The National Reader: A Selection of Exercises in Reading and Speaking, Designed to Fill the Same Place in the Schools of the United States, that is Held in Those of Great Britain by the Compilations of Murray, Scott, Enfield, Mylius, Thompson, Ewing, and OthersRichardson, Lord, and Holbrook, and Hilliard, Gray, LIttle, and Wilkins, 1827 - 276 páginas |
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... observation , were continually in his hands . He attended to the motion of the tides and currents , watched the flight of ... observed that the magnetic needle , in their compasses , did not point exact- ly to the north star , but varied ...
... observation , were continually in his hands . He attended to the motion of the tides and currents , watched the flight of ... observed that the magnetic needle , in their compasses , did not point exact- ly to the north star , but varied ...
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... The crew of the Pinta observed a cane floating , which seemed to have been newly cut , and likewise a piece of timber , artificially carved . The sailors aboard the Nigna took up the branch of a tree , with red NATIONAL READER . 11.
... The crew of the Pinta observed a cane floating , which seemed to have been newly cut , and likewise a piece of timber , artificially carved . The sailors aboard the Nigna took up the branch of a tree , with red NATIONAL READER . 11.
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... observed a light at a distance , and privately pointed it out to two of his people . All three saw it in mo- tion , as if it were carried from place to place . A little after midnight , the joyful sound of Land ! land ! was heard from ...
... observed a light at a distance , and privately pointed it out to two of his people . All three saw it in mo- tion , as if it were carried from place to place . A little after midnight , the joyful sound of Land ! land ! was heard from ...
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... observe , that the greatest fools are the greatest liars . For my own part , I judge , by every man's truth , of his de- gree of understanding . LESSON VI . Portrait of a Patriarch . — ADDISON . I CANNOT forbear making an extract of ...
... observe , that the greatest fools are the greatest liars . For my own part , I judge , by every man's truth , of his de- gree of understanding . LESSON VI . Portrait of a Patriarch . — ADDISON . I CANNOT forbear making an extract of ...
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... observations . From the highest points of the Ohio , to where I am now writing , * and far up the upper Mississippi and Missouri , the more the country is explored and peopled , and the more its surface is penetrated , not only are ...
... observations . From the highest points of the Ohio , to where I am now writing , * and far up the upper Mississippi and Missouri , the more the country is explored and peopled , and the more its surface is penetrated , not only are ...
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