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... soon become wearied ; if too low a pitch be se- lected , there is danger of indistinctness of utterance ; and in either case there is less room for compass or variety of tone than if one be taken between the two extremes . To secure the ...
... soon become wearied ; if too low a pitch be se- lected , there is danger of indistinctness of utterance ; and in either case there is less room for compass or variety of tone than if one be taken between the two extremes . To secure the ...
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... soon becomes wearied and disgusted . REMARK 2. - There is another fault of nearly equal magnitude , and of very frequent occurrence . This consists in varying the pitch and force without reference to the sense . A sentence is commenced ...
... soon becomes wearied and disgusted . REMARK 2. - There is another fault of nearly equal magnitude , and of very frequent occurrence . This consists in varying the pitch and force without reference to the sense . A sentence is commenced ...
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... soon rose to great distinction , and had more orders than he could attend to . Words could not express his gratitude , and that of his mother , to the little girl . 13. And Ernestine had , moreover , the satisfaction of aid- ing her ...
... soon rose to great distinction , and had more orders than he could attend to . Words could not express his gratitude , and that of his mother , to the little girl . 13. And Ernestine had , moreover , the satisfaction of aid- ing her ...
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... soon come to grief . What the boy does is the life of the farm . He is the factotum , always in demand , always expected to do the thousand indispensable things that no- body else will do . Upon him fall all the odds and ends , the most ...
... soon come to grief . What the boy does is the life of the farm . He is the factotum , always in demand , always expected to do the thousand indispensable things that no- body else will do . Upon him fall all the odds and ends , the most ...
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... soon dismissed as a boy who had not princi- ple enough to resist even a slight temptation . 10. When the room was once more arranged , Henry Wilkins was placed there until such time as he should be sent for . No sooner was he left to ...
... soon dismissed as a boy who had not princi- ple enough to resist even a slight temptation . 10. When the room was once more arranged , Henry Wilkins was placed there until such time as he should be sent for . No sooner was he left to ...
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Page 295 - Oft, in the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Fond Memory brings the light Of other days around me ; The smiles, the tears Of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken ; The eyes that shone, Now dimmed and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken ! Thus, in the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain hath bound me, Sad Memory brings the light Of other days around me.
Page 154 - The village smithy stands ; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands ; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.
Page 296 - When I remember all The friends so linked together, I've seen around me fall Like leaves in wintry weather; I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed...
Page 335 - Again he felt and fumbled at the pig. It did not burn him so much now ; still, he licked his fingers from a sort of habit. The truth at length broke into his slow understanding that it was the pig that smelt so, and the pig that tasted so delicious...
Page 36 - I'm the chief of Ulva's Isle, And this Lord Ullin's daughter. "And fast before her father's men Three days we've fled together, For should he find us in the glen, My blood would stain the heather. "His horsemen hard behind us ride; Should they our steps...
Page 73 - When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him; and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet...
Page 96 - Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.
Page 334 - Much less did it resemble that of any known herb, weed, or flower. A premonitory moistening at the same time overflowed his nether lip. He knew not what to think. He next stooped down to feel the pig, if there were any signs of life in it. He burnt his fingers, and to cool them he applied them in his booby fashion to his mouth.
Page 117 - THE melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year, Of wailing winds, and naked woods, and meadows brown and sere. Heaped in the hollows of the grove, the autumn leaves lie dead ; They rustle to the eddying gust, and to the rabbit's tread ; The robin and the wren are flown, and from the shrubs the jay, And from the wood-top calls the crow through all the gloomy day. Where are the flowers, the fair young flowers...
Page 337 - The insurance offices one and all shut up shop. People built slighter and slighter every day, until it was feared that the very science of architecture would in no long time be lost to the world. Thus this custom of firing houses continued...