A Third Class Reader: Consisting of Extracts in Prose and Verse, for the Use of the Third Classes in Public and Private Schools : with an Introductory Treatise on Reading and the Training of Vocal OrgansSwan, Brewer and Tileston, 1857 - 182 oldal |
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61. oldal
... Quaker infant , from whom his parents and neighbors looked for wonderful things . A famous preacher of the Society of ... Quakers . Friend West and his wife were thought to be very fortunate in having such a son . Little Ben lived to the ...
... Quaker infant , from whom his parents and neighbors looked for wonderful things . A famous preacher of the Society of ... Quakers . Friend West and his wife were thought to be very fortunate in having such a son . Little Ben lived to the ...
64. oldal
... Quaker farmer . " Why , Friend West , " exclaimed the Philadelphia merchant , " what has possessed thee to cover thy walls with all these pic- tures ? Where on earth didst thou get them ? Then Friend West explained that all these ...
... Quaker farmer . " Why , Friend West , " exclaimed the Philadelphia merchant , " what has possessed thee to cover thy walls with all these pic- tures ? Where on earth didst thou get them ? Then Friend West explained that all these ...
65. oldal
... until he had now reached the age when it was proper that he should choose a business for life . His father and mother were in considerable perplexity about him . Ac- cording to the ideas of the Quakers , it is THE THIRD CLASS READER . 65.
... until he had now reached the age when it was proper that he should choose a business for life . His father and mother were in considerable perplexity about him . Ac- cording to the ideas of the Quakers , it is THE THIRD CLASS READER . 65.
66. oldal
... Quakers , it is not right for people to spend their lives in occupations that are of no real and sensible advantage to the world . Now , what advantage could the world expect from Benjamin's pictures ? This was a diffi- cult question ...
... Quakers , it is not right for people to spend their lives in occupations that are of no real and sensible advantage to the world . Now , what advantage could the world expect from Benjamin's pictures ? This was a diffi- cult question ...
67. oldal
... Quaker boy , in the wilds of America , into the most distinguished English painter of his day . Let us each make the best use of our natural abilities , as Benjamin West did ; and , with the blessing of Providence , we shall arrive at ...
... Quaker boy , in the wilds of America , into the most distinguished English painter of his day . Let us each make the best use of our natural abilities , as Benjamin West did ; and , with the blessing of Providence , we shall arrive at ...
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a-we Accented animal arms articulation beautiful Benjamin Benjamin West BERNARDO DEL CARPIO bird breath brother called canton of Glarus chamois child compound crows danger dark dear death e-nd e-ve Eagle earth EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE element eyes father fear feel feet fire flowers foot friends girl give grave ground Gustavus hand happy hath head hear heard heart heaven horse Inchcape Inchcape rock Indian insect king knew lady little Ben live look master monkey morning mother mountain mouth never Newfoundland dog night Nokomis o'er once oo-ze orthoepy Pibroch rock seemed Sir Walter Scott smiled sound speak spirit spring stones storm subtonic syllable tear tell temper thee thing thou thought Tom Allen tonic took tree Unaccented vessel vocal vocule voice Wallace watch waves wild wings words young Zenaida dove
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xxiii. oldal - Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire, I do wander every where, Swifter than the moon's sphere; And I serve the Fairy Queen, To dew her orbs upon the green. The cowslips tall her pensioners be; In their gold coats spots you see; Those be rubies, fairy favours, In those freckles live their savours.
136. oldal - THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between.
117. oldal - Come as the winds come, When forests are rended, Come as the waves come, When navies are stranded : Faster come, faster come, Faster and faster, Chief, vassal, page and groom, Tenant and master ! Fast they come, fast they come ; See how they gather ! Wide waves the eagle plume, Blended with heather.
158. oldal - TWAS the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse ; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads...
138. oldal - Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For thou, O Lord, art with me still ; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade.
107. oldal - BREATHES there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land ! Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, As home his footsteps he hath turned, From wandering on a foreign strand...
156. oldal - Tongue was the lawyer and argued the cause With a great deal of skill, and a wig full of learning, While chief baron Ear sat to balance the laws, So famed for his talent in nicely discerning. In behalf of the Nose, it will quickly appear, And your lordship...
109. oldal - How soft the music of those village bells,' Falling at intervals upon the ear In cadence sweet ! now dying all away, Now pealing loud again, and louder still, Clear and sonorous, as the gale comes on ! With easy force it opens all the cells Where Memory slept.
70. oldal - What is that, Nokomis?" And the good Nokomis answered "Once a warrior, very angry, Seized his grandmother, and threw her Up into the sky at midnight; Right against the moon he threw her; Tis her body that you see there." Saw the rainbow in the heaven, In the eastern sky, the rainbow; Whispered, "What is that, Nokomis?
137. oldal - And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.