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 24
... thee , my bro- ther Jonathan , " said the plaintive and surviving David ; very pleasant hast thou been to me : thy love for me was wonderful ; passing the love of women . ' " " 8. Sir Philip Sidney , at the battle near Zutphen , was ...
... thee , my bro- ther Jonathan , " said the plaintive and surviving David ; very pleasant hast thou been to me : thy love for me was wonderful ; passing the love of women . ' " " 8. Sir Philip Sidney , at the battle near Zutphen , was ...
Pagina 26
... thee ; but if thou forsake him , he will cast thee off for ever . SECTION IX . 1. THAT every day has its pains and sorrows is universally ex- perienced , and almost universally confessed . But let us not at- tend only to mourful truths ...
... thee ; but if thou forsake him , he will cast thee off for ever . SECTION IX . 1. THAT every day has its pains and sorrows is universally ex- perienced , and almost universally confessed . But let us not at- tend only to mourful truths ...
Pagina 34
... thee from thy own reflections ! 5. They tell thee that thou art wise ; but what does wisdom avail with poverty ? None will flatter the poor ; and the wise have very little power of flattering themselves . That man is surely the most ...
... thee from thy own reflections ! 5. They tell thee that thou art wise ; but what does wisdom avail with poverty ? None will flatter the poor ; and the wise have very little power of flattering themselves . That man is surely the most ...
Pagina 35
... thee , " said he , is the Hill of Science . On the top is the temple of Truth , whose head is above the clouds , and a veil of pure light covers her face . Observe the progress of her votaries ; be silent and attentive . " 5 After I had ...
... thee , " said he , is the Hill of Science . On the top is the temple of Truth , whose head is above the clouds , and a veil of pure light covers her face . Observe the progress of her votaries ; be silent and attentive . " 5 After I had ...
Pagina 37
... thee to eminence ; but I alone can guide thee to felicity ! " 16. While Virtue was thus speaking , I stretched out my arms towards her , with a vehemence which broke my slumber . The chill dews were falling around me , and the shades of ...
... thee to eminence ; but I alone can guide thee to felicity ! " 16. While Virtue was thus speaking , I stretched out my arms towards her , with a vehemence which broke my slumber . The chill dews were falling around me , and the shades of ...
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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.