The Second Reader, Or Juvenile CompanionM. Bancroft, 1833 |
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... Soldier 44 What is Life ? 45 46 The Human Paradox 47 Charles XII . and his Secretary 48 49 The Timepiece . Heroism of a Peasant 50 Fall of the Leaf · 51 Courage and Generosity 52 The Golden Mean 53 The Reformed Robber 54 The Cuckoo 55 ...
... Soldier 44 What is Life ? 45 46 The Human Paradox 47 Charles XII . and his Secretary 48 49 The Timepiece . Heroism of a Peasant 50 Fall of the Leaf · 51 Courage and Generosity 52 The Golden Mean 53 The Reformed Robber 54 The Cuckoo 55 ...
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... soldier . At this , they fell upon him and killed him , not knowing who he was . According to the oracle , the Athenians were victorious ; and , as a testimony of their gratitude to Codrus , whom they honored as the saviour of his ...
... soldier . At this , they fell upon him and killed him , not knowing who he was . According to the oracle , the Athenians were victorious ; and , as a testimony of their gratitude to Codrus , whom they honored as the saviour of his ...
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... soldier and a general , and fought with incredible bravery , seeing all his horse defeated , and the greater part of his foot , did not behave like the great Darius , who , in a like disaster , was the first that fled ; on the contrary ...
... soldier and a general , and fought with incredible bravery , seeing all his horse defeated , and the greater part of his foot , did not behave like the great Darius , who , in a like disaster , was the first that fled ; on the contrary ...
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... soldiers of the East , at that time , and to this day , are treated like slaves . Thus , this immense army having landed in Europe , and being joined by the several European nations that acknowledged the Persian power , Xerxes prepared ...
... soldiers of the East , at that time , and to this day , are treated like slaves . Thus , this immense army having landed in Europe , and being joined by the several European nations that acknowledged the Persian power , Xerxes prepared ...
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... soldier in the Macedonian army , had , in many instances , distinguished himself by extraordinary acts of valor , and had received many marks of Philip's fa- vor and approbation . On some occasion , he embark- ed on board a vessel ...
... soldier in the Macedonian army , had , in many instances , distinguished himself by extraordinary acts of valor , and had received many marks of Philip's fa- vor and approbation . On some occasion , he embark- ed on board a vessel ...
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Page 100 - The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, — For thou must die. Sweet Rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, — And thou must die.
Page 12 - And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep...
Page 44 - How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man! How passing wonder He who made him such, Who centred in our make such strange extremes! From different natures marvellously mixed, Connection exquisite of distant worlds! Distinguished link in being's endless chain! Midway from nothing to the Deity!
Page 86 - We have had some experience of it ; several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces; they were instructed in all your sciences ; but, when they came back to us, they were bad runners, ignorant of every means of living in the woods, unable to bear either cold or hunger, knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, nor kill an enemy, spoke our language imperfectly, were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors, nor counsellors ; they were totally...
Page 30 - 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.
Page 24 - Content I live, this is my stay; I seek no more than may suffice; I press to bear no haughty sway; Look, what I lack my mind supplies. Lo, thus I triumph like a king, Content with that my mind doth bring.
Page 43 - They sin who tell us Love can die. With life all other passions fly, All others are but vanity ; In Heaven ambition cannot dwell, Nor avarice in the vaults of hell : Earthly these passions of the earth, They perish where they have their birth; But Love is indestructible : Its holy flame for ever burneth, From Heaven it came, to Heaven returneth.
Page 24 - Some have too much, yet still do crave; I little have, and seek no more. They are but poor, though much they have, And I am rich with little store: They poor, I rich; they beg, I give; They lack, I leave; they pine, I live.
Page 22 - Like to the falling of a star; Or as the flights of eagles are; Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue; Or silver drops of morning dew; Or like a wind that chafes the flood; Or bubbles which on water stood; Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight called in, and paid to night. The wind blows out; the bubble dies; The spring entombed in autumn lies; The dew dries up; the star is shot; The flight is past; and man forgot.
Page 10 - To BLOSSOMS FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast? Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here awhile To blush and gently smile, And go at last. What, were ye born to be An hour or half's delight, And so to bid good-night?