Instructive and Entertaining Lessons for Youth: With Rules for Reading with Propriety, Illustrated by Examples: Designed for Use in Schools and FamiliesS. Babcock and Durrie & Peck, 1835 - 252 páginas |
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... less , but the seed or grain will be better . A very judicious farmer once said , " Many people complain of drouth ; but I have always had the best crops in dry seasons . This , however , supposes the drouth not to be extreme . If there ...
... less , but the seed or grain will be better . A very judicious farmer once said , " Many people complain of drouth ; but I have always had the best crops in dry seasons . This , however , supposes the drouth not to be extreme . If there ...
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... less than the risks of merchants . If the gains are small , they are tolerably certain , and small gains , with a wise economy , are more likely to insure a good iving , and even wealth , than the precarious gains of speculation ...
... less than the risks of merchants . If the gains are small , they are tolerably certain , and small gains , with a wise economy , are more likely to insure a good iving , and even wealth , than the precarious gains of speculation ...
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... less into soft ground , and is generally considered to be less injurious to roads , than nar- row fellies . In some countries , broad fellies are required by law , particularly for the purpose of preserving well - made roads . 58. On ...
... less into soft ground , and is generally considered to be less injurious to roads , than nar- row fellies . In some countries , broad fellies are required by law , particularly for the purpose of preserving well - made roads . 58. On ...
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... less necessary , and therefore less useful , than iron . Gold is usually found in minute particles , in the earth , or among sands at the bottom of small streams . Gold and silver are seldom found in large masses . They are therefore ...
... less necessary , and therefore less useful , than iron . Gold is usually found in minute particles , in the earth , or among sands at the bottom of small streams . Gold and silver are seldom found in large masses . They are therefore ...
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... less than their own . As a general rule , the man who takes the best care of his own business , will , in public life , be most faithful to the community . 129. In the war of the revolution , and for some years after , the practice in ...
... less than their own . As a general rule , the man who takes the best care of his own business , will , in public life , be most faithful to the community . 129. In the war of the revolution , and for some years after , the practice in ...
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Página 239 - No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn, Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them : " But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring ; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. " Then, Pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born cares arc wrong ; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Página 88 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it; I have killed many; I have fully glutted my vengeance: for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Página 238 - For here forlorn and lost I tread With fainting steps and slow ; Where wilds, immeasurably spread, Seem length'ning as I go." " Forbear, my son," the hermit cries, ' ' To tempt the dangerous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom. "Here to the houseless child of want My door is open still; And though my portion is but scant, I give it with good will.
Página 43 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together : our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
Página 102 - Don't give too much for the whistle; and I saved my money.
Página 44 - Our indiscretion sometimes serves us well, When our deep plots do pall: and that should teach us, There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will.
Página 102 - I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers, and sisters, and cousins, understanding the bargain...
Página 236 - Fortune in men has some small difference made, One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade ; The cobbler apron'd, and the parson gown'd, The friar hooded, and the monarch crown'd. " What differ more," you cry, " than crown and cowl ?" I'll tell you, friend ! a wise man and a fool.
Página 43 - Claudio; and I quake, Lest thou a feverous life shouldst entertain, And six or seven winters more respect Than a perpetual honour. Dar'st thou die ? The sense of death is most in apprehension ; And the poor beetle that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies.
Página 44 - Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear ; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come, when it will come.