The Historical Reader: Designed for the Use of Schools and Families, on a New PlanIsaac Hill, 1824 - 381 páginas |
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... Spirit , were the heavens and the earth finished in the space of six days - so admirably finished - an unformed chaos changed into a system of perfect order and beau- ty - that the adorable Architect himself pronounced it very good ...
... Spirit , were the heavens and the earth finished in the space of six days - so admirably finished - an unformed chaos changed into a system of perfect order and beau- ty - that the adorable Architect himself pronounced it very good ...
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... Spirit should strive with man , in order to awak- en him to a sense of his depravity , and eventually to reclaim him to the paths of peace and virtue . 2. It is here proper to remark , that notwithstanding the general corruption , one ...
... Spirit should strive with man , in order to awak- en him to a sense of his depravity , and eventually to reclaim him to the paths of peace and virtue . 2. It is here proper to remark , that notwithstanding the general corruption , one ...
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... spirit truly laconical , answered him in these words , Come and take them . " Nothing remained but to prepare themselves to engage the Lacedæmonians . Xerxes first- commanded his Median forces to march against them , with orders to take ...
... spirit truly laconical , answered him in these words , Come and take them . " Nothing remained but to prepare themselves to engage the Lacedæmonians . Xerxes first- commanded his Median forces to march against them , with orders to take ...
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... spirit and vigour to the Greeks . The lives then of this heroic leader and his brave troops were not thrown away , but usefully em- ployed ; and their death was attended with a double ef- fect , more great and lasting than themselves ...
... spirit and vigour to the Greeks . The lives then of this heroic leader and his brave troops were not thrown away , but usefully em- ployed ; and their death was attended with a double ef- fect , more great and lasting than themselves ...
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... spirits in her very countenance . 9. Seneca was an excellent moralist , and a sound phi- losopher ; but he does not make so considerable a fig- ure as a poet , and a writer of tragedies . His senti- ments , indeed , are sublime , and ...
... spirits in her very countenance . 9. Seneca was an excellent moralist , and a sound phi- losopher ; but he does not make so considerable a fig- ure as a poet , and a writer of tragedies . His senti- ments , indeed , are sublime , and ...
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Página 22 - Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.
Página 162 - And ye five other wan'dring fires that move In- mystic dance, not without song, resound His praise, who out of darkness call'd up light. 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 ceaaelew change Vary to our great MAKER still new praise.
Página 161 - 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.
Página 336 - As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps, when she sees inflicted on a beast. Then what is man ? And what man, seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man...
Página 359 - Lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain, My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Página 359 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
Página 335 - 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.
Página 104 - Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from Infinite to thee, From thee to nothing.
Página 233 - In full-blown dignity, see Wolsey stand, Law in his voice, and fortune in his hand : To him the church, the realm, their powers consign, Through him the rays of regal bounty shine, Turn'd by his nod the stream of honour flows, His smile alone security bestows : Still to new heights his restless wishes tower, Claim leads to claim, and power advances power ; Till conquest unresisted ceased to please, And rights, submitted, left him none to seize.
Página 105 - 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, Heaven bestows on thee : submit.