The National Fifth Reader: Containing a Complete and Practical Treatise on Elocution ...: With Biographical Sketches, and Copious Notes: Adapted to the Use of Students in Literature, Book 5A.S. Barnes & Company, 1871 - 581 pages |
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Page 213
... spirit and diction of the Bible which is found peculiarly adapted to arrest the attention of the plainèst and most uncultivated minds . The simple structure of its sentences , combined with a lofty spirit of poëtry - its famil- iar ...
... spirit and diction of the Bible which is found peculiarly adapted to arrest the attention of the plainèst and most uncultivated minds . The simple structure of its sentences , combined with a lofty spirit of poëtry - its famil- iar ...
Page 544
... spirit , he is visited by immortal forms , whose motions torment the heart with ecstasy - whose vesture is of light - whose society is a fragrance of all the blossoms of Hope . 7. To him the True approaches in the radiant garments of ...
... spirit , he is visited by immortal forms , whose motions torment the heart with ecstasy - whose vesture is of light - whose society is a fragrance of all the blossoms of Hope . 7. To him the True approaches in the radiant garments of ...
Page 597
... spirit doth Thy spirit shine As shines the sun - beam in a drop of dew . Naught ! but I live , and on hope's pinions fly Eager toward Thy presence ; for in Thee I live , and breathe , and dwell ; aspiring high , Even to the throne of ...
... spirit doth Thy spirit shine As shines the sun - beam in a drop of dew . Naught ! but I live , and on hope's pinions fly Eager toward Thy presence ; for in Thee I live , and breathe , and dwell ; aspiring high , Even to the throne of ...
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