The American Class-reader: Containing a Series of Lessons in Reading; with Introductory Exercises in Articulation, Inflection, Emphasis, and the Other Essential Elements of Correct Natural Elocution; Designed for Academies and Common SchoolsC. Morse, 1840 - 288 pages |
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... arms and to the God of Hosts , is all that is left us . What ! must a man be converted , ere from the most ele- vated peak of some Alpine wilderness , he becomes capable of feeling the force and majesty of those great lineaments , which ...
... arms and to the God of Hosts , is all that is left us . What ! must a man be converted , ere from the most ele- vated peak of some Alpine wilderness , he becomes capable of feeling the force and majesty of those great lineaments , which ...
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... arms , Drew after him the third part of heaven's sons ; Conjured against the Highest , for which both thou And they , outcast from God , are here condemned To waste eternal days in wo and pain ? And reckonest thou thyself with spirits ...
... arms , Drew after him the third part of heaven's sons ; Conjured against the Highest , for which both thou And they , outcast from God , are here condemned To waste eternal days in wo and pain ? And reckonest thou thyself with spirits ...
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... arm thyself with a bow and arrows and to surprise the beaver in the forest what wast thou when I first took thee to my hut thy hands were those of an infant they could neither procure thee suste- nance nor safety thy soul was in utter ...
... arm thyself with a bow and arrows and to surprise the beaver in the forest what wast thou when I first took thee to my hut thy hands were those of an infant they could neither procure thee suste- nance nor safety thy soul was in utter ...
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... arm , just before going to bed , to give the latest possible puff to the embers , lest the frost should seize them before 6 morning . Very minute beginnings have sometimes impor- tant consequences . From nursing two or three little ever ...
... arm , just before going to bed , to give the latest possible puff to the embers , lest the frost should seize them before 6 morning . Very minute beginnings have sometimes impor- tant consequences . From nursing two or three little ever ...
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... seven years the youths , af- terwards destined to arms , were left to the care of the females of the household , who taught them the first principles of re- ligion and of Chivalry . They were , then , 7 AMERICAN CLASS - READER . 73.
... seven years the youths , af- terwards destined to arms , were left to the care of the females of the household , who taught them the first principles of re- ligion and of Chivalry . They were , then , 7 AMERICAN CLASS - READER . 73.
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animals answer arms art thou beautiful behold birds blessed blind blood bosom called circumflex clothes colossal cavern cried David dead dear death earth eyes Falstaff father feet gave give grave ground Hail horrors Hail hand happy hath head hear heard heart heaven honor hour Iago inflection Israel Jesus king leprosy LESSON live look Lord madam Michael Cassio mighty morning mother Naaman nature never night o'er pass pause Pharisees Philistines pleasure pool of Siloam poor praise pray prayer reading Rhadamanthus rising slide Saul Saul rose smile Socrates song soul sound speak spirit stood stranger sweet syllables tears tell thine thing thou art thou hast thou shalt thought thy servant tion tree Trochee turn tyrant flycatcher vagabond lover voice whole wind wings words young
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Page 53 - ... and when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him which owed him ten thousand talents, but forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. The servant therefore fell down and worshipped him saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Page 204 - tis true, this god did shake ; His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas, it cried, 'Give me some drink, Titinius,
Page 112 - Then kneeling down, to Heaven's eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays: Hope "springs exulting on triumphant wing," That thus they all shall meet in future days, There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise. In such society, yet still more dear; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Page 263 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in : That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Page 151 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, let g there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you, nor fields of offerings : for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
Page 189 - There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
Page 262 - Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 31 - And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood ; and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig-tree casteth her untimely figs when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
Page 68 - And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see ; and that they which see might be made blind.
Page 67 - These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.