The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: From the Best Writers : Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect, 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 ReadingL.B. Clarke, 1827 - 252 pagini |
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Pagina 27
... fall . Hear counsel , and receive instruction ' , that thou mayest be truly wise . Faithful are the wounds of a friend ' ; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful . Open rebuke , is better than secret love Seest thou a man wise in his ...
... fall . Hear counsel , and receive instruction ' , that thou mayest be truly wise . Faithful are the wounds of a friend ' ; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful . Open rebuke , is better than secret love Seest thou a man wise in his ...
Pagina 35
... fall ' and punishment . But con- templating only the singular situation , in which the expres- sions just quoted present him , and the violent agitation of his mind which they display , the following reflections naturally arise : How ...
... fall ' and punishment . But con- templating only the singular situation , in which the expres- sions just quoted present him , and the violent agitation of his mind which they display , the following reflections naturally arise : How ...
Pagina 46
... fall the remembrance of our origin- al intention ' , and quit the only adequate object of rational de- sire . We entangle ourselves in business` , immerge ourselves in luxury , and rove through the labyrinths of inconstancy ' ; till the ...
... fall the remembrance of our origin- al intention ' , and quit the only adequate object of rational de- sire . We entangle ourselves in business` , immerge ourselves in luxury , and rove through the labyrinths of inconstancy ' ; till the ...
Pagina 59
... fall from the main - mast ' , told the stand- ers by , it was a great mercy that it was not his neck . To which ' , since I am got into quotations ' , give me leave to add the saying of an old philosopher , who ' , after having invited ...
... fall from the main - mast ' , told the stand- ers by , it was a great mercy that it was not his neck . To which ' , since I am got into quotations ' , give me leave to add the saying of an old philosopher , who ' , after having invited ...
Pagina 60
... Fall the grounds of envy among men ' , superiority in rank and fortune ' , is the most general . Hence , the malignity which the poor , commonly bear to the rich ' , as en- grossing to themselves all the comforts of life . Hence ' , the ...
... Fall the grounds of envy among men ' , superiority in rank and fortune ' , is the most general . Hence , the malignity which the poor , commonly bear to the rich ' , as en- grossing to themselves all the comforts of life . Hence ' , the ...
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Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray Bayle beauty behold BIDAH BLAIR blessing breast Caius Verres character cheer comfort death delight Democritus Dioclesian distress divine dread earth enjoy enjoyment envy eternity ev'ry evil father fear feel folly fortune friendship gentle give ground happiness hast Hazael heart heav'n Heraclitus honour hope human indulge inflection innocence Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord mankind mercy Micipsa midst mind misery Mount Etna nature nature's ness never noble Numidia o'er pain passions peace perfection persons pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride prince proper Pythias reason religion render rest rich rise Roman Senate RULE scene SECTION sentence shade shining Sicily simple series smiles sorrow soul spirit spring sweet tal cloud tears temper tempest thee things thought tion truth Tuning sweet vanity vice virtue virtuous voice whole wisdom wise youth
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Pagina 214 - Angels: for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night Circle his throne rejoicing; ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Pagina 214 - 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 183 - Twilight gray had in her sober livery all things clad : Silence accompanied ; for Beast and Bird, they to their grassy couch, these to their nests, were slunk, — all but the wakeful nightingale; she, all night long, her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleased. Now...
Pagina 225 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Pagina 220 - 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 197 - Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature. Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of Ocean on his winding shore...
Pagina 238 - Cease then, nor order imperfection name; Our proper bliss depends on what we blame. Know thy own point: this kind this due degree Of blindness, weakness, Heav'n bestows on thee. Submit. — In this, or any other sphere, Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear: Safe in the hand of one disposing Power, Or in the natal, or the mortal hour.
Pagina 239 - With light and heat refulgent. Then Thy sun Shoots full perfection through the swelling year : And oft Thy voice in dreadful thunder speaks : And oft at dawn, deep noon, or falling eve, By brooks and groves, in hollow-whispering gales.
Pagina 98 - Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life...
Pagina 173 - The Epitaph Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth A Youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknown; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own.