Fifth Book of Lessons for the Use of the Irish National SchoolsP. Dixon Hardy, 1836 - 406 páginas |
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... destroyed , and their inhabitants buried beneath the ruins ; springs are stopped , and others gush out in new places ; fissures are made in the earth ; and enormous masses of rock and other materials sink down , or are detached from the ...
... destroyed , and their inhabitants buried beneath the ruins ; springs are stopped , and others gush out in new places ; fissures are made in the earth ; and enormous masses of rock and other materials sink down , or are detached from the ...
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... destroyed , it would be left altogether unfit for the habitation of sentient beings . Were it divested of its undulating quality , we should be deprived of all the advantages of speech and conversation , of all the melody of the ...
... destroyed , it would be left altogether unfit for the habitation of sentient beings . Were it divested of its undulating quality , we should be deprived of all the advantages of speech and conversation , of all the melody of the ...
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... destroyed . Winds may be divided into three classes : those , which blow constantly in the same direction ; those , which are periodical ; and those , which are variable . The permanent winds are those which blow constantly between ...
... destroyed . Winds may be divided into three classes : those , which blow constantly in the same direction ; those , which are periodical ; and those , which are variable . The permanent winds are those which blow constantly between ...
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... destroy his corn , break his fruit trees , and shatter the very house where he dwells , without being able to prevent it . M'CULLOCH'S Course of Reading . ON THE DELUGE . It stands on record in Scripture , that this globe was twice ...
... destroy his corn , break his fruit trees , and shatter the very house where he dwells , without being able to prevent it . M'CULLOCH'S Course of Reading . ON THE DELUGE . It stands on record in Scripture , that this globe was twice ...
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... destroyed nearly the whole of the human species , geology apprizes us , that of the various revolutions , which have agitated our globe , the last evidently corresponds to the period , which is assigned to the deluge . " We say that ...
... destroyed nearly the whole of the human species , geology apprizes us , that of the various revolutions , which have agitated our globe , the last evidently corresponds to the period , which is assigned to the deluge . " We say that ...
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Página 377 - Unanxious for ourselves, and only wish As duteous sons, our fathers were more wise. At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; In all the magnanimity of thought Resolves and re-resolves; then dies the same.
Página 381 - Tis but an hour ago since it was nine/ And after one hour more 'twill be eleven/ And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe And then from hour to hour, we rot and rot, And thereby hangs a tale.
Página 379 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...
Página 401 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Página 380 - The seasons' difference ; as, the icy fang, And churlish chiding of the winter's wind ; Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile, and say, — This is no flattery : these are counsellors, That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Página 380 - I'd have you do it ever : when you sing, I'd have you buy and sell so ; so give alms ; Pray so ; and, for the ordering your affairs, To sing them too. When you do dance, I wish you A wave o...
Página 402 - Thou'rt gone, the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form ; yet, on my heart Deeply hath sunk the lesson thou hast given, And shall not soon depart. He who, from zone to zone, Guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight, In the long way that I must tread alone, Will lead my steps aright.
Página 397 - THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy.
Página 401 - There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, The desert and illimitable air, Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold thin atmosphere; Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near.
Página 383 - WHEN I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one Talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest He returning chide, " Both God exact day-labour, light denied ?