First Steps with American and British AuthorsLee and Shepard, 1888 - 345 pages |
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... thing is made subordinate to this great aim . The order in which the plan of work is arranged is simply for convenience . Experience shows , that , as in any other line of school - work , the less difficult should come first . Before ...
... thing is made subordinate to this great aim . The order in which the plan of work is arranged is simply for convenience . Experience shows , that , as in any other line of school - work , the less difficult should come first . Before ...
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... things to be deprecated , the memory is not to be neglected . It is no trivial blessing to have the memory furnished in one's youth with what is worth remembering to the end of one's life , and grows more and more precious as we grow ...
... things to be deprecated , the memory is not to be neglected . It is no trivial blessing to have the memory furnished in one's youth with what is worth remembering to the end of one's life , and grows more and more precious as we grow ...
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... thing to be aimed at by the pupil is to clearly and fully understand the meaning of the piece selected for study , and to appreciate the beauty and nobleness of its thoughts and language . Hence the explanation of allusions , the ...
... thing to be aimed at by the pupil is to clearly and fully understand the meaning of the piece selected for study , and to appreciate the beauty and nobleness of its thoughts and language . Hence the explanation of allusions , the ...
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... thing about the " Craigie House , " in which Longfellow lived for so many years ; Longfellow's personal appear- ance . EXERCISE . A FEW QUESTIONS ON THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS . What What is the meaning of the word Hesperus ? Is this an ...
... thing about the " Craigie House , " in which Longfellow lived for so many years ; Longfellow's personal appear- ance . EXERCISE . A FEW QUESTIONS ON THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS . What What is the meaning of the word Hesperus ? Is this an ...
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... things were joyful on that day ; The sea - birds screamed as they wheeled round , And there was joyance in their sound . The buoy of the Inchcape Bell was seen , A darker speck on the ocean green : Sir Ralph the Rover walked his deck ...
... things were joyful on that day ; The sea - birds screamed as they wheeled round , And there was joyance in their sound . The buoy of the Inchcape Bell was seen , A darker speck on the ocean green : Sir Ralph the Rover walked his deck ...
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Page 187 - 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.
Page 243 - Death closes all: but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may yet be done, Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods. [The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks: The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
Page 70 - One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reached the hall door, and the charger stood near ; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung ! " She is won ! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur ; They'll have fleet steeds that follow,
Page 290 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. "But not the praise...
Page 69 - Oh ! young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best ; And save his good broadsword he weapons had none, He rode all unarmed and he rode all alone. So faithful in love and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.
Page 289 - And all their echoes, mourn. The willows and the hazel copses green Shall now no more be seen Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft lays. As killing as the canker to the rose, 45 Or taint-worm to the weanling herds that graze, Or frost to flowers that their gay wardrobe wear When first the white-thorn blows, Such, Lycidas, thy loss to shepherd's ear.
Page 173 - Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride. And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all...
Page 176 - Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art...
Page 69 - So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That never a hall such a galliard did grace; While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume; And the bride-maidens whispered, " Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar.
Page 171 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose; I still had hopes — for pride attends us still — Amidst the swains to show my...