The School board readers. Standard i(iii-vi), ed. by a former H.M. inspector of schools, Volume 6 |
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... seemed too terrible to be made for human ears ; but upon the recovery of his temper , he could with pleasure not only hear their voices , but approach the monsters themselves with great intre- pidity . He speaks of sea - lions , whose ...
... seemed too terrible to be made for human ears ; but upon the recovery of his temper , he could with pleasure not only hear their voices , but approach the monsters themselves with great intre- pidity . He speaks of sea - lions , whose ...
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... a great deal of pleasure , the whole human species marching one after another , and throwing down their several loads , which imme- diately grew up into a prodigious mountain , that seemed Six . ] 27 THE SCHOOL BOARD READERS .
... a great deal of pleasure , the whole human species marching one after another , and throwing down their several loads , which imme- diately grew up into a prodigious mountain , that seemed Six . ] 27 THE SCHOOL BOARD READERS .
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School board readers. diately grew up into a prodigious mountain , that seemed to rise above the clouds . There was a certain lady of a thin airy shape , who was very active in this solemnity . She carried a magnifying glass in one of ...
School board readers. diately grew up into a prodigious mountain , that seemed to rise above the clouds . There was a certain lady of a thin airy shape , who was very active in this solemnity . She carried a magnifying glass in one of ...
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... seemed to me immense in its grandeur , from the quality of the rays of light , and from the variety of the colours , I thought I had discovered that it was all a portion of my being . I was beginning to see without emotion , and to hear ...
... seemed to me immense in its grandeur , from the quality of the rays of light , and from the variety of the colours , I thought I had discovered that it was all a portion of my being . I was beginning to see without emotion , and to hear ...
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... seemed to give back to my hand feeling for feeling , and each touch produced a double idea in my mind . I was not long in discovering that this faculty of feeling was spread over every part of my body ; I soon found out the limits of my ...
... seemed to give back to my hand feeling for feeling , and each touch produced a double idea in my mind . I was not long in discovering that this faculty of feeling was spread over every part of my body ; I soon found out the limits of my ...
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Page 229 - Teach us, sprite or bird, What sweet thoughts are thine : I have never heard Praise of love or wine That panted forth a flood of rapture so divine.
Page 166 - I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must forever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye : I feel my heart new open'd. O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes...
Page 163 - I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause ; What cause withholds you then to mourn for him...
Page 198 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? — It was.
Page 195 - Wept o'er his wounds or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began.
Page 179 - When first on this delightful Land he spreads His orient Beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew ; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful Evening mild...
Page 177 - Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels, for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing ; ye in heaven, On earth, join all ye creatures to extol Him first, Him last, Him midst, and without end. Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, , Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise Him in thy sphere,...
Page 164 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle: I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent; That day he overcame the Nervii : — Look ! In this place ran Cassius...
Page 195 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place.
Page 193 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please, How often have I loitered o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endeared each scene...