Introduction to the Eclectic Reader: A Selection of Familiar Lessons, Designed for Common Schools |
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... mind , in such places , is , and ought to be , led , and have found evidence there of the degeneracy , not the improvement , of their children , who had disappointed their designs , and suffered all to run to waste and barrenness ...
... mind , in such places , is , and ought to be , led , and have found evidence there of the degeneracy , not the improvement , of their children , who had disappointed their designs , and suffered all to run to waste and barrenness ...
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... mind , whether we are studying the actions of great good men , or of great bad men . In the former case , we should inquire whether we are not possessed of the same qualities , powers and opportunities ( generally speaking ) , with ...
... mind , whether we are studying the actions of great good men , or of great bad men . In the former case , we should inquire whether we are not possessed of the same qualities , powers and opportunities ( generally speaking ) , with ...
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... mind as that ? He has made you , and he is now taking care of you , giving you every blessing and enjoyment you have , and yet you have lived many years without any gratitude to him , and contin- ually breaking his commandments . Now ...
... mind as that ? He has made you , and he is now taking care of you , giving you every blessing and enjoyment you have , and yet you have lived many years without any gratitude to him , and contin- ually breaking his commandments . Now ...
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... mind , what will become of me ? What will become of me ? " And again she burst into tears . What could I say ? Every word she said was true . Sickness was upon her . Delirium might soon ensue . Death might be very near . She felt it all ...
... mind , what will become of me ? What will become of me ? " And again she burst into tears . What could I say ? Every word she said was true . Sickness was upon her . Delirium might soon ensue . Death might be very near . She felt it all ...
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... mind . " " The next day , I called to see her again . Poor girl ! thought I , as the first glance upon her countenance showed me the strong lineaments of despair . I opened the Bible , and read the parable of the prodigal son , " Oh ...
... mind . " " The next day , I called to see her again . Poor girl ! thought I , as the first glance upon her countenance showed me the strong lineaments of despair . I opened the Bible , and read the parable of the prodigal son , " Oh ...
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Page 121 - You haste away so soon; As yet the early-rising Sun Has not attain'd his noon. Stay, stay Until the hasting day Has run But to the even-song; And, having pray'd together, we Will go with you along. We have short time to stay, as you, We have as short a Spring ; As quick a growth to meet decay As you, or any thing.
Page 29 - Where are the flowers, the fair young flowers, that lately sprang and stood In brighter light and softer airs, a beauteous sisterhood? Alas ! they all are in their graves, the gentle race of flowers Are lying in their lowly beds, with the fair and good of ours. The rain is falling where they lie, but the cold November rain Calls not from out the gloomy earth the lovely ones again.
Page 111 - O'er each fair sleeping brow, She had each folded flower in sight— Where are those dreamers now? One midst the forests of the West, By a dark stream, is laid ; The Indian knows his place of rest Far in the cedar shade.
Page 112 - Not as the conqueror comes, They, the true-hearted, came; Not with the roll of the stirring drums, And the trumpet that sings of fame; Not as the flying come, In silence and in fear;— They shook the depths of the desert gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer.
Page 84 - My native country, thee, Land of the noble free, Thy name I love; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills ; My heart with rapture thrills Like that above.
Page 115 - ... behold the City shone like the Sun; the Streets also were paved with Gold, and in them walked many men, with Crowns on their heads, Palms in their hands, and golden Harps to sing praises withal. There were also of them that had wings, and they answered one another without intermission, saying, Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord.
Page 121 - Fair daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon; As yet the early-rising sun Has not attained his noon. Stay, stay, Until the hasting day Has run But to the even-song; And, having prayed together, we Will go with you along.
Page 148 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle: and herb for the service of man; That he may bring forth food out of the earth...
Page 113 - 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...
Page 84 - Let music swell the breeze, And ring from all the trees Sweet freedom's song; Let mortal tongues awake ; Let all that breathe partake ; Let rocks their silence break, — The sound prolong. Our fathers...