The Fourth Reader, Or Exercises in Reading and Speaking Designed for the Higher Classes in Our Public and Private SchoolsSanborn & Carter, 1851 - 408 pagini |
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Pagina 25
... tree that bears no fruit , deserves no name . The man of wisdom , is the man of years . NARCISSA's youth has lectured me thus far . And can her gayety give counsel too ? That , like the Jew's famed oracle of gems , Sparkles instruction ...
... tree that bears no fruit , deserves no name . The man of wisdom , is the man of years . NARCISSA's youth has lectured me thus far . And can her gayety give counsel too ? That , like the Jew's famed oracle of gems , Sparkles instruction ...
Pagina 47
... tree grew on the plain ; its branches were cov- ered with vèrdure ; its boughs spread wide , and made a good- ly shadow ; the trunk was like a strong pillar ; the roots were like crooked fangs . I returned ; the verdure was nipped by ...
... tree grew on the plain ; its branches were cov- ered with vèrdure ; its boughs spread wide , and made a good- ly shadow ; the trunk was like a strong pillar ; the roots were like crooked fangs . I returned ; the verdure was nipped by ...
Pagina 55
... trees . They in thy sun Budded , and shook their green leaves in thy breeze , And shot toward heaven . The century - living crow , Whose birth was in their tops , grew old and died Among their branches , till , at last , they stood , As ...
... trees . They in thy sun Budded , and shook their green leaves in thy breeze , And shot toward heaven . The century - living crow , Whose birth was in their tops , grew old and died Among their branches , till , at last , they stood , As ...
Pagina 56
... trees . The thunder burst in tre- mendous explosions ; the peals were echoed from mountain to moun- tain ; they crashed upon Dunderburg , and then rolled up the long defile of the highlands , each headland making a new echo , until old ...
... trees . The thunder burst in tre- mendous explosions ; the peals were echoed from mountain to moun- tain ; they crashed upon Dunderburg , and then rolled up the long defile of the highlands , each headland making a new echo , until old ...
Pagina 70
... trees . The final pause occurs at the end of the line , and marks the meas- ure , both in rhyme and blank verse . EXAMPLES . O Muse , the causes and the crimes relate ; What goddess was provoked , and whence her hate For what offence ...
... trees . The final pause occurs at the end of the line , and marks the meas- ure , both in rhyme and blank verse . EXAMPLES . O Muse , the causes and the crimes relate ; What goddess was provoked , and whence her hate For what offence ...
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Termeni și expresii frecvente
Anapestic ancholy ancient arms Aurelian beautiful behold beneath bosom brave bright Calais clouds dark dead death deep detona earth EXAMPLES fall father feel feet fire flowers forest friends gaze genius glory Goth grave Hafed hand happy heard heart heaven Herculaneum honor hour human hundred inflection Julius Cæsar Kilauea king labor land LESSON light live look ment mighty mind mountains nation nature never night o'er ocean passed pause Pliny the Younger Pompeii province of Spain rising rocks roll Rolla Roman Rome round Rule scene Scotland seemed shine shore silence smile solemn soul sound spirit splendor stalactites stars storm stream sublime syllables tears tempest temple thee things thou thought thousand thunder tion trees tremble Trochaic Trochee Ursa Major vast verse virtue voice waters waves wild wind wonders wooded crater words
Pasaje populare
Pagina 373 - Nor in the embrace of ocean shall exist Thy image. Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again...
Pagina 45 - There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats ; For I am armed so strong in honesty That they pass by me as the idle wind, Which I respect not.
Pagina 374 - All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom.
Pagina 384 - All too will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate which would be oppression.
Pagina 24 - Some Books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; That is, some Books are to be read only in parts; others to be read but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some Books also may be read by deputy...
Pagina 373 - The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, - the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods - rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste, Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
Pagina 40 - The style of Dryden is capricious and varied ; that of Pope is cautious and uniform. Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle.
Pagina 344 - He thinks the whole world sees it in his face, reads it in his eyes, and almost hears its workings in the very silence of his thoughts. It has become his master. It betrays his discretion, it breaks down his courage, it conquers his prudence. When suspicions from without begin to embarrass him, and the net of circumstance to entangle him, the fatal secret struggles with still greater violence to burst forth.
Pagina 336 - Called upon by your country to defend its invaded rights, you accepted the sacred charge, before it had formed alliances, and whilst it was without funds or a government to support you. You have conducted the great military contest with wisdom and fortitude, invariably regarding the rights of the civil power through all disasters and changes.
Pagina 73 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal ; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord...