The Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres: Or, An Introduction to Languages, Poetry, Rhetoric, History, Moral Philosophy, Physics, & C. ...W.J. and J. Richardson, J. Walker, 1804 - Education |
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... manner , even to trace them upon trans- parent paper , rather than omit the practice altogether . A real proficiency may soon be made in geographical know- ledge by drawing or tracing maps in any manner , and the same degree of ...
... manner , even to trace them upon trans- parent paper , rather than omit the practice altogether . A real proficiency may soon be made in geographical know- ledge by drawing or tracing maps in any manner , and the same degree of ...
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... manner in which it is observed can be described . Nor is the manner of observing it confined to the lower classes of the native community . The highest apparently joining in it with the same zest as the lowest . For two or three days no ...
... manner in which it is observed can be described . Nor is the manner of observing it confined to the lower classes of the native community . The highest apparently joining in it with the same zest as the lowest . For two or three days no ...
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... manner of flies , all manner of 1ST ALTO . 1ST TENOR an 8ve lower . and there came all manner of flies , all manner of He spake the word , 1ST BASS . He spake the word , 2ND CHORUS . Andante Larghetto . 2ND TREBLE , C 2ND ALTO . 2ND ...
... manner of flies , all manner of 1ST ALTO . 1ST TENOR an 8ve lower . and there came all manner of flies , all manner of He spake the word , 1ST BASS . He spake the word , 2ND CHORUS . Andante Larghetto . 2ND TREBLE , C 2ND ALTO . 2ND ...
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... manner . The various officers showed an added interest in the work . This council is on the up - grade . September 18th at Petoskey , Petoskey No. 62 and Inverness No. 60 co - operating . Inverness opened the council in an animated manner ...
... manner . The various officers showed an added interest in the work . This council is on the up - grade . September 18th at Petoskey , Petoskey No. 62 and Inverness No. 60 co - operating . Inverness opened the council in an animated manner ...
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... manners . " The Oxford manner , the f legal manner , the professional manner , the sport- ing manner , the Mayfair manner , the born - idiot manner , the weary highbrow manner , the suburban manner , the tradesman - out - of - business - ...
... manners . " The Oxford manner , the f legal manner , the professional manner , the sport- ing manner , the Mayfair manner , the born - idiot manner , the weary highbrow manner , the suburban manner , the tradesman - out - of - business - ...
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Page 294 - O thou, whose glory fills th' ethereal throne, And all ye deathless powers, protect my son ! Grant him like me to purchase just renown, To guard the Trojans, to defend the crown ; Against his country's foes the war to wage, And rise the Hector of the future age ! So when, triumphant from successful toils Of heroes slain, he bears the reeking spoils, Whole hosts may hail him, with deserv'd acclaim, And say, this chief transcends his father's fame : While pleas'd amidst the general shouts of Troy,...
Page 294 - Thus having spoke, the illustrious chief "of Troy Stretch'd his fond arms to clasp the lovely boy. The babe clung crying to his nurse's breast, Scared at the dazzling helm, and nodding crest.
Page 294 - Yet, while my Hector still survives, I see My father, mother, brethren, all in thee : Alas ! my parents, brothers, kindred, all Once more will perish, if my Hector fall. Thy wife, thy infant, in thy danger share : Oh ! prove a husband's and a father's care! That quarter most the skilful Greeks annoy, Where yon wild fig-trees join the wall of Troy : Thou from this tower defend th...
Page 333 - Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil one, and one of good ; From thence the cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributes ills ; To most, he mingles both : the wretch decreed To taste the bad, unmix'd, is curst indeed ; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of Earth and Heaven.
Page 293 - Silent the warrior smiled, and pleased resign'd To tender passions all his mighty mind; His beauteous princess cast a mournful look, Hung on his hand, and then dejected spoke; Her bosom labour'd with a boding sigh, And the big tear stood trembling in her eye.
Page 293 - Too daring prince! ah, whither dost thou run? Ah, too forgetful of thy wife and son! And think'st thou not how wretched we shall be, A widow I, a helpless orphan he?
Page 300 - Freed from his keepers, thus with broken reins The wanton courser prances o'er the plains ; Or in the pride of youth o'erleaps the mounds, And...
Page 291 - Above, the sire of gods his thunder rolls, And peals on peals redoubled rend the poles. Beneath, stern Neptune shakes the solid ground; The forests wave, the mountains nod around ; Through all their summits tremble Ida's woods, And from their sources boil her hundred floods.
Page 400 - Let others better mould the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass, And soften into flesh a marble face; Plead better at the bar; describe the skies, And when the stars descend, and when they rise: But, Rome! 'tis thine alone, with awful sway, « To rule mankind, and make the world obey, Disposing peace and war thy own majestic way; To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free: These are imperial arts, and worthy thee.
Page 307 - For him through hostile camps I bent my way, For him thus prostrate at thy feet I lay; Large gifts proportion'd to thy wrath I bear; O hear the wretched, and the gods revere! "Think of thy father, and this face behold! See him in me, as helpless and as old! Though not so wretched: there he yields to me, The first of men in sovereign misery!