it be; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand.

George, you must not laugh at me; I will not bear it. You forget what
you are about when you ridicule me: I know more than you do about the
lessons.

I never heard a word about it before, said George, yesterday: who told
you about it, Charles?

I never heard one word of it before, said my uncle Toby, hastily: how
came he there, Trim?

Thou shalt pronounce this parable upon the King of Babylon; and shalt
say: How hath the oppressor ceased?

It is not only in the sacred fane that homage should be paid to the Most
High: there is a temple, one not made with hands; the vaulted firmament:
far in the woods, almost beyond the sound of city-chime, at intervals
heard through the breezeless air.

THE END.

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Transcriber's Notes:

To retain the flavor of this schoolbook, the Transcriber has left all
grammar errors in tact. Any exceptions are noted below.

Page vii: Opening bracket added to first sentence. [_The Poetical
Extracts

Page 131: Period added: generosity.

Page 139: Period added: she was immovable.

Page 150: Period added: 18.

Page 154: Period added: The same, subject, continued.

Page 165: Word "might" changed to "mighty" due to space in poem and
poem's scheme.

Page 202: Word "curse" is presumed: "...curse resounds in the ..."

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