The Morse Speller: Dictation and Spelling in Correlation with Other Subjects for All GradesMorse Company, 1896 - 148 páginas |
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... the selection , from English and American authors , passages of great moral and æsthetic value . These are to be used not only as dictation exercises , but also as memory gems . At intervals , lists of words are given as review.
... the selection , from English and American authors , passages of great moral and æsthetic value . These are to be used not only as dictation exercises , but also as memory gems . At intervals , lists of words are given as review.
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... moral habits throughout every class of society , have always been fond of those festivals and holidays which agreeably interrupt the stillness of country life ; and they were in former days particularly observant of the religious and ...
... moral habits throughout every class of society , have always been fond of those festivals and holidays which agreeably interrupt the stillness of country life ; and they were in former days particularly observant of the religious and ...
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... moral habits.— Ruskin . LXXX . Wealth begins in a tight roof that keeps out the rain and the wind ; in a good pump that yields you plenty of sweet water ; in two suits of clothes , so as to change your dress when you are wet ; in dry ...
... moral habits.— Ruskin . LXXX . Wealth begins in a tight roof that keeps out the rain and the wind ; in a good pump that yields you plenty of sweet water ; in two suits of clothes , so as to change your dress when you are wet ; in dry ...
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... moral peculiarities , industrial habits , social and governmental institutions . To the Cau- casian race , by reason of its physical and mental super- iority , has been assigned the task of civilizing and enlight- ening the world . VII ...
... moral peculiarities , industrial habits , social and governmental institutions . To the Cau- casian race , by reason of its physical and mental super- iority , has been assigned the task of civilizing and enlight- ening the world . VII ...
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... moral faculties scarcely susceptible of any considerable development . In proportion to the salubrity and genial temperament of the climate , the mind in all its powers becomes capable of expanding to a loftier and more substantial ...
... moral faculties scarcely susceptible of any considerable development . In proportion to the salubrity and genial temperament of the climate , the mind in all its powers becomes capable of expanding to a loftier and more substantial ...
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Página 71 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell...
Página 72 - The castled crag of Drachenfels("> Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine, Whose breast of waters broadly swells Between the banks which bear the vine, And hills all rich with blossom'd trees, And fields which promise corn and wine, And scatter'd cities crowning these, Whose far white walls along them shine, Have strew'da scene, which I should see With double joy wert thou with me ! 2.
Página 99 - ... of business; it has enabled man to descend to the depths of the sea, to soar into the air, to penetrate securely into the noxious recesses of the earth, to traverse the land in cars which whirl along without horses, and the ocean in ships which run ten knots an hour against the wind; These are but a part of its fruits, and of its first fruits.
Página 130 - Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself, And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice.
Página 65 - The isles of Greece ! the isles of Greece ! "Where burning Sappho loved and sung, — Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.
Página 85 - Happy in the confirmation of our independence and sovereignty, and pleased with the opportunity afforded the United States, of becoming a respectable nation, I resign with satisfaction the appointment I accepted with diffidence — a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task ; which however was superseded by a confidence in the rectitude of our cause, the support of the supreme power of the unioa and the patronage of Heaven.
Página 9 - Now I shall be out of sight; So through the valley and over the height, In silence I'll take my way; I will not go on like that blustering train, The wind and the snow, the hail and the rain, Who make so much bustle and noise in vain, But I'll be as busy as they.
Página 129 - The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the -will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage...
Página 44 - In that delightful land which is washed by the Delaware's waters, Guarding in sylvan shades the name of Penn the apostle, Stands on the banks of its beautiful stream the city he founded. There all the air is balm, and the peach is the emblem of beauty...
Página 43 - The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed; And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.