Introduction to the American Common-school Reader and Speaker: Comprising Selections in Prose and Verse, with Elementary Rules and Exercises in Pronunciation |
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... captain conjectured that we should pass to the windward of it without difficulty ; but as it came nearer and nearer , the feeling of danger mingled with the chillness of the wind ; and we beheld , with awe and astonish- ment , many ...
... captain conjectured that we should pass to the windward of it without difficulty ; but as it came nearer and nearer , the feeling of danger mingled with the chillness of the wind ; and we beheld , with awe and astonish- ment , many ...
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... captain . AH ready , ' is the reply . - After descending to the deck , the captain points out to the officers the direction in which the whale is going , and gives such orders as the case requires . The boats are lowered ; the whale has ...
... captain . AH ready , ' is the reply . - After descending to the deck , the captain points out to the officers the direction in which the whale is going , and gives such orders as the case requires . The boats are lowered ; the whale has ...
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... captain . Every man hauled as for his life ; the whale going through the water very rapidly . We had approached our object within a few feet ; and the captain was in the attitude of darting his lance , when the whale made a sudden halt ...
... captain . Every man hauled as for his life ; the whale going through the water very rapidly . We had approached our object within a few feet ; and the captain was in the attitude of darting his lance , when the whale made a sudden halt ...
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... captain , both the mates , and two sailors , standing aft , and looking into the water behind us , motionless , and seemingly overwhelmed with dis- tress ; while from the sea , in our wake , came that awful cry , still loud and piercing ...
... captain , both the mates , and two sailors , standing aft , and looking into the water behind us , motionless , and seemingly overwhelmed with dis- tress ; while from the sea , in our wake , came that awful cry , still loud and piercing ...
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... captain's foot slipped ; and he fell into the lee scuppers with violence , stunned for a moment , and se- verely bruised . When he rose to his feet , the wretched suf- ferer was far astern , beyond the reach of any such aid ! Still the ...
... captain's foot slipped ; and he fell into the lee scuppers with violence , stunned for a moment , and se- verely bruised . When he rose to his feet , the wretched suf- ferer was far astern , beyond the reach of any such aid ! Still the ...
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Page 130 - Toiling, — rejoicing, — sorrowing, Onward through life he goes ; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close ; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose.
Page 130 - It sounds to him like her mother's voice Singing in Paradise : He needs must think of her once more How in the grave she lies, And with his hard rough hand he wipes A tear out of his eyes.
Page 25 - When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, and said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
Page 26 - But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight until they called the parents of him that had received his sight : and they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?
Page 130 - His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.
Page 29 - Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
Page 48 - How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, When fond recollection presents them to view.
Page 28 - Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection and the life : he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this ? She saith unto him, Yea, Lord : I believe that thou art the Christ the Son of God, which should come into the world.
Page 130 - And children coming home from school, Look in at the open door ; They love to see the flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor.
Page 29 - Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me : 42 And I knew that thou hearest me always : but because of the people which stand by, I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.