment ; and , finally , that they teach him to aspire after a conformity to a Being of infinit holiness , and fill him with hopes infinitely more purifying , more ...
Page 27
... heart , even under most unpromising cireumstances , it has , within a single generation , revolutionized the whole structure of society ; and thus , within a few years , done more for man than all other means have for ages accom ...
... heart , even under most unpromising cireumstances , it has , within a single generation , revolutionized the whole structure of society ; and thus , within a few years , done more for man than all other means have for ages accom ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
appeared Barnstable beauty boat bosom breath called cataract cause character Christian Cicero clouds cockswain cried danger dark death deep delight Demosthenes distance earth effect eloquence England eternity Everell faith favour fear feel felt forest friends frigate gaze genius give glory Gothic architecture Greece habits hand happiness head heard heart heaven hill honour hope hour human Iliad imagination influence intellectual Josiah Quincy labour Lafayette liberty light live look Madame du Deffand Magawisca mainsail ment mind Molineux moral mother mountain nation nature never night object once Oneco passed passions patriotism pleasure poetry principles religion rocks rolling Sassacus scene schooner seemed seen Seneca nation sentiment ship side silent sloop solemn soon soul sound spirit sublime Tacitus thing thought tion trees turned vessel virtue voice waves whole William Penn wind