Town's Spelling and Defining Book: Being an Introduction to Town's Analysis

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R.C.Root, 1843

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Стр. 82 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.
Стр. 89 - I will go to my tent, and lie down in despair; I will paint me with black, and will sever my hair; I .will sit on the shore, where the hurricane blows, And reveal to the god of the tempest my woes...
Стр. 103 - What is that, Mother ? The eagle, boy. Proudly careering his course of joy, Firm in his own mountain vigour relying, Breasting the dark storm, the red bolt defying ; His wing on the wind, and his eye on the sun, He swerves not a hair, but bears onward, right on. Boy, may the eagle's flight ever be thine, Onward and upward, true to the line. What is that, Mother?
Стр. 6 - IV and y are consonants when they begin a word or syllable ; but in every other situation they are vowels.
Стр. 103 - What is that, Mother ? The swan, my love ! He is floating down, from his native grove ; No loved one, now, no nestling, nigh, He is floating down, by himself, to die ; Death darkens his eye, and unplumes his wings, Yet the sweetest song, is the last, he sings. Live so, my love, that when death shall come, Swanlike and sweet, it may waft thee home ! 1825.
Стр. 104 - With thoughts all fixed, and feelings purely kind; Strength to complete, and with delight review, And grace to give the praise where all is ever due.
Стр. 104 - Do something — do it soon — with all thy might ; An angel's wing would droop if long at rest, And God himself, inactive, were no longer blest.
Стр. 106 - The old-fashioned Bible, the dear, blessed Bible, The family Bible, that lay on the stand.
Стр. 150 - PUNCTUATION. PUNCTUATION is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of marking the different pauses, which the sense and an accurate pronunciation require.
Стр. 57 - To do to others as I would That they should do to me, Will make me honest, kind, and good, As children ought to be.

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