Introduction to the English Reader: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Poetry, Calculated to Improve the Younger Classes of Learners in Reading, and to Imbue Their Minds with the Love of Virtue. To which are Added, Rules and Observations for Assisting Children to Read with ProprietyE. T. Scott, 1824 - 166 pages |
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... improvement of others , and wish to deprive them of the praise they have deserved , is an en- vious and odious disposition . We ought not to be proud or vain of the advantages we possess ; but humbly endeavour to use them for the ...
... improvement of others , and wish to deprive them of the praise they have deserved , is an en- vious and odious disposition . We ought not to be proud or vain of the advantages we possess ; but humbly endeavour to use them for the ...
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... derived , are inexhaustible . Thus , the idle and irresolute youth trifles over his books , or wastes in play the precious moments ; deferring the task of improvement , which at first is easy to Chap . 1 . 23 Select Sentences , c .
... derived , are inexhaustible . Thus , the idle and irresolute youth trifles over his books , or wastes in play the precious moments ; deferring the task of improvement , which at first is easy to Chap . 1 . 23 Select Sentences , c .
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... improvement , which at first is easy to be accom- plished , but which will become more and more difficult , the longer it is neglected . CHAPTER II . NARRATIVE PIECES . SECTION I. The pious sons . 1. In one of those terrible eruptions ...
... improvement , which at first is easy to be accom- plished , but which will become more and more difficult , the longer it is neglected . CHAPTER II . NARRATIVE PIECES . SECTION I. The pious sons . 1. In one of those terrible eruptions ...
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... improved his relish , for the true enjoyment of them . 5. In the evening , however , he called upon his friend , to inquire whether he would return to the hive ; but he found him surfeited in sweets , which he was as unable to leave ...
... improved his relish , for the true enjoyment of them . 5. In the evening , however , he called upon his friend , to inquire whether he would return to the hive ; but he found him surfeited in sweets , which he was as unable to leave ...
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... improvements in knowledge . 3. May that wisdom which is justified in her works , be your guide through life ! And may you enjoy all the felici- ty which flows from a cultivated understanding , pious and well regulated affections , and ...
... improvements in knowledge . 3. May that wisdom which is justified in her works , be your guide through life ! And may you enjoy all the felici- ty which flows from a cultivated understanding , pious and well regulated affections , and ...
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Page 154 - Hark! they whisper: angels say, "Sister spirit, come away!" What is this absorbs me quite, — Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath?
Page 91 - Ever charming, ever new, When will the landscape tire the view! The fountain's fall, the river's flow, The woody valleys warm and low; The windy summit, wild and high, Roughly rushing on the sky! The pleasant seat, the ruin'd tower, The naked rock, the shady bower; The town and village, dome and farm, Each give each a double charm, As pearls upon an Ethiop's arm.
Page 131 - LET dogs delight to bark and bite, For God hath made them so; Let bears and lions growl and fight, For 'tis their nature too. But, children, you should never let Such angry passions rise ; Your little hands were never made To tear each other's eyes.
Page 125 - I've heard of fearful winds and darkness that come there; The little brooks that seem all pastime and all play, When they are angry, roar like lions for their prey. " Here thou need'st not dread the raven in the sky; Night and day thou art safe, — our cottage is hard by. Why bleat so after me? Why pull so at thy chain? Sleep — and at break of day I will come to thee again...
Page 114 - Nature expects mankind should share The duties of the public care. Who's born for sloth ? * To some we find The ploughshare's annual toil assign'd : Some at the sounding anvil glow: Some the swift-sliding shuttle throw; Some, studious of the wind and tide, From pole to pole our commerce guide: Some (taught by industry) impart With hands and feet the works of art; * Barrow.
Page 140 - Or in proud falls magnificently lost, But clear and artless, pouring through the plain Health to the sick, and solace to the swain. Whose causeway parts the vale with shady rows ? Whose seats the weary traveller repose ? Who tanght that heaven-directed spire to rise ? ' The Man of Ross,
Page 113 - IN other men we faults can spy, And blame the mote that dims their eye ; Each little speck and blemish find, To our own stronger errors blind. A Turkey, tir'd of common food, Forsook the barn, and sought the wood ; Behind her ran an infant train, Collecting here and there a grain. * Draw near, my Birds...
Page 140 - But clear and artless pouring through the plain Health to the sick, and solace to the swain. Whose causeway parts the vale with shady rows ? Whose seats the weary traveller repose ? Who taught that heaven-directed spire to rise ? " The Man of Ross," each lisping babe replies. Behold the market-place with poor o'erspread ! The Man of Ross...
Page 90 - ... the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers, and sisters, and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me I had given four times as much for it as it was worth...
Page 79 - I counted fifteen church steeples ; and I saw several gentlemen's houses peeping out from the midst of green woods and plantations ; and I could trace the windings of the river all along the low grounds, till it was lost behind a ridge of hills.