The American First Class Book, Or, Exercises in Reading and Recitation: Selected Principally from Modern Authors of Great Britain and America : and Designed for the Use of the Highest Class in Publick and Private Schools |
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... unclean comes abroad from its lurking - place , and deeds of darkness are done beneath the eye of day . The villagers no longer start at horrible sights ; the soothing rites of burial are denied , Lesson 5. ] 23 FIRST CLASS BOOK .
... unclean comes abroad from its lurking - place , and deeds of darkness are done beneath the eye of day . The villagers no longer start at horrible sights ; the soothing rites of burial are denied , Lesson 5. ] 23 FIRST CLASS BOOK .
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... beneath . It is twice blest ; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes ; " Tis mightiest in the mightiest . It becomes The throned monarch better than his crown ; And earthly power doth then show likest God's , When mercy seasons ...
... beneath . It is twice blest ; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes ; " Tis mightiest in the mightiest . It becomes The throned monarch better than his crown ; And earthly power doth then show likest God's , When mercy seasons ...
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... Beneath thy bark of hope , and bear thee safe To meet in peace thine other Father , -GOD . LESSON XVIII . Inscription for the entrance into a wood . - BRYANT . STRANGER , if thou hast learnt a truth which needs Experience more than ...
... Beneath thy bark of hope , and bear thee safe To meet in peace thine other Father , -GOD . LESSON XVIII . Inscription for the entrance into a wood . - BRYANT . STRANGER , if thou hast learnt a truth which needs Experience more than ...
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... beneath me ; of the finny herds that roam its fathomless valleys ; of shapeless monsters that lurk among the very foundations of the earth ; and those wild phantasms that swell the tales of fishermen and sailors . Sometimes a distant ...
... beneath me ; of the finny herds that roam its fathomless valleys ; of shapeless monsters that lurk among the very foundations of the earth ; and those wild phantasms that swell the tales of fishermen and sailors . Sometimes a distant ...
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... beneath us , I had a glimpse of two or three half - naked wretches , rushing from her cabin ; they had just started from their beds to be swallowed shrieking by the waves . I heard their drowning cry mingling with the wind . The blast ...
... beneath us , I had a glimpse of two or three half - naked wretches , rushing from her cabin ; they had just started from their beds to be swallowed shrieking by the waves . I heard their drowning cry mingling with the wind . The blast ...
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