The Reader and Speaker: Containing Lessons for Rhetorical Reading and DeclamationFrench & Adlard, 1836 - 215 من الصفحات |
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... arms . She was found , in the morning , dead , a short distance from the sleigh . The child was wrapped in her cloak , and survived the perils of the cold and the storm . The cold winds swept the mountain's height , And pathless was the ...
... arms . She was found , in the morning , dead , a short distance from the sleigh . The child was wrapped in her cloak , and survived the perils of the cold and the storm . The cold winds swept the mountain's height , And pathless was the ...
الصفحة 71
... arms around her neck , and drew her still nearer . It was a long embrace ; —then her arms moved convulsively , and fell motionless by her side ; —there were a few struggles , -she gasped once or twice , and little Helen never breathed ...
... arms around her neck , and drew her still nearer . It was a long embrace ; —then her arms moved convulsively , and fell motionless by her side ; —there were a few struggles , -she gasped once or twice , and little Helen never breathed ...
الصفحة 82
... arms . He only inquires who his enemies are , and where they are - not why they are so . Char . Well , and was not Washington a soldier by profession ? The book says he was a major when only nineteen years old . He He He Mr. A. He was ...
... arms . He only inquires who his enemies are , and where they are - not why they are so . Char . Well , and was not Washington a soldier by profession ? The book says he was a major when only nineteen years old . He He He Mr. A. He was ...
الصفحة 141
... arms , and her little blind sister holding by her gown . " Nancy Dame - O , why did you eat all my blue- berries ? " said aunt Miffin , shaking her head . " I did not eat your berries , hardly one of them ; only the boys put some into ...
... arms , and her little blind sister holding by her gown . " Nancy Dame - O , why did you eat all my blue- berries ? " said aunt Miffin , shaking her head . " I did not eat your berries , hardly one of them ; only the boys put some into ...
الصفحة 144
... arm was lifted ; with their's his blood was shed . Long and doubtful was the conflict . At length kind heaven smiled on the good cause , and the beaten invaders fled . The profane were driven from the temple of liberty , and at her pure ...
... arm was lifted ; with their's his blood was shed . Long and doubtful was the conflict . At length kind heaven smiled on the good cause , and the beaten invaders fled . The profane were driven from the temple of liberty , and at her pure ...
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Altorf animals arms aunt Miffin beauty bible bird bosom breath bright Carolina child Clara Clara's heart clouds cold coral creeper plants cup and ball Dan Jones dark dead dear death deep earth father fear feel fire flowers Flustras gone grave hand happy feet hath head heard heart heaven Helen honour hour John Harris kiss land light live lone look Lord Cornwallis Lord Rawdon loungers morning mother mountains mule never night o'er ocean passed peace poor portmanteaus pray pride RED SQUIRREL rock rolled round scene shining shore Silk-Worm sister sleep smile snow soldier soon South Carolina spirit stars Stew stone storm sweet Tarpeian rock tears tell thee thing thou thought thousand tree Vespasian voice walked waves wind wing young youth
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الصفحة 166 - 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 : Who could guess If ever more should meet those mutual eyes, Since, upon night so sweet, such awful morn could rise. And there was mounting in hot haste : the steed, The mustering squadron,...
الصفحة 114 - Beyond the flight of time, Beyond this vale of death, There surely is some blessed clime, Where life is not a breath ; Nor life's affections transient fire, Whose sparks fly upward...
الصفحة 91 - What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war? — They sought a faith's pure shrine. Ay, call it holy ground, — The soil where first they trod! They have left unstained what there they found — Freedom to worship God ! Felicia Hemans.
الصفحة 165 - 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 But hark!
الصفحة 76 - Two of us in the churchyard lie, My sister and my brother; And, in the churchyard cottage, I Dwell near them with my mother.
الصفحة 77 - And when the ground was white with snow, And I could run and slide, My brother John was forced to go, And he lies by her side." " How many are you, then," said I, " If they two are in heaven ?" Quick was the little Maid's reply,
الصفحة 14 - There with its waving blade of green, The sea-flag streams through the silent water, And the crimson leaf of the dulse is seen To blush, like a banner bathed in slaughter : There with a light and easy motion, The fan-coral sweeps through the clear deep sea; And the yellow and scarlet tufts of ocean Are bending like corn on the upland lea...
الصفحة 152 - And, Sir, where American liberty raised its first voice and where its youth was nurtured and sustained, there it still lives in the strength of its manhood and full of its original spirit.
الصفحة 171 - They fought— like brave men, long and well; They piled that ground with Moslem slain: They conquered— but Bozzaris fell, Bleeding at every vein. His few surviving comrades saw His smile when rang their proud hurrah, And the red field was won; Then saw in death his eyelids close Calmly, as to a night's repose. Like flowers at set of sun.
الصفحة 116 - The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket. The moss-covered bucket which hung in the well. That moss-covered vessel I hail as a treasure; For often, at noon, when returned from the field, I found it the source of an exquisite pleasure, The purest and sweetest that nature can yield.