Introduction to the English Reader: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Calculated to Improve the Younger Classes of Learners in Reading ... From the Last English EditionCollins & Company, 1831 - 150 páginas |
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... returned , and had the mortification to behold his irrepara- ble loss . But , with his usual self - possession , he only ex- claimed ; " Oh Diamond ! Diamond ! thou little knowest the mischief thou hast done . " Queen Caroline having ...
... returned , and had the mortification to behold his irrepara- ble loss . But , with his usual self - possession , he only ex- claimed ; " Oh Diamond ! Diamond ! thou little knowest the mischief thou hast done . " Queen Caroline having ...
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... returned the governor , have represented it , I promise to procure for your father a pension of five hundred livres a year . And since your friends are in so reduced circumstances , take these three louis d'ors for your pocket expenses ...
... returned the governor , have represented it , I promise to procure for your father a pension of five hundred livres a year . And since your friends are in so reduced circumstances , take these three louis d'ors for your pocket expenses ...
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... returned the bishop " In whatever state I am , ( first of all look up to heaven ; and reflect , that my prin- cipal business here is to get to that blessed abode . I then look down upon the earth , and call to mind that , when I am dead ...
... returned the bishop " In whatever state I am , ( first of all look up to heaven ; and reflect , that my prin- cipal business here is to get to that blessed abode . I then look down upon the earth , and call to mind that , when I am dead ...
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... returned , and the In- dians again took the field . The old man , who was still vi- . gorous , and able to bear the fatigues of war , set out with them , and was accompanied by his prisoner . They march- ed above two hundred leagues ...
... returned , and the In- dians again took the field . The old man , who was still vi- . gorous , and able to bear the fatigues of war , set out with them , and was accompanied by his prisoner . They march- ed above two hundred leagues ...
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... returned to his own country , and published , on all occasions , the praises of his generous and humane victor ; crying out , " that there was come into Spain a young hero , who conquered all things less by the force of his arms , than ...
... returned to his own country , and published , on all occasions , the praises of his generous and humane victor ; crying out , " that there was come into Spain a young hero , who conquered all things less by the force of his arms , than ...
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Términos y frases comunes
animal Arachne Aram ARTABANES beauty behold birds blessings blest bosom bread breast brother Canute Catharina cheerful creatures cries delight Demetrius Domat duty earth endeavour enjoy Euphronius ev'ry eyes father faults favour flowers fond fortune fruit gentle give gratitude ground hand happiness Hast thou hear heart Heav'n heav'nly honour human insect kind king labour live Livonia look looking-glass Lord louis d'ors Marcus Aurelius Melissa mind morning mother nature negroes never night nosegay o'er observed Offa Ouran-Outang parents peace PERCIVAL Perrin persons PIECES Pigalle pismire pleasure poor portunities pow'r praise pursue quire reader replied rest rich rise rose SECTION III SECTION VII sleep Socrates sorrows soul sound spring stranger sweet tears tempest tence tenderness Tetuan thee ther thine thing thought tion tree Tutor virtue voice walk whistle William wings words young youth
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Página 91 - Ever charming, ever new, When will the landscape tire the view ! The fountain's fall, the river's flow, The woody valleys, warm and low ; The windy summit, wild and high, "Roughly rushing on the sky ! The pleasant seat, the ruin'd tower, The naked rock, the shady bower ; The town and village, dome and farm, Each give each a double charm, As pearls upon an Ethiop's arm.
Página 90 - I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family.
Página 152 - And an immortal crown. 2 A cloud of witnesses around Hold thee in full survey ; Forget the steps already trod, And onward urge thy way. 3...
Página 134 - 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.
Página 122 - Rest, little young One, rest ; thou hast forgot the day When my father found thee first in places far away...
Página 90 - 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.
Página 155 - 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.
Página 122 - What ails thee, young one? what? Why pull so at thy cord ? Is it not well with thee? — well both for bed and board? Thy plot of grass is soft, and green as grass can be ; Rest, little young one, rest ; what is't that aileth thee ? "What is it thou wouldst seek?
Página 153 - ... what is this absorbs me quite steals my senses shuts my sight drowns my...
Página 155 - God. 4 Amazing- knowledge, vast and great ! What large extent ! what lofty height ! My soul, with all the powers I boast, Is in the boundless prospect lost. 5 O may these thoughts possess my breast, Where'er I rove, where'er I rest ! Nor let my weaker passions dare Consent to sin, for God is there.