The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, from the Best Writers; Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect; Improve Their Language and Sentiments ... with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingH. Hill, 1828 - 252 من الصفحات |
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... never to utter a greater quantity of voice than we can afford without pain to ourselves , and without any ex- traordinary effort . As long as we keep within these bounds , the other organs of speech will be at liberty to discharge their ...
... never to utter a greater quantity of voice than we can afford without pain to ourselves , and without any ex- traordinary effort . As long as we keep within these bounds , the other organs of speech will be at liberty to discharge their ...
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... never returns : the moment which is lost , is lost for ever . There is nothing on earth so stable , as to assure us of un- disturbed rest ; nor so powerful as to afford us constant pro- tection . The house of feasting , too often ...
... never returns : the moment which is lost , is lost for ever . There is nothing on earth so stable , as to assure us of un- disturbed rest ; nor so powerful as to afford us constant pro- tection . The house of feasting , too often ...
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... never satisfied ; nourishes a sickly , effeminate delicacy which sours and corrupts every pleasure . SECTION VI . WE have seen the husbandman scattering his seed upon the furrowed ground ! It springs up , is gathered into his barns ...
... never satisfied ; nourishes a sickly , effeminate delicacy which sours and corrupts every pleasure . SECTION VI . WE have seen the husbandman scattering his seed upon the furrowed ground ! It springs up , is gathered into his barns ...
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... never mourned . " The prince made inquiry after such persons ; but found the in- quiry vain , and was silent . SECTION VIII . HE that hath no rule over his own spirit , is like a city that is broken down , and without walls . A soft ...
... never mourned . " The prince made inquiry after such persons ; but found the in- quiry vain , and was silent . SECTION VIII . HE that hath no rule over his own spirit , is like a city that is broken down , and without walls . A soft ...
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... never seen the righteous forsaken , nor his seed begging bread . It is better to be a door - keeper in the house of the Lord , than to dwell in the tents of wickedness . I have seen the wicked in great power ; and spreading him- self ...
... never seen the righteous forsaken , nor his seed begging bread . It is better to be a door - keeper in the house of the Lord , than to dwell in the tents of wickedness . I have seen the wicked in great power ; and spreading him- self ...
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الصفحة 200 - 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.
الصفحة 223 - THE 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 noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
الصفحة 23 - Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
الصفحة 230 - Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th
الصفحة 224 - 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.
الصفحة 200 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
الصفحة 242 - 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. 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.
الصفحة 229 - Hope humbly then; with trembling pinions soar: Wait the great teacher, death, and God adore! What future bliss he gives not thee to know, But gives that hope to be thy blessing now. Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest.
الصفحة 245 - When even at last the solemn hour shall come, And wing my mystic flight to future worlds, I cheerful will obey; there, with new powers, Will rising wonders sing. I cannot go Where universal love not smiles around, Sustaining all yon orbs, and all their suns; From seeming evil still educing good, And better thence again, and better still, In infinite progression.
الصفحة 198 - At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; In all the magnanimity of thought Resolves and re-resolves; then dies the same.