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 oldal |
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... live ; instead of living , as many do , to eat and drink . " Artaxerxes Mnemon , king of Persia , being , upon an ex- traordinary occasion , reduced to eat barley - bread and dried figs , and to drink water ; " What pleasure , " said he ...
... live ; instead of living , as many do , to eat and drink . " Artaxerxes Mnemon , king of Persia , being , upon an ex- traordinary occasion , reduced to eat barley - bread and dried figs , and to drink water ; " What pleasure , " said he ...
38. oldal
... live mostly at home ; and aim at being useful rather than shining . 6. " But in return , I will insure you content , even spirits , self - approbation , and the esteem of all who thoroughly know you . If these offers appear to your ...
... live mostly at home ; and aim at being useful rather than shining . 6. " But in return , I will insure you content , even spirits , self - approbation , and the esteem of all who thoroughly know you . If these offers appear to your ...
44. oldal
... live .. 5. Whilst the poor man groans on the bed of sickness ; whilst the unfortunate languish in the horrors of a dun- geon ; or the hoary head of age lifts up a feeble eye to thee for pity ; how canst thou riot in superfluous enjoy ...
... live .. 5. Whilst the poor man groans on the bed of sickness ; whilst the unfortunate languish in the horrors of a dun- geon ; or the hoary head of age lifts up a feeble eye to thee for pity ; how canst thou riot in superfluous enjoy ...
48. oldal
... live many weeks with- out food ; and that the period of his life exceeds a hun- dred years . SECTION II . The humming - bird . GOLDSMITH . 1. Or all the birds that flutter in the garden , or paint the landscape , the humming - bird is ...
... live many weeks with- out food ; and that the period of his life exceeds a hun- dred years . SECTION II . The humming - bird . GOLDSMITH . 1. Or all the birds that flutter in the garden , or paint the landscape , the humming - bird is ...
50. oldal
... live with their young ones . 10. " All four frequently perched upon their master's hand , chirping as if they had been at liberty abroad . He fed them with a very fine clear paste , made of wine , biscuit , and sugar . They thrust their ...
... live with their young ones . 10. " All four frequently perched upon their master's hand , chirping as if they had been at liberty abroad . He fed them with a very fine clear paste , made of wine , biscuit , and sugar . They thrust their ...
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Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
animal Arachne Aram ARTABANES BARBAULD beauty behold betimes birds blessings blest bosom bread breast brother Canute Catharina cheerful cries delight Domat eagle earth endeavor enjoy Euphronius eyes father faults favor fear flowers fond fortune fruit gentle give gratitude ground hand happiness Hast thou hear heart heaven honor human insect joys kind king labor live Livonia look Lord louis d'ors Marcus Aurelius mind morning mother nature negroes nest never night nosegay o'er obliged observed Offa ostrich parents passions peace PERCIVAL Perrin persons Pigalle pismire plain pleasure poor portunity pow'r praise pursue replied rest returned rich rise Robber SECTION III SECTION VII sleep Snail Socrates sorrows soul sound spect spring stranger stream sweet tears tempest tender Tetuan thee thine thing thought Thracian tree Tutor virtue voice walk William wings words young youth
Népszerű szakaszok
138. oldal - How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower!
126. oldal - 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.
99. oldal - 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.
148. oldal - 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.
149. oldal - 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!
85. oldal - 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.
131. oldal - 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.
133. oldal - 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.
147. oldal - ... 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.
132. oldal - 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.