The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best Writers : Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect, to Improve Their Language and Sentiments, and to Inculcate Some of the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue : with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingJohn Montgomery, 1827 - 264 pagini |
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Pagina 21
... night cometh , when no man can work . " 16. To sensual persons , hardly any thing is what it appears to be : and what flatters most , is always farthest from reality . There are voices which sing around them ; but whose strains allure ...
... night cometh , when no man can work . " 16. To sensual persons , hardly any thing is what it appears to be : and what flatters most , is always farthest from reality . There are voices which sing around them ; but whose strains allure ...
Pagina 37
... night to silence and meditation . SECTION VII . The journey of a day , a picture of human life . AIKEN . 1. OBIDAH , the son of Abensina , left the caravansary early in the morning , ard pursued his journey through the plains of In ...
... night to silence and meditation . SECTION VII . The journey of a day , a picture of human life . AIKEN . 1. OBIDAH , the son of Abensina , left the caravansary early in the morning , ard pursued his journey through the plains of In ...
Pagina 54
... night insensibly fell upon me . I at first amused myself with all the richness and variety of colours , which appeared in the western parts of heaven . In proportion as they faded away and went out , several stars and planets appeared ...
... night insensibly fell upon me . I at first amused myself with all the richness and variety of colours , which appeared in the western parts of heaven . In proportion as they faded away and went out , several stars and planets appeared ...
Pagina 64
... night , should continue to the very end of all things . Accordingly , in obedience to that promise , the rotation is constantly presenting us with some useful and agreeable alteration ; and all the pleas ing novelty of life arises from ...
... night , should continue to the very end of all things . Accordingly , in obedience to that promise , the rotation is constantly presenting us with some useful and agreeable alteration ; and all the pleas ing novelty of life arises from ...
Pagina 65
... night yield us contrary blessings ; and , at the same time , assist each other , by giving fresh lustre to the delights of both . Amidst the glare of day , and bustle of life , how could we sleep ? Amidst the gloom of darkness , how ...
... night yield us contrary blessings ; and , at the same time , assist each other , by giving fresh lustre to the delights of both . Amidst the glare of day , and bustle of life , how could we sleep ? Amidst the gloom of darkness , how ...
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Pagina 163 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more...
Pagina 189 - Lives on the labours of this lord of all. Know Nature's children all divide her care ; The fur that warms a monarch warm'da bear. While man exclaims,
Pagina 82 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Pagina 183 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, •And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Pagina 183 - Earth, Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets, in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Pagina 179 - Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our Great Maker still new praise. Ye Mists and Exhalations that now rise From hill or steaming lake, dusky or gray, Till the sun paint your fleecy skirts with gold, In honour to the world's Great Author rise...
Pagina 179 - Whether to deck with clouds the uncoloured sky, Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers, Rising or falling still advance his praise. His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud; and wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Pagina 179 - Air, and ye elements, the eldest birth Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our great Maker still new praise.
Pagina 157 - While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind : But more...
Pagina 175 - How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light When I think of my own native land In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.