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- The Ontario Readers.
- THE
- HIGH SCHOOL READER.
- AUTHORIZED FOR USE IN THE PUBLIC AND HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGIATE INSTITUTES OF ONTARIO BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
- Toronto:
- ROSE PUBLISHING COMPANY.
- 1886.
- PRINTED AND BOUND BY Hunter, Rose & Co., TORONTO.
- AUTHORIZED FOR USE IN THE PUBLIC AND HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGIATE INSTITUTES OF ONTARIO BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- SHORT EXTRACTS.
- INDEX OF AUTHORS.
- INTRODUCTORY.
- THE HIGH SCHOOL READER.
- I. KING SOLOMON'S PRAYER AND BLESSING AT THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE.
- From the First Book of Kings.
- Translated 1611—Revised 1885.
- From the First Book of Kings.
- I. KING SOLOMON'S PRAYER AND BLESSING AT THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE.
- II. INVITATION.
- From Isaiah.
- Translated 1611—Revised 1885.
- From Isaiah.
- II. INVITATION.
- III.THE TRIAL SCENE IN THE "MERCHANT OF VENICE."[A]
- William Shakespeare.—1564-1616.
- FOOTNOTES:
- III.THE TRIAL SCENE IN THE "MERCHANT OF VENICE."[A]
- IV. OF BOLDNESS.
- Lord Bacon.—1561-1626.
- From Essays.
- Lord Bacon.—1561-1626.
- IV. OF BOLDNESS.
- V. TO DAFFODILS.
- Robert Herrick.—1594-1674.
- V. TO DAFFODILS.
- VI. OF CONTENTEDNESS IN ALL ESTATES AND ACCIDENTS.
- Jeremy Taylor.—1613-1667.
- From Holy Living.
- Jeremy Taylor.—1613-1667.
- VI. OF CONTENTEDNESS IN ALL ESTATES AND ACCIDENTS.
- VII. TO LUCASTA, ON GOING TO THE WARS.
- Richard Lovelace.—1618-1658.
- VII. TO LUCASTA, ON GOING TO THE WARS.
- VIII. ANGLING.
- Izaak Walton.—1593-1683.
- From The Complete Angler.
- Izaak Walton.—1593-1683.
- VIII. ANGLING.
- IX. ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST'S NATIVITY.
- (1629).
- John Milton.—1608-1674.
- (1629).
- IX. ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST'S NATIVITY.
- THE HYMN.
- X. CHARACTER OF LORD FALKLAND.
- Lord Clarendon.—1608-1674.
- From History of the Rebellion.
- Lord Clarendon.—1608-1674.
- X. CHARACTER OF LORD FALKLAND.
- XI. VENI, CREATOR SPIRITUS.
- John Dryden.—1631-1700.
- XI. VENI, CREATOR SPIRITUS.
- XII. LINES PRINTED UNDER THE PORTRAIT OF MILTON.
- Dryden.
- XII. LINES PRINTED UNDER THE PORTRAIT OF MILTON.
- XIII. REASON.
- Dryden.
- From Religio Laici.
- Dryden.
- XIII. REASON.
- XIV. ON THE LOVE OF COUNTRY AS A PRINCIPLE OF ACTION.
- Richard Steele.—1672-1729.
- From The Tatler, June 10, 1710.
- Richard Steele.—1672-1729.
- XIV. ON THE LOVE OF COUNTRY AS A PRINCIPLE OF ACTION.
- XV. THE GOLDEN SCALES.
- Joseph Addison.—1672-1719.
- From The Spectator, August 21, 1712.
- Joseph Addison.—1672-1719.
- XV. THE GOLDEN SCALES.
- XVI. MISJUDGED HOSPITALITY.
- Jonathan Swift.—1667-1745.
- From The Tatler, March 6, 1711.
- Jonathan Swift.—1667-1745.
- XVI. MISJUDGED HOSPITALITY.
- XVII. FROM THE "ESSAY ON MAN."[B]
- Alexander Pope.—1688-1744.
- FOOTNOTES:
- XVII. FROM THE "ESSAY ON MAN."[B]
- XVIII. RULE, BRITANNIA.
- James Thomson.—1700-1748.
- XVIII. RULE, BRITANNIA.
- XIX. THE FIRST CRUSADE.
- David Hume.—1711-1776.
- From History of England.
- David Hume.—1711-1776.
- XIX. THE FIRST CRUSADE.
- XX. THE BARD.
- A Pindaric Ode.[D]
- Thomas Gray.—1716-1771.
- FOOTNOTES:
- A Pindaric Ode.[D]
- XX. THE BARD.
- XXI. ON AN ADDRESS TO THE THRONE CONCERNING AFFAIRS IN AMERICA.
- HOUSE OF LORDS—November 18th, 1777.
- Lord Chatham.—1708-1778.
- HOUSE OF LORDS—November 18th, 1777.
- XXI. ON AN ADDRESS TO THE THRONE CONCERNING AFFAIRS IN AMERICA.
- XXII. FROM "THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD."
- THE FAMILY USE ART, WHICH IS OPPOSED WITH STILL GREATER.
- Oliver Goldsmith.—1728-1774.
- THE FAMILY USE ART, WHICH IS OPPOSED WITH STILL GREATER.
- XXII. FROM "THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD."
- XXIII. MEETING OF JOHNSON WITH WILKES.
- (1776).
- James Boswell.—1740-1795.
- From Life of Samuel Johnson, ll. d.
- FOOTNOTES:
- (1776).
- XXIII. MEETING OF JOHNSON WITH WILKES.
- XXIV. THE POLICY OF THE EMPIRE IN THE FIRST CENTURY.
- Edward Gibbon.—1737-1794.
- From The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
- Edward Gibbon.—1737-1794.
- XXIV. THE POLICY OF THE EMPIRE IN THE FIRST CENTURY.
- XXV. ON THE ATTACKS UPON HIS PENSION.[F]
- Edmund Burke.—1729-1797.
- FOOTNOTES:
- XXV. ON THE ATTACKS UPON HIS PENSION.[F]
- XXVI. TWO EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SCENES.
- William Cowper.—1731-1800.
- From letters to the Rev. John Newton.
- William Cowper.—1731-1800.
- XXVI. TWO EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SCENES.
- XXVII. FROM "THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL."[G]
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan.—1751-1816.
- FOOTNOTES:
- XXVII. FROM "THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL."[G]
- XXVIII. THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT.[H]
- Robert Burns.—1759-1796.
- FOOTNOTES:
- XXVIII. THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT.[H]
- XXIX. THE LAND O' THE LEAL.
- Lady Nairn.—1766-1845.
- XXIX. THE LAND O' THE LEAL.
- XXX. THE TRIAL BY COMBAT AT THE DIAMOND OF THE DESERT.[I]
- From The Talisman.
- Sir Walter Scott.—1771-1832.
- FOOTNOTES:
- From The Talisman.
- XXX. THE TRIAL BY COMBAT AT THE DIAMOND OF THE DESERT.[I]
- XXXI. TO A HIGHLAND GIRL.
- (At Inversneyde, upon Loch Lomond.)
- William Wordsworth.—1770-1850.
- (At Inversneyde, upon Loch Lomond.)
- XXXI. TO A HIGHLAND GIRL.
- XXXII. FRANCE: AN ODE.
- (1797.)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge.—1772-1834.
- (1797.)
- XXXII. FRANCE: AN ODE.
- XXXIII. COMPLAINT AND REPROOF.
- Coleridge.
- XXXIII. COMPLAINT AND REPROOF.
- XXXIV. THE WELL OF ST. KEYNE.
- XXXV. THE ISLES OF GREECE.
- Lord Byron.—1788-1824.
- XXXV. THE ISLES OF GREECE.
- XXXVI. GO WHERE GLORY WAITS THEE.
- Thomas Moore.—1779-1852.
- XXXVI. GO WHERE GLORY WAITS THEE.
- XXXVII. DEAR HARP OF MY COUNTRY.
- Moore.
- XXXVII. DEAR HARP OF MY COUNTRY.
- XXXVIII. COME, YE DISCONSOLATE.
- Moore.
- XXXVIII. COME, YE DISCONSOLATE.
- XXXIX. ON A LOCK OF MILTON'S HAIR.
- Leigh Hunt.—1784-1859.
- XXXIX. ON A LOCK OF MILTON'S HAIR.
- XL. THE GLOVE AND THE LIONS.
- Leigh Hunt.
- XL. THE GLOVE AND THE LIONS.
- XLI. THE CLOUD.
- Percy Bysshe Shelley.—1792-1822.
- XLI. THE CLOUD.
- XLII. ON FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER.
- John Keats.—1795-1821.
- XLII. ON FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER.
- XLIII. ON THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE CRICKET.
- Keats.
- XLIII. ON THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE CRICKET.
- XLIV. THE POWER AND DANGER OF THE CÆSARS.
- Thomas De Quincey.—1785-1859.
- From The Cæsars.
- Thomas De Quincey.—1785-1859.
- XLIV. THE POWER AND DANGER OF THE CÆSARS.
- XLV. UNTHOUGHTFULNESS.
- Dr. Arnold.—1795-1842.
- A Lecture delivered in Rugby Chapel.
- Dr. Arnold.—1795-1842.
- XLV. UNTHOUGHTFULNESS.
- XLVI. THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS.
- Thomas Hood.—1799-1845.
- XLVI. THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS.
- XLVII. A PARENTAL ODE TO MY SON.
- AGED THREE YEARS AND FIVE MONTHS.
- Thomas Hood.
- AGED THREE YEARS AND FIVE MONTHS.
- XLVII. A PARENTAL ODE TO MY SON.
- XLVIII. METAPHYSICS.
- Thomas Chandler Haliburton.—1796-1865.
- From Traits of American Humor.
- Thomas Chandler Haliburton.—1796-1865.
- XLVIII. METAPHYSICS.
- XLIX. INDIAN SUMMER.[J]
- Samuel Lover.—1797-1868.
- FOOTNOTES:
- XLIX. INDIAN SUMMER.[J]
- L. TO HELEN.[K]
- July 7, 1839.
- Winthrop Mackworth Praed.—1802-1839.
- FOOTNOTES:
- July 7, 1839.
- L. TO HELEN.[K]
- LI. HORATIUS.[L]
- A LAY MADE ABOUT THE YEAR OF THE CITY CCCLX.
- Lord Macaulay.—1800-1859.
- FOOTNOTES:
- A LAY MADE ABOUT THE YEAR OF THE CITY CCCLX.
- LI. HORATIUS.[L]
- LII. THE RAVEN.
- Edgar Allan Poe.—1809-1849.
- LII. THE RAVEN.
- LIII. DAVID SWAN—A FANTASY.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne.—1804-1864.
- From "Twice-Told Tales."
- Nathaniel Hawthorne.—1804-1864.
- LIII. DAVID SWAN—A FANTASY.
- LIV. MY KATE.
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning.—1809-1861.
- LIV. MY KATE.
- LV. A DEAD ROSE.
- Mrs. Browning.
- LV. A DEAD ROSE.
- LVI. TO THE EVENING WIND.
- William Cullen Bryant.—1794-1878.
- LVI. TO THE EVENING WIND.
- LVII.—DEATH OF THE PROTECTOR.[M]
- Thomas Carlyle.—1795-1881.
- From Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches.
- FOOTNOTES:
- Thomas Carlyle.—1795-1881.
- LVII.—DEATH OF THE PROTECTOR.[M]
- LVIII. EACH AND ALL.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson.—1803-1882.
- LVIII. EACH AND ALL.
- LIX. WATERLOO.
- Charles James Lever.—1806-1872.
- From Charles O'Malley.
- Charles James Lever.—1806-1872.
- LIX. WATERLOO.
- LX. THE DIVER.
- Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton.—1805-1873.
- Translated from the German of Schiller.
- Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton.—1805-1873.
- LX. THE DIVER.
- LXI. THE PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS.
- Cardinal Newman.—1801-
- From Callista.
- Cardinal Newman.—1801-
- LXI. THE PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS.
- LXII. THE CANE-BOTTOM'D CHAIR.
- William Makepeace Thackeray.—1811-1863.
- LXII. THE CANE-BOTTOM'D CHAIR.
- LXIII. THE RECONCILIATION.[N]
- Thackeray.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LXIII. THE RECONCILIATION.[N]
- LXIV. THE ISLAND OF THE SCOTS.
- (December, 1697.)
- William Edmondstoune Aytoun.—1813-1865.
- (December, 1697.)
- LXIV. THE ISLAND OF THE SCOTS.
- LXV. THE GAMBLING PARTY.
- Earl of Beaconsfield.—1805-1881.
- From The Young Duke.
- Earl of Beaconsfield.—1805-1881.
- LXV. THE GAMBLING PARTY.
- LXVI. THE PICKWICKIANS DISPORT THEMSELVES ON ICE.[O]
- Charles Dickens.—1812-1870.
- From The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.
- FOOTNOTES:
- Charles Dickens.—1812-1870.
- LXVI. THE PICKWICKIANS DISPORT THEMSELVES ON ICE.[O]
- LXVII. THE HANGING OF THE CRANE.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.—1807-1882.
- LXVII. THE HANGING OF THE CRANE.
- LXVIII. EARTHWORMS.
- Charles Darwin—1809-1882.
- From The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the action of Worms.
- Charles Darwin—1809-1882.
- LXVIII. EARTHWORMS.
- LXIX. "AS SHIPS, BECALMED AT EVE."
- Arthur Hugh Clough.—1819-1861.
- LXIX. "AS SHIPS, BECALMED AT EVE."
- LXX. DUTY.
- Arthur Hugh Clough.
- LXX. DUTY.
- LXXI. SONNETS.
- Charles Heavysege.—1816-1876.
- LXXI. SONNETS.
- LXXII. DOCTOR ARNOLD AT RUGBY.
- Arthur Penrhyn Stanley.—1815-1880.
- LXXII. DOCTOR ARNOLD AT RUGBY.
- LXXIII. ODE TO THE NORTH-EAST WIND.
- Charles Kingsley.—1819-1875.
- LXXIII. ODE TO THE NORTH-EAST WIND.
- LXXIV. FROM "THE MILL ON THE FLOSS."
- George Eliot.—1820-1880.
- LXXIV. FROM "THE MILL ON THE FLOSS."
- LXXV. THE CLOUD CONFINES.
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti.—1828-1882.
- LXXV. THE CLOUD CONFINES.
- LXXVI. BARBARA FRIETCHIE.
- John Greenleaf Whittier.—1807-
- LXXVI. BARBARA FRIETCHIE.
- LXXVII. CONTENTMENT.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes.—1809-
- "Man wants but little here below."
- Oliver Wendell Holmes.—1809-
- LXXVII. CONTENTMENT.
- LXXVIII. THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION.
- The Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone.—1809-
- From Kin Beyond Sea.
- The Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone.—1809-
- LXXVIII. THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION.
- LXXIX. THE LORD OF BURLEIGH.
- Lord Tennyson.—1809-
- LXXIX. THE LORD OF BURLEIGH.
- LXXX. "BREAK, BREAK, BREAK."
- Lord Tennyson.
- LXXX. "BREAK, BREAK, BREAK."
- LXXXI. THE "REVENGE."
- A BALLAD OF THE FLEET, 1591.
- Lord Tennyson.
- A BALLAD OF THE FLEET, 1591.
- LXXXI. THE "REVENGE."
- LXXXII. HERVÉ RIEL.
- Robert Browning.—1812-
- LXXXII. HERVÉ RIEL.
- LXXXIII. SONNET.
- President Wilson.—1816-
- LXXXIII. SONNET.
- LXXXIV. OUR IDEAL.
- President Wilson.
- LXXXIV. OUR IDEAL.
- LXXXV. FROM THE APOLOGY OF SOCRATES.
- Benjamin Jowett.—1817-
- From The Dialogues of Plato.
- Benjamin Jowett.—1817-
- LXXXV. FROM THE APOLOGY OF SOCRATES.
- LXXXVI. THE EMPIRE OF THE CÆSARS.
- James Anthony Froude.—1818-
- From Cæsar.
- James Anthony Froude.—1818-
- LXXXVI. THE EMPIRE OF THE CÆSARS.
- LXXXVII. OF THE MYSTERY OF LIFE.
- John Ruskin—1819-
- From Sesame and Lilies.
- John Ruskin—1819-
- LXXXVII. OF THE MYSTERY OF LIFE.
- LXXXVIII. THE ROBIN.
- James Russell Lowell.—1819-
- From My Garden Acquaintance.
- FOOTNOTES:
- James Russell Lowell.—1819-
- LXXXVIII. THE ROBIN.
- LXXXIX. THE OLD CRADLE.
- Frederick Locker.—1821-
- LXXXIX. THE OLD CRADLE.
- XC. RUGBY CHAPEL.
- November, 1857.
- Matthew Arnold.—1822-
- November, 1857.
- XC. RUGBY CHAPEL.
- XCI. IN THE ORILLIA WOODS.
- Charles Sangster.—1822-
- XCI. IN THE ORILLIA WOODS.
- XCII. MORALS AND CHARACTER IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
- Goldwin Smith.—1823-
- From Cowper.
- Goldwin Smith.—1823-
- XCII. MORALS AND CHARACTER IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
- XCIII. A LIBERAL EDUCATION.
- Thomas Henry Huxley.—1825-
- From Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews.
- Thomas Henry Huxley.—1825-
- XCIII. A LIBERAL EDUCATION.
- XCIV. TOO LATE.
- Dinah Maria Mulock Craik.—1826-
- XCIV. TOO LATE.
- XCV. AMOR MUNDI.
- Christina Georgina Rossetti.—1830-
- XCV. AMOR MUNDI.
- XCVI. TOUJOURS AMOUR.
- Edmund Clarence Stedman.—1833-
- XCVI. TOUJOURS AMOUR.
- XCVII. ENGLAND.
- Thomas Bailey Aldrich.—1836-
- XCVII. ENGLAND.
- XCVIII. ROCOCO.
- Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
- XCVIII. ROCOCO.
- XCIX. KINGS OF MEN.
- John Reade.—1837-
- XCIX. KINGS OF MEN.
- C. THALATTA! THALATTA!
- John Reade.
- C. THALATTA! THALATTA!
- CI. THE FORSAKEN GARDEN.
- Algernon Charles Swinburne.—1837-
- CI. THE FORSAKEN GARDEN.
- CII. A BALLAD TO QUEEN ELIZABETH OF THE SPANISH ARMADA.
- (Ballade.)
- Austin Dobson.—1840-
- (Ballade.)
- CII. A BALLAD TO QUEEN ELIZABETH OF THE SPANISH ARMADA.
- CIII. CIRCE.
- (Triolet.)
- Austin Dobson.
- (Triolet.)
- CIII. CIRCE.
- CIV. SCENES FROM "TECUMSEH."[Q]
- Charles Mair.—1840-
- FOOTNOTES:
- CIV. SCENES FROM "TECUMSEH."[Q]
- CV. THE RETURN OF THE SWALLOWS.
- Edmund William Gosse.—1849-
- CV. THE RETURN OF THE SWALLOWS.
- CVI. DAWN ANGELS.
- A. Mary F. Robinson.—1856-
- CVI. DAWN ANGELS.
- CVII. LE ROI EST MORT.
- A. Mary F. Robinson.
- CVII. LE ROI EST MORT.
- CVIII. TO WINTER.
- Charles G. D. Roberts.—1859-
- CVIII. TO WINTER.
- CIX. ABIGAIL BECKER.
- (Off Long Point Island, Lake Erie, November 24th, 1854.)
- Amanda T. Jones.
- THE END.
- (Off Long Point Island, Lake Erie, November 24th, 1854.)
- CIX. ABIGAIL BECKER.
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