The Eclectic Reader: Designed for Schools and AcademiesPerkins & Marvin, 1832 - 324 páginas |
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... direction in the affairs of government , it inculcates those duties , and recommends that spirit , which will ever prompt us to cherish the principles of freedom . It teaches us to check every selfish passion , to consider ourselves as ...
... direction in the affairs of government , it inculcates those duties , and recommends that spirit , which will ever prompt us to cherish the principles of freedom . It teaches us to check every selfish passion , to consider ourselves as ...
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... directions . The name of this person I was told was Happiness . " A pretty name , " thought I , and I determined to join in the pursuit . It was curious to observe the various expedients which were re- sorted to in order to discover her ...
... directions . The name of this person I was told was Happiness . " A pretty name , " thought I , and I determined to join in the pursuit . It was curious to observe the various expedients which were re- sorted to in order to discover her ...
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... direction . Every hour increased the number of weary and discontented faces ; the revelry , however , continued ; and Pleasure , to do her justice , made every effort to keep up the spirits of her guests , till she herself seemed nearly ...
... direction . Every hour increased the number of weary and discontented faces ; the revelry , however , continued ; and Pleasure , to do her justice , made every effort to keep up the spirits of her guests , till she herself seemed nearly ...
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... direction of all his powers , physical , intellectual , and moral . It implies instruction in all the branches of knowl- edge which are necessary to useful and efficient action in the sphere of the individual . But it must also include ...
... direction of all his powers , physical , intellectual , and moral . It implies instruction in all the branches of knowl- edge which are necessary to useful and efficient action in the sphere of the individual . But it must also include ...
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... direction of our efforts is to be decided . Each of these branches includes an extensive list of particulars ; and the means of education comprise all those circumstances and influences by which the human character is formed and ...
... direction of our efforts is to be decided . Each of these branches includes an extensive list of particulars ; and the means of education comprise all those circumstances and influences by which the human character is formed and ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 257 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious union...
Página 175 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which, but an hour ago, Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness ; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Página 217 - Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes.
Página 283 - The priest-like father reads the sacred page, How Abram was the friend of God on high ; Or Moses bade eternal warfare wage With Amalek's ungracious progeny ; Or how the royal Bard did groaning lie Beneath the stroke of Heaven's avenging ire ; Or Job's, pathetic plaint, and wailing cry ; Or rapt Isaiah's wild, seraphic fire ; Or other holy seers that tune the sacred lyre.
Página 146 - Utters, who from eternity doth teach Himself in all, and all things in himself. Great universal Teacher ! he shall mould Thy spirit, and by giving make it ask.
Página 44 - Ye ice-falls! ye that from the mountain's brow Adown enormous ravines slope amain — Torrents, methinks, that heard a mighty voice, And stopped at once amid their maddest plunge!
Página 157 - The remotest discoveries of the Chemist, the Botanist, or Mineralogist, will be as proper objects of the Poet's art as any upon which it can be employed, if the time should ever come when these things shall be familiar to us...
Página 269 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Página 282 - The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride ; His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship God !
Página 270 - ... to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence. Who can doubt that in the course of time and things the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it ? Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with its Virtue ? The experiment, at least, is recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human nature.