The Sixth Reader of the United States Series: Embracing, in Brief, the Principles of Rhetoric, Criticism, Eloquence, and Oratory, as Applied to Both Prose and Poetry, the Whole Adapted to Elocutionary InstructionHarper & Brothers, 1872 - 372 sider |
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Side 29
... never for- sake each other , but go to seek adventures . The first bat- tle they fought was with two Saracens ; and the Dwarf , who was very courageous , dealt one of the champions a most angry blow . 2. He did but very little injury to ...
... never for- sake each other , but go to seek adventures . The first bat- tle they fought was with two Saracens ; and the Dwarf , who was very courageous , dealt one of the champions a most angry blow . 2. He did but very little injury to ...
Side 32
... never felt inclined to make an investment of that kind . " " Then here is a fine opportunity to do so . It may prove better than stock in the bank . As for myself , I have con- cluded that , if you will advance him one thousand dollars ...
... never felt inclined to make an investment of that kind . " " Then here is a fine opportunity to do so . It may prove better than stock in the bank . As for myself , I have con- cluded that , if you will advance him one thousand dollars ...
Side 33
... never been canceled ; and now that the scale is turned , I deem it my duty to come up to the rescue . " 15. At this singular turn in the tide of fortune , Mr. Bar- ton fairly wept for joy . — Every claim against him was paid as soon as ...
... never been canceled ; and now that the scale is turned , I deem it my duty to come up to the rescue . " 15. At this singular turn in the tide of fortune , Mr. Bar- ton fairly wept for joy . — Every claim against him was paid as soon as ...
Side 62
... Never mind me , Cap'en . I'm obleeged to you . I can look out for myself , I guess . Keep your extra small sword to spit your frogs on . I'll stick to my flail . And now let's to work . I'm in suthin ' of a hurry to git back to my other ...
... Never mind me , Cap'en . I'm obleeged to you . I can look out for myself , I guess . Keep your extra small sword to spit your frogs on . I'll stick to my flail . And now let's to work . I'm in suthin ' of a hurry to git back to my other ...
Side 63
... never at home , Making sure of a welcome wherever they roam ; And every one knows that the Bachelor's den Is a room set apart for these singular men— A nook in the clouds , perhaps five by four , Though sometimes , indeed , it may be ...
... never at home , Making sure of a welcome wherever they roam ; And every one knows that the Bachelor's den Is a room set apart for these singular men— A nook in the clouds , perhaps five by four , Though sometimes , indeed , it may be ...
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Side 285 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood ! Let their last, feeble, and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced...
Side 101 - Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more ? Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies?
Side 79 - ... for expert men can execute and perhaps judge of particulars one by one, but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned.
Side 327 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue, Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours: Where are they?
Side 241 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low : And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Side 285 - I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below...
Side 182 - And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Side 168 - Now his elder son was in the field; and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.
Side 54 - A shade of sadness, a blush of shame Over the face of the leader came; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word: "Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on!
Side 167 - And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land ; and he began to be in want.