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 ProprietyEdwin T. Scott, 1826 - 167 pages |
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... stream still flowed ; increased , perhaps , by fresh torrents from the mountains ; and it must for ever flow , because the sources from which it is derived are inexhaustible . Thus , the idle and irresolute youth trifles over his books ...
... stream still flowed ; increased , perhaps , by fresh torrents from the mountains ; and it must for ever flow , because the sources from which it is derived are inexhaustible . Thus , the idle and irresolute youth trifles over his books ...
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... streams , the chrystal brooks , to bathe her languid limbs . The brooks and rivulets fly from her and are dried up at her approach . She cools her parched lids with berries , and the grateful acid of fruits ; the seedy melon , the sharp ...
... streams , the chrystal brooks , to bathe her languid limbs . The brooks and rivulets fly from her and are dried up at her approach . She cools her parched lids with berries , and the grateful acid of fruits ; the seedy melon , the sharp ...
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... streams overflow for the benefit of mankind . He assists the poor in their trouble ; he rejoices in promoting the welfare of all men . He does not harshly censure his neighbor ; he believes not the tales of envy and malevolence , nor ...
... streams overflow for the benefit of mankind . He assists the poor in their trouble ; he rejoices in promoting the welfare of all men . He does not harshly censure his neighbor ; he believes not the tales of envy and malevolence , nor ...
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... streams ; their wings glittered with gold and purple ; their bodies shone like the green emerald ; they were more numerous than I could count : their mo- tions were quicker than my eye could glance . I returned : they were brushed into ...
... streams ; their wings glittered with gold and purple ; their bodies shone like the green emerald ; they were more numerous than I could count : their mo- tions were quicker than my eye could glance . I returned : they were brushed into ...
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... stream . I caught one of the finest , and have got him here in a leaf . But how I longed to catch a bird that I saw hovering over the water , and every now and then darting down into it ! It was all over a mixture of the most beautiful ...
... stream . I caught one of the finest , and have got him here in a leaf . But how I longed to catch a bird that I saw hovering over the water , and every now and then darting down into it ! It was all over a mixture of the most beautiful ...
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Popular passages
Page 138 - How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower!
Page 126 - 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 99 - They lightened their labour by songs, one of which was composed extempore; for I was myself the subject of it. It was sung by one of the young women, the rest joining in a sort of chorus. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these. "The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn. Chorus. Let us pity the white man; no mother has he, &c.
Page 148 - Thine eye commands with piercing view My rising and my resting hours, My heart and flesh, with all their powers. 2 My thoughts, before they are my own, Are to my God distinctly known ; He knows the words I mean to speak, Ere from my opening lips they break.
Page 149 - My heart and flesh with all their powers. 2 My thoughts, before they are my own, Are to my God distinctly known : He knows the words I mean to speak, Ere from my opening lips they break. 3 Within Thy circling power I stand; On every side I find Thy hand: Awake, asleep, at home, abroad, I am surrounded still with God. 4 Amazing knowledge, vast and great ! What large extent, what lofty height!
Page 85 - I saved my money. As I grew up, came into the world, and observed the actions of men, I thought I met with many, very many, who gave too much for the whistle.
Page 131 - HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire.
Page 133 - I sing the goodness of the Lord That filled the earth with food; He formed the creatures with His word, And then pronounced them good. 4 Lord, how Thy wonders are displayed Where'er I turn my eye; If I survey the ground I tread, Or gaze upon the sky! 5 There's not a plant or flower below But makes Thy glories known; And clouds arise, and tempests blow, By order from Thy throne.
Page 147 - ... what is this absorbs me quite steals my senses shuts my sight drowns my spirits draws my breath tell me my soul can this be death the world recedes it disappears heaven opens on my eyes my ears with sounds seraphic ring lend lend your wings i mount i fly o grave where is thy victory o death where is thy sting.
Page 132 - I sing the wisdom that ordained The sun to rule the day ; The moon shines full at his command, And all the stars obey. 3 I sing the goodness of the Lord, That filled the earth with food ; He formed the creatures with his word, And then pronounced them good.