The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ...Samuel Etheridge, 1805 - 254 páginas |
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... feel- ings of the author , whofe fentiments he profeffes to repeat : for how is it poffible to reprefent clearly to others , what we have but faint or inaccurate conceptions of ourselves ? If there were no other benefits refulting from ...
... feel- ings of the author , whofe fentiments he profeffes to repeat : for how is it poffible to reprefent clearly to others , what we have but faint or inaccurate conceptions of ourselves ? If there were no other benefits refulting from ...
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... feel- ing delicately ourselves , and from judging accurately of what is fitteft to ftrike the feelings of others . If There is one error , against which it is particularly proper to caution the learner ; namely , that of multiplying em ...
... feel- ing delicately ourselves , and from judging accurately of what is fitteft to ftrike the feelings of others . If There is one error , against which it is particularly proper to caution the learner ; namely , that of multiplying em ...
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... feeling . It is chiefly in the proper ufe of these tones , that the life , fpirit , beauty , and harmony of delivery confift . The limits of this introduction , do not admit of examples , to illuftrate the variety of tones belonging to ...
... feeling . It is chiefly in the proper ufe of these tones , that the life , fpirit , beauty , and harmony of delivery confift . The limits of this introduction , do not admit of examples , to illuftrate the variety of tones belonging to ...
Página xxi
... feel a fort of struggle between the fenfe and the found , which renders it difficult to read fuch lines har- monioufly . The rule of proper pronunciation in fuch cafes , is to regard only the paufe which the fenfe forms ; and to read ...
... feel a fort of struggle between the fenfe and the found , which renders it difficult to read fuch lines har- monioufly . The rule of proper pronunciation in fuch cafes , is to regard only the paufe which the fenfe forms ; and to read ...
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... feel . Our ignorance of what is to come , and of what is really good or evil , fhould correct anxiety about worldly fuccefs . The veil which covers from our fight the events of fuc- ceeding years , is a veil woven by the hand of mercy ...
... feel . Our ignorance of what is to come , and of what is really good or evil , fhould correct anxiety about worldly fuccefs . The veil which covers from our fight the events of fuc- ceeding years , is a veil woven by the hand of mercy ...
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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.