The Fourth Reader, Or Exercises in Reading and Speaking Designed for the Higher Classes in Our Public and Private SchoolsSanborn & Carter, 1851 - 408 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 105
... POMPEII . 1. I REPOSED my weary pilgrim - limbs at last in Rome . Rome ! once the center of the world , through which its des- tiny vibrated , like the crimson gush of man's existence in the human heart ! How fallen now ! how sad , how ...
... POMPEII . 1. I REPOSED my weary pilgrim - limbs at last in Rome . Rome ! once the center of the world , through which its des- tiny vibrated , like the crimson gush of man's existence in the human heart ! How fallen now ! how sad , how ...
الصفحة 106
... Pompeii and Herculaneum ! " once gay cities , long buried beneath the red crackling fires of the volca- no's wrath ! How little do we know of those beings who once gaily trod the well - worn pavements of those silent streets ! 7. They ...
... Pompeii and Herculaneum ! " once gay cities , long buried beneath the red crackling fires of the volca- no's wrath ! How little do we know of those beings who once gaily trod the well - worn pavements of those silent streets ! 7. They ...
الصفحة 107
... Pompeii . 2. Roll back the tide of eighteen hundred years . At the foot of the vine - clad Vesuvius stands a royal city ; the stately Roman walks its lordly streets , or banquets in the palaces of its splendor . The bustle of busied ...
... Pompeii . 2. Roll back the tide of eighteen hundred years . At the foot of the vine - clad Vesuvius stands a royal city ; the stately Roman walks its lordly streets , or banquets in the palaces of its splendor . The bustle of busied ...
الصفحة 108
... Pompeii ! moldering relic of a former world ! Strange redemption from the sepulcher ! How vivid are the classic memories that cluster around thee ! Thy loneliness is rife with tongues ; for the shadows of the mighty are thy sojourn ers ...
... Pompeii ! moldering relic of a former world ! Strange redemption from the sepulcher ! How vivid are the classic memories that cluster around thee ! Thy loneliness is rife with tongues ; for the shadows of the mighty are thy sojourn ers ...
الصفحة 109
... Pompeii were overwhelmed , has been chiefly described to us in the letters of Pliny the Younger , to Tacitus , giving an ac- count of his uncle's fate , and the situation of the writer and his mother . The elder Pliny had just returned ...
... Pompeii were overwhelmed , has been chiefly described to us in the letters of Pliny the Younger , to Tacitus , giving an ac- count of his uncle's fate , and the situation of the writer and his mother . The elder Pliny had just returned ...
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Anapestic ancholy ancient arms Aurelian beautiful behold beneath bosom brave bright Calais clouds dark dead death deep detona earth EXAMPLES fall father feel feet fire flowers forest friends gaze genius glory Goth grave Hafed hand happy heard heart heaven Herculaneum honor hour human hundred inflection Julius Cæsar Kilauea king labor land LESSON light live look ment mighty mind mountains nation nature never night o'er ocean passed pause Pliny the Younger Pompeii province of Spain rising rocks roll Rolla Roman Rome round Rule scene Scotland seemed shine shore silence smile solemn soul sound spirit splendor stalactites stars storm stream sublime syllables tears tempest temple thee things thou thought thousand thunder tion trees tremble Trochaic Trochee Ursa Major vast verse virtue voice waters waves wild wind wonders wooded crater words
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الصفحة 373 - Nor in the embrace of ocean shall exist Thy image. Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again...
الصفحة 45 - There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats ; For I am armed so strong in honesty That they pass by me as the idle wind, Which I respect not.
الصفحة 374 - All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom.
الصفحة 384 - All too will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate which would be oppression.
الصفحة 24 - Some Books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; That is, some Books are to be read only in parts; others to be read but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some Books also may be read by deputy...
الصفحة 373 - The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, - the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods - rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste, Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
الصفحة 40 - The style of Dryden is capricious and varied ; that of Pope is cautious and uniform. Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle.
الصفحة 344 - He thinks the whole world sees it in his face, reads it in his eyes, and almost hears its workings in the very silence of his thoughts. It has become his master. It betrays his discretion, it breaks down his courage, it conquers his prudence. When suspicions from without begin to embarrass him, and the net of circumstance to entangle him, the fatal secret struggles with still greater violence to burst forth.
الصفحة 336 - Called upon by your country to defend its invaded rights, you accepted the sacred charge, before it had formed alliances, and whilst it was without funds or a government to support you. You have conducted the great military contest with wisdom and fortitude, invariably regarding the rights of the civil power through all disasters and changes.
الصفحة 73 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal ; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord...