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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... possession of a serene mind ; he who follows the pleasures of it , which are , in their very nature , disappointing , is in constant search of care , solicitude ' , remorse ' , and confusion . " " To advise the ignorant ' , relieve the ...
... possession of a serene mind ; he who follows the pleasures of it , which are , in their very nature , disappointing , is in constant search of care , solicitude ' , remorse ' , and confusion . " " To advise the ignorant ' , relieve the ...
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... possession is to be chiefly estimated , by the relief which it can bring us in the time of our greatest need . No person who has once yielded up the government of his mind , and given loose rein to his desires and passions , can tell ...
... possession is to be chiefly estimated , by the relief which it can bring us in the time of our greatest need . No person who has once yielded up the government of his mind , and given loose rein to his desires and passions , can tell ...
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... a hut placed on the shore , which every wind shakes , and every wave overflows . Nothing is so inconsistent with self - possession as violent CHAP . I. 17 SELECT SENTENCES . Description of Candour, 150 140 142 144 145.
... a hut placed on the shore , which every wind shakes , and every wave overflows . Nothing is so inconsistent with self - possession as violent CHAP . I. 17 SELECT SENTENCES . Description of Candour, 150 140 142 144 145.
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... possession as violent anger . It overpowers reason ; confounds our ideas ; dis- torts the appearance , and blackens the colour of every ob- ject . By the storms which it raises within , and by the mis- chiefs which it occasions without ...
... possession as violent anger . It overpowers reason ; confounds our ideas ; dis- torts the appearance , and blackens the colour of every ob- ject . By the storms which it raises within , and by the mis- chiefs which it occasions without ...
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... possession of our mind , we may date , from that moment , the ruin of our tranquillity . Every man has some darling ... possessed of strong virtue , could enjoy itself in peace , and smile at the impotent assaults of fortune and the ...
... possession of our mind , we may date , from that moment , the ruin of our tranquillity . Every man has some darling ... possessed of strong virtue , could enjoy itself in peace , and smile at the impotent assaults of fortune and the ...
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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.