The American First Class Book, Or, Exercises in Reading and Recitation: Selected Principally from Modern Authors of Great Britain and America, and Designed for the Use of the Highest Class in Public and Private SchoolsDavid H. Williams, 1839 - 480 pages |
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... arms of the Farnese Hercules , it was that I might the better display the breadth of his shoulders , and the spaciousness of his chest . " Without attempting to furnish schools with what might be denominated a pronouncing reader , I ...
... arms of the Farnese Hercules , it was that I might the better display the breadth of his shoulders , and the spaciousness of his chest . " Without attempting to furnish schools with what might be denominated a pronouncing reader , I ...
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... arm'd that hath his quarrel just ; And he but naked , though lock'd up in steel , Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted . Sleep . ir'd nature's sweet restorer , balmy sleep ! He , like the world , his ready visits pays Where ...
... arm'd that hath his quarrel just ; And he but naked , though lock'd up in steel , Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted . Sleep . ir'd nature's sweet restorer , balmy sleep ! He , like the world , his ready visits pays Where ...
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... arms , and resigns his faithful fellow - laborers . The farmer weeps over his barns consumed by fire , and his demolished roof , and anticipates the driving of the win- ter snows . On that rising ground , where the green turf looks ...
... arms , and resigns his faithful fellow - laborers . The farmer weeps over his barns consumed by fire , and his demolished roof , and anticipates the driving of the win- ter snows . On that rising ground , where the green turf looks ...
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... arm - chair of dozing age , as well as in either the sprightliness of the dance , or the animation of the chace . To novelty , to acute- ness of sensation , to hope , to ardor of pursuit , succeeds , what is , in no inconsiderable ...
... arm - chair of dozing age , as well as in either the sprightliness of the dance , or the animation of the chace . To novelty , to acute- ness of sensation , to hope , to ardor of pursuit , succeeds , what is , in no inconsiderable ...
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... arms about her brother's neck , without uttering a word . As soon as he could speak , he asked , " Is she alive ? " - he could not say , my mother . " She is sleeping , " answe : ed his sister , " and must not know to - night that you ...
... arms about her brother's neck , without uttering a word . As soon as he could speak , he asked , " Is she alive ? " - he could not say , my mother . " She is sleeping , " answe : ed his sister , " and must not know to - night that you ...
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