The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ...Samuel Etheridge, 1805 - 254 páginas |
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... action to the hearer , that the ear alfo may be relieved from the fatigue , which it would otherwise endure from a continuity of found ; and that the under- ftanding may have fufficient time to mark the diftinction of fentences , and ...
... action to the hearer , that the ear alfo may be relieved from the fatigue , which it would otherwise endure from a continuity of found ; and that the under- ftanding may have fufficient time to mark the diftinction of fentences , and ...
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... actions which afford in the remembrance a rational fatisfaction ? Are they the pursuits of fenfual pleaf- ure , the riots of jollity , or the difplays of fhow and vanity ? No : I appeal to your hearts , my friends , if what you recol ...
... actions which afford in the remembrance a rational fatisfaction ? Are they the pursuits of fenfual pleaf- ure , the riots of jollity , or the difplays of fhow and vanity ? No : I appeal to your hearts , my friends , if what you recol ...
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... actions ; and the care which he took of his health , from his defire to preferve his mind free and tranquil . Eminently pleasing and honourable was the friendship be tween David and Jonathan . " I am diftreffed for thee , my brother ...
... actions ; and the care which he took of his health , from his defire to preferve his mind free and tranquil . Eminently pleasing and honourable was the friendship be tween David and Jonathan . " I am diftreffed for thee , my brother ...
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... actions . Antoninus Pius , the Roman Emperor , was an amiable and good man . When any of his courtiers attempted to inflame him with a paffion for military glory , he used to anfwer : " That he more defired the prefervation of one ...
... actions . Antoninus Pius , the Roman Emperor , was an amiable and good man . When any of his courtiers attempted to inflame him with a paffion for military glory , he used to anfwer : " That he more defired the prefervation of one ...
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... action ; but when allowed to extend its influence too far , it corrupts the whole character ; and produces guilt , difgrace , and mifery . To be entirely deftitute of it , is a de- fect . To be governed by it , is depravity . The proper ...
... action ; but when allowed to extend its influence too far , it corrupts the whole character ; and produces guilt , difgrace , and mifery . To be entirely deftitute of it , is a de- fect . To be governed by it , is depravity . The proper ...
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Términos y frases comunes
againſt alfo Antiparos arifes becauſe BLAIR bleffing Caius Verres caufe confider courfe death defire diftinction emphafis ev'ry faid fame fcene feek feemed feen fenfe fentence fentiments ferve feveral fhade fhall fhine fhort fhould fhow firft firſt fituation fkies fociety fome fometimes foon forrow foul fpeak fpirit fpring ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fuppofed happineſs happy Hazael heart heaven himſelf honour human intereft itſelf juft Jugurtha labours laft lefs Lord mankind mifery mind moft moſt muſt myſelf nature neceffary Numidia o'er obferve occafion ourſelves paffed paffions paufe pauſe perfons philofopher pleafing pleaſure poffeffed poffible pow'r praiſe prefent proper purpoſe Pythias raiſe reafon refpect reft rifing ſcene SECTION ſhall Sicily ſtand ſtate ſtill temper thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion underſtanding uſeful virtue voice whofe wife wiſdom
Pasajes populares
Página 244 - Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe. If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Página 53 - Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die: remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Página 199 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heav'n.
Página 76 - I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Página 162 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, And drink thy wine with a merry heart ; For God now accepteth thy works.
Página 201 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Página 224 - 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.
Página 250 - The great directing mind of all ordains. All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul ; That chang'd through all, and yet in all the same ; Great in the Earth, as in th...
Página 251 - All discord, harmony not understood ; All partial evil, universal good : And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, WHATEVER is, is RIGHT.
Página 221 - Has made my cup run o'er, And in a kind and faithful friend Has doubled all my store.