The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ...Lincoln and Edmands, 1815 - 264 páginas |
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Página 42
... soul was fhaken with a ftorm of paffion . Wrath , pride , and defire of revenge , rofe into fury . With difficulty he reftrained himself in public ; but as soon as he came to his own house , he was forced to disclose the agony of his ...
... soul was fhaken with a ftorm of paffion . Wrath , pride , and defire of revenge , rofe into fury . With difficulty he reftrained himself in public ; but as soon as he came to his own house , he was forced to disclose the agony of his ...
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... Soul 143 The Importance of a good Education . I CONSIDER a human foul , without education , like marble in the quarry which fhows none of its inherent beauties , until the fkill of the polifher fetches out the col- ours , makes the ...
... Soul 143 The Importance of a good Education . I CONSIDER a human foul , without education , like marble in the quarry which fhows none of its inherent beauties , until the fkill of the polifher fetches out the col- ours , makes the ...
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... Soul . I was yesterday walking alone , in one of my friend's woods , and loft myfelf in it very agreeably , as I was run- ning over , in my mind , the feveral arguments that estab- lifh this great point ; which is the bafis of morality ...
... Soul . I was yesterday walking alone , in one of my friend's woods , and loft myfelf in it very agreeably , as I was run- ning over , in my mind , the feveral arguments that estab- lifh this great point ; which is the bafis of morality ...
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... Souls are my charge - to me ' tis given To train them for their native heaven . " Know then , who bow the early knee , And give the willing heart to me ; Who wifely , when Temptation waits , Elude her frauds , and spurn her baits ; Who ...
... Souls are my charge - to me ' tis given To train them for their native heaven . " Know then , who bow the early knee , And give the willing heart to me ; Who wifely , when Temptation waits , Elude her frauds , and spurn her baits ; Who ...
Términos y frases comunes
againſt Antiparos becauſe BLAIR bleffing Caius Verres cauſe confider courfe courſe death defigns defire earth faid fame fcene fecret feek feemed fenfe fentiments fhade fhall fhining fhort fhould fhow fide filent firft fituation fmiles fociety fome fometimes fong foon forrow foul fpirit fpring friendſhip ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fupport fweet happineſs happy Hazael heart heaven himſelf honour human intereft itſelf juft Jugurtha labours laft laſt leaft lefs Lord mankind meaſure mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary Numidia o'er obferve occafions ourſelves paffed paffions perfon philofopher pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffefs praiſe prefent proper purpoſe Pythias raiſed reafon refpect reft rife SECTION ſhall ſpeak ſtate ſtill temper thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought tion uſe virtue voice whofe whoſe wifdom wife youth
Pasajes populares
Página 229 - 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 241 - Lo! the poor Indian, whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Página 208 - 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 211 - Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country and their shackles fall.
Página 190 - 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. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...
Página 255 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy. Then comes THY glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent.
Página 226 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Página 176 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, And drink thy wine with a merry heart ; For God now accepteth thy works.
Página 225 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Página 130 - Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come...