The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ...Lincoln and Edmands, 1815 - 264 páginas |
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... earth fo ftable , as to affure us of un- difturbed reft ; nor so powerful , as to afford us conftant protection . The house of feafting too often becomes an avenue to the house of mourning . Short , to the licentious , is the in- terval ...
... earth fo ftable , as to affure us of un- difturbed reft ; nor so powerful , as to afford us conftant protection . The house of feafting too often becomes an avenue to the house of mourning . Short , to the licentious , is the in- terval ...
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... earth can no fooner commit an injury , than a good man can make himself greater by forgiving it . SECTION IV . Motives to the Practice of Gentleness . BLAIR . To promote the virtue of gentleness , we ought to view our character with an ...
... earth can no fooner commit an injury , than a good man can make himself greater by forgiving it . SECTION IV . Motives to the Practice of Gentleness . BLAIR . To promote the virtue of gentleness , we ought to view our character with an ...
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... earth , they highly prize it , and with the greatest anxiety feek to lengthen it out . But when they view it in feparate parcels , they appear to hold it in contempt , and fquander it with inconfiderate profufion . While they complain ...
... earth , they highly prize it , and with the greatest anxiety feek to lengthen it out . But when they view it in feparate parcels , they appear to hold it in contempt , and fquander it with inconfiderate profufion . While they complain ...
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... earth , " then lived Noah , a righteous man , and a preacher of righteouf- nefs . He ftood alone , and was fcoffed by the profane crew . But they by the deluge were swept away ; while on him , Providence conferred the immortal honour ...
... earth , " then lived Noah , a righteous man , and a preacher of righteouf- nefs . He ftood alone , and was fcoffed by the profane crew . But they by the deluge were swept away ; while on him , Providence conferred the immortal honour ...
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... earth , if this be beyond me , it is not poffible . What confequence then follows ; or can there be any other than this ? If I feek an intereft of my own , detached from that of others , I seek an interest which is chimerical , and ...
... earth , if this be beyond me , it is not poffible . What confequence then follows ; or can there be any other than this ? If I feek an intereft of my own , detached from that of others , I seek an interest which is chimerical , and ...
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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
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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...