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... expressed in an abridged form , but without any of the words that denote comparison ; as , " To the upright there ariseth light in darkness . " All our conduct towards men should be in- fluenced by this important precept ; " Do unto ...
... expressed in an abridged form , but without any of the words that denote comparison ; as , " To the upright there ariseth light in darkness . " All our conduct towards men should be in- fluenced by this important precept ; " Do unto ...
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... EXPRESSION . Lesson 81. p . 50 . - Purity . If we indulge the roving of passions , we shall contract an inattentive habit of mind . These persons lived in troublesome times . He delivered his opinion with an unbecoming positive- ness or ...
... EXPRESSION . Lesson 81. p . 50 . - Purity . If we indulge the roving of passions , we shall contract an inattentive habit of mind . These persons lived in troublesome times . He delivered his opinion with an unbecoming positive- ness or ...
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... EXPRESSION . Lesson 105.-p. 69 . The Participle substituted for the Conjunction . 1. I have frequently paused in the wilderness , contem- plating the traces of the whirlwind ; and wondering at the mighty force of that invisible power ...
... EXPRESSION . Lesson 105.-p. 69 . The Participle substituted for the Conjunction . 1. I have frequently paused in the wilderness , contem- plating the traces of the whirlwind ; and wondering at the mighty force of that invisible power ...
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... Expression . 1. a . He who lives always in the bustle of the world , lives in a perpetual warfare . b . He who is perpetually in the turmoil of the world is never at peace . c . He cannot enjoy peace who is incessantly occupied in the ...
... Expression . 1. a . He who lives always in the bustle of the world , lives in a perpetual warfare . b . He who is perpetually in the turmoil of the world is never at peace . c . He cannot enjoy peace who is incessantly occupied in the ...
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... Expression , continued . 1. What sculpture is to a block of marble , education is to the human soul . Varied . - a . Education forms the human soul , just as sculp- ture does a block of marble . b . Education produces the same effect on ...
... Expression , continued . 1. What sculpture is to a block of marble , education is to the human soul . Varied . - a . Education forms the human soul , just as sculp- ture does a block of marble . b . Education produces the same effect on ...
Common terms and phrases
3rd pers Alcibiades animal Appearance Aurora Borealis beautiful bees birds body bray brother called capable cells cheese cloth clouds cold colour Comma Compound Sentences reduced copper ductile earth edges eggs employed enemy Epaminondas EXERCISES explanation of words father floating wood flowers formed into Compound friendship fruit fusible give Grammar hair hard harsh noise hollow honey honour horse Indian Rubber Judea juice kind labour land leaves Lesson light Lord melted metal officer of arms opaque past tense Periphrasis perseverance persons Pict pleasure plur PRACTICAL ENGLISH COMPOSITION prep pron pronounced nearly alike Pulfio quadruped Qualities Rennet RULE sails SECTION ship Simple Sentences sing smooth soft solid species spirit stalk stamens stream substance supplied surface sweet temper thing tree Varenus Varied.-a vegetable vessel virtue wind winter wolf wood words pronounced alike words pronounced nearly
Popular passages
Page 36 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Page 36 - Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, — I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Page 35 - To purchase Heaven has gold the power ? Can gold remove the mortal hour ? In life can love be bought with gold ? Are friendship's pleasures to be sold ? No — all that's worth a wish — a thought, Fair virtue gives unbrib'd, unbought.
Page 40 - If the Spring put forth no blossoms, in Summer there will be no beauty, and in Autumn, no fruit. So, if youth be trifled away without improvement, manhood will be contemptible, and old age, miserable.
Page 108 - ... that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand. And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks. And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money.
Page 37 - If we delay till to-morrow what ought to be done to-day, we overcharge the morrow with a burden which belongs not to it.
Page 40 - In that unaffected civility which springs from a gentle mind, there is an incomparable charm. They who raise envy, will easily incur censure. Many of the evils which occasion our complaints of the world, are wholly imaginary.
Page 53 - Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Page 41 - As there is a worldly happiness which God perceives to be no other than disguised misery as there are worldly honours which in his estimation are reproach so there is a worldly wisdom which in his sight is foolishness.
Page 51 - Happy moments indeed there sometimes are in the lives of pious men, when, sequestered from worldly cares, and borne up on the wings of divine contemplation, they rise to a near and transporting view of immortal glory. But such efforts of the mind are rare, and cannot be long supported.