The young woman's companion; or, Female instructor [by J.A. Stewart].Bartlett and Newman, 1814 |
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... called regular , when they form their perfect participle by the addition of d or ed , to the verb ; as , from the verb , to love , is formed the passive , I am loved , I was loved , I shall be loved , & c . A passive verb is con ...
... called regular , when they form their perfect participle by the addition of d or ed , to the verb ; as , from the verb , to love , is formed the passive , I am loved , I was loved , I shall be loved , & c . A passive verb is con ...
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... called a Breve . A Diæresis , thus marked " , shows that two vowels form separate syllables ; as , Creator . A Section is thus marked § . A Paragraph thus ¶ . A Quotation has two inverted commas at the beginning , and two direct ones at ...
... called a Breve . A Diæresis , thus marked " , shows that two vowels form separate syllables ; as , Creator . A Section is thus marked § . A Paragraph thus ¶ . A Quotation has two inverted commas at the beginning , and two direct ones at ...
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... called parsing , a few specimens of which are given in the following sen- tences . Hope animates us . A peaceful mind is virtue's reward . Vice degrades us . He who lives virtuously prepares for all events , If folly entice thee ...
... called parsing , a few specimens of which are given in the following sen- tences . Hope animates us . A peaceful mind is virtue's reward . Vice degrades us . He who lives virtuously prepares for all events , If folly entice thee ...
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... called pleasure , so much as mere giddiness and folly . Look round you with an attentive eye , and weigh charac- ters well , before you connect yourselves too closely with any who court your society . The true honour of man consists not ...
... called pleasure , so much as mere giddiness and folly . Look round you with an attentive eye , and weigh charac- ters well , before you connect yourselves too closely with any who court your society . The true honour of man consists not ...
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... called it , happened to pick up the paper containing the price and number , which her father had accidentally dropped ; and , either in the hope of amusement , or to see if the sum was right , unknown to her parents she made the ...
... called it , happened to pick up the paper containing the price and number , which her father had accidentally dropped ; and , either in the hope of amusement , or to see if the sum was right , unknown to her parents she made the ...
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Page 316 - All sacrifices do but speed forward that great day, when the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea.
Page 424 - Until he came unto the Wash Of Edmonton so gay; And there he threw the Wash about On both sides of the way, Just like unto a trundling mop, Or a wild goose at play. At Edmonton his loving wife From the balcony spied Her tender husband, wondering much To see how he did ride. "Stop, stop, John Gilpin!— Here's the house !" They all at once did cry; "The dinner waits, and we are tired;"— Said Gilpin, "So am I!
Page 55 - Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. What's fame? a fancied life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death.
Page 553 - And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
Page 54 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 427 - Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman ! Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before, That Gilpin rode a race.
Page 312 - Support, and ornament of virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth ; there stands The legate of the skies ; his theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace.
Page 335 - I will lay me down in peace, and take my rest : for it is thou, Lord, only, that makest me dwell in safety.
Page 422 - For saddle-tree scarce reach'd had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in. So down he came ; for loss of time, Although it grieved him sore, Yet loss of pence, full well he knew Would trouble him much more.
Page 282 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another : and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of Hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels ; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.