The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ... With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingLincoln & Edmands, 1824 - 273 páginas |
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... king of Sparta , being asked , " What things he thought most proper for boys to learn , " answered , " Those which they ought to practice when they come to be men . " A wiser than Agesilaus has inculcated the same sentiment , “ Train up ...
... king of Sparta , being asked , " What things he thought most proper for boys to learn , " answered , " Those which they ought to practice when they come to be men . " A wiser than Agesilaus has inculcated the same sentiment , “ Train up ...
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... king , " to taste this happiness ? and to know by experience , what the enjoyments are , of which thou hast so high an idea ? " Damocles , with joy accepted the offer . The king order- ed that a royal banquet should be prepared , and a ...
... king , " to taste this happiness ? and to know by experience , what the enjoyments are , of which thou hast so high an idea ? " Damocles , with joy accepted the offer . The king order- ed that a royal banquet should be prepared , and a ...
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... king of 1sreal , flourished the prophet Elisha . His character was so eminent , and his fame so widely spread , that Benhadad , the king of Syria , though an idolater , sent to` council him , concerning the is- sue of a distemper which ...
... king of 1sreal , flourished the prophet Elisha . His character was so eminent , and his fame so widely spread , that Benhadad , the king of Syria , though an idolater , sent to` council him , concerning the is- sue of a distemper which ...
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... king Jehoaz : " And from what is left on re- cord of his actions , he plainly appears to have proved what the prophet foresaw him to be , a man of violence , cruelty and blood . 5. In this passage of history , an object is presented ...
... king Jehoaz : " And from what is left on re- cord of his actions , he plainly appears to have proved what the prophet foresaw him to be , a man of violence , cruelty and blood . 5. In this passage of history , an object is presented ...
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... king had promoted him ; and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king . 8. " He said , moreover , " Yea , Esther the queen suf- fered no man to come in with the king , to the banquet she had prepared , but ...
... king had promoted him ; and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king . 8. " He said , moreover , " Yea , Esther the queen suf- fered no man to come in with the king , to the banquet she had prepared , but ...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best ... Lindley Murray Vista de fragmentos - 1851 |
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Página 208 - He gained from heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his father and his God.
Página 219 - Had in her 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 17 - Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark Illumine; what is low, raise and support...
Página 137 - Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision ; but shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
Página 96 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me ; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me : because 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.
Página 72 - 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 108 - And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more.
Página 202 - For modes of faith, let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong whose life is in .the right : In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity: All must be false that thwart this one great end ; And all of God, that bless mankind, or mend.
Página 281 - 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, Heav'n bestows on thee. Submit. — In this, or any other sphere, Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear: Safe in the hand of one disposing power, Or in the natal, or the mortal hour.
Página 17 - That changed through all, and yet in all the same, 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...