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 Schools |
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... side . The horse performs well on either side . Teachers seldom pay sufficient attention to this branch of elocution , in instructing their pupils . It is the basis , upon which all the other . properties of a good delivery rest ; and ...
... side . The horse performs well on either side . Teachers seldom pay sufficient attention to this branch of elocution , in instructing their pupils . It is the basis , upon which all the other . properties of a good delivery rest ; and ...
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... side of error , nothing but the strongly excited emotions can disengage its bonds . It will be in vain , therefore , to dej end up on the dictation of these emo- tions ; for they will be found unerring only in the expressions of cr ...
... side of error , nothing but the strongly excited emotions can disengage its bonds . It will be in vain , therefore , to dej end up on the dictation of these emo- tions ; for they will be found unerring only in the expressions of cr ...
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... side , to take up her lodging for the night , she was insulted by two Swedish soldiers . 6. They might , probably , have carried their insults into violence , had not a subaltern officer , accidentally passing by , come to her ...
... side , to take up her lodging for the night , she was insulted by two Swedish soldiers . 6. They might , probably , have carried their insults into violence , had not a subaltern officer , accidentally passing by , come to her ...
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... side by obstinacy , on the other by revenge .-- The war between the two northern , powers at that time was truly barbarous : the innocent peasant , and the harmless virgin , often shared the fate of the soldier in arms . Mari- enburgh ...
... side by obstinacy , on the other by revenge .-- The war between the two northern , powers at that time was truly barbarous : the innocent peasant , and the harmless virgin , often shared the fate of the soldier in arms . Mari- enburgh ...
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... side , was an expanse of waters violently agitated , and covered with so thick a mist , that the most perspicacious eye could see but little way . It appeared to be full of rocks and whirlpools ; for many sunk unexpect- edly while they ...
... side , was an expanse of waters violently agitated , and covered with so thick a mist , that the most perspicacious eye could see but little way . It appeared to be full of rocks and whirlpools ; for many sunk unexpect- edly while they ...
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Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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!
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.