The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers. Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect; to Improve Their Language and Sentiments; and to Inculcate Some of the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue. With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingC. Spaulding, 1821 - 253 páginas |
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... night cometh , when no man can work . " : To sensual persons , hardly any thing is what it appears to be and what flatters most , is always farthest from real- ity . There are voices which sing around them ; but whose strains allure to ...
... night cometh , when no man can work . " : To sensual persons , hardly any thing is what it appears to be and what flatters most , is always farthest from real- ity . There are voices which sing around them ; but whose strains allure to ...
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... night to silence and meditation . SECTION VII . AIKIN . The Journey of a Day ; a Picture of Human Life . OBIDAH , the son of Abensina , left the caravansera early in the morning , and pursued his journey through the plains of Indostan ...
... night to silence and meditation . SECTION VII . AIKIN . The Journey of a Day ; a Picture of Human Life . OBIDAH , the son of Abensina , left the caravansera early in the morning , and pursued his journey through the plains of Indostan ...
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... night insensibly fell upon me . I at first amused myself with all the richness and variety of cunts , which appeared in the western parts of heave . As pre- portion as they faded away and went out , several stars and planets appeared ...
... night insensibly fell upon me . I at first amused myself with all the richness and variety of cunts , which appeared in the western parts of heave . As pre- portion as they faded away and went out , several stars and planets appeared ...
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... night , should continue to the very end of all things . Accordingly , in obedience to that prom- ise , the rotation is constantly presenting us with some useful and agreeable alteration ; and all the pleasing nov- elty of life arises ...
... night , should continue to the very end of all things . Accordingly , in obedience to that prom- ise , the rotation is constantly presenting us with some useful and agreeable alteration ; and all the pleasing nov- elty of life arises ...
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... night yield us contrary bles- sings ; and at the same time , assist each other , by giving fresh lustre to the delights of both . Amidst the glare of day , and bustle of life , how could we sleep ? Amidst the gloom of darkness , how ...
... night yield us contrary bles- sings ; and at the same time , assist each other , by giving fresh lustre to the delights of both . Amidst the glare of day , and bustle of life , how could we sleep ? Amidst the gloom of darkness , how ...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best ... Vista de fragmentos - 1819 |
Términos y frases comunes
affections ancholy Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention beauty behold BLAIR blessing Caius Verres cerns character comforts dark death delight Democritus Dioclesian distress divine dread earth emphasis enjoy enjoyment envy eternal ev'ry evil father feel folly fortune friendship Fundanus gentle give ground happiness hast Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honor hope human inflection innocence Jugurtha kind king labors lence live look Lord mankind ment mercy Micipsa midst mind misery Mount Etna mountains nature never noble Numidia o'er ourselves pain Pamphylia passions pause peace perfect person pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride proper Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rise Roman Senate scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shade shining Sicily smile sorrow soul sound spirit tears temper tempest thee things thou thought tion truth vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth
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Página 231 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth ; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Página 249 - Around, how wide ! how deep extend below ! Vast chain of being ! which from God began, 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 190 - ... sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but .the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was...
Página 196 - A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring : There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again.
Página 230 - Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Página 205 - 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 113 - And now I stand, and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers; unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come; for which hope's sake, King Agrippa I am accused of the Jews.
Página 225 - Join voices, all ye living Souls; ye Birds, That singing up to Heaven gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk » The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep, Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill or valley, fountain, or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise.
Página 250 - Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent! Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart...
Página 244 - Through this day's life or death ! This day, be bread and peace my lot All else beneath the sun, Thou know'st if best bestow'd or not, And let Thy will be done.