The American Manual: Or New English Reader: Consisting of Exercises in Reading and Speaking, Both in Prose and Poetry; Selected from the Best Writers. To which are Added, a Succinct History of the Colonies, from the Discovery of North America to the Close of the War of the Revolution; the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States. For the Use of SchoolsS.H. Henry & Company, 1833 - 295 страница |
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... happiness is built , when that foundation fails , happiness must be destroyed ; for which reason , it is wisdom to choose such a foundation for it , as is not liable to destructive accidents . We must never undervalue any person . The ...
... happiness is built , when that foundation fails , happiness must be destroyed ; for which reason , it is wisdom to choose such a foundation for it , as is not liable to destructive accidents . We must never undervalue any person . The ...
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... happiness of that which is to follow . Virtuous youth gradually brings for- ward accomplished and flourishing manhood ; and such man- hood passes off itself without uneasiness , into respectable and tranquil old age . CHAPTER II ...
... happiness of that which is to follow . Virtuous youth gradually brings for- ward accomplished and flourishing manhood ; and such man- hood passes off itself without uneasiness , into respectable and tranquil old age . CHAPTER II ...
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... happiness in her smile . She , who for- merly wanted a meal , is now capable of diffusing plenty upon whole nations . To her good fortune she owed a part of this pre - eminence , Lut to her virtues more . She ever after retained those ...
... happiness in her smile . She , who for- merly wanted a meal , is now capable of diffusing plenty upon whole nations . To her good fortune she owed a part of this pre - eminence , Lut to her virtues more . She ever after retained those ...
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... happiness to higher . They have fa- culties assigned them for various orders of delights . " 11. " What ! " cried I , " is this the language of Religion ? Does she lead her votaries through flowery paths , and bid them pass an ...
... happiness to higher . They have fa- culties assigned them for various orders of delights . " 11. " What ! " cried I , " is this the language of Religion ? Does she lead her votaries through flowery paths , and bid them pass an ...
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... happiness allotted to man in his present state , is indeed faint and low , compared with his immortal prospects , and noble capacities : but yet , what- ever portion of it the distributing hand of heaven offers to each individual , is a ...
... happiness allotted to man in his present state , is indeed faint and low , compared with his immortal prospects , and noble capacities : but yet , what- ever portion of it the distributing hand of heaven offers to each individual , is a ...
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America Amias Paulet appointed arms army assembly baneful band beauty bosom British British parliament character Charlestown church circumflex clouds colony command congress court dark death declaration delight dust dust to dust duties earth elected England eternal Eurystheus feeling fire force friends genius George Somers glory governor grave hand happy heard heart heaven hill honor hope hour human impeachment inflection inhabitants innu James Town Jehoshaphat justice land legislature liberty living look Lord Cornwallis Massachusetts ment midst mighty mind mountain nature neral never night o'er object passed passions peace person pleasure praise president racter Rhode Island rising river rock scene SECTION senate side sorrow soul spirit stood sweet tears thee thing thou thought thousand tion troops United Virginia virtue voice votes waves whole words youth
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Страница 202 - The priest-like father reads the sacred page, How Abram was the friend of God on high ; Or, Moses bade eternal warfare wage With Amalek's ungracious progeny ; Or how the royal bard did groaning lie Beneath the stroke of Heaven's avenging ire ; Or Job's pathetic plaint and wailing cry ; Or rapt Isaiah's wild, seraphic fire ; Or other holy seers that tune the sacred lyre. Perhaps...
Страница 269 - To establish post offices and post roads; To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries; To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court; To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and...
Страница 201 - They chant their artless notes in simple guise; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim : Perhaps ' Dundee's ' wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive *• Martyrs...
Страница 198 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Страница 169 - The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school. The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; — These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made.
Страница 262 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise; the State remaining, in the meantime, exposed to all the danger of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Страница 109 - There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free — if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending — if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us!
Страница 197 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street: On with the dance! let joy be unconfined: No sleep till morn when youth and pleasure meet, To chase the glowing hours with flying feet.
Страница 197 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness: And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts; and choking sighs. Which ne'er might be repeated...
Страница 223 - Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send: He gave to Misery all he had, a tear, He gained from Heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend.