The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ...Seward and Williams, 1816 - 254 من الصفحات |
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... kind are of so great utility , that fresh productions of them , and new attempts to improve the young mind , will scarcely be deemed superfluous , if the writer make his compilation instructive and interesting , and sufficiently ...
... kind are of so great utility , that fresh productions of them , and new attempts to improve the young mind , will scarcely be deemed superfluous , if the writer make his compilation instructive and interesting , and sufficiently ...
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... kind are of so great utility , that fresh productions of them , and new attempts to improve the young mind , will scarcely be deemed superfluous , if the writer make his compilation instructive and interesting , and sufficiently ...
... kind are of so great utility , that fresh productions of them , and new attempts to improve the young mind , will scarcely be deemed superfluous , if the writer make his compilation instructive and interesting , and sufficiently ...
الصفحة xx
... of sound as may distinguish the passage from one line to another , without injuring the meaning . The other kind of melodious pause , is that which falls somewhere about the middle of the verse , and divides XX INTRODUCTION .
... of sound as may distinguish the passage from one line to another , without injuring the meaning . The other kind of melodious pause , is that which falls somewhere about the middle of the verse , and divides XX INTRODUCTION .
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... kind . The following lines exemplify the demi cæsura . " 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 ...
... kind . The following lines exemplify the demi cæsura . " 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 ...
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... kind , and cheerful : far removed from that gloomy and illiberal superstition , which clouds the brow , sharpens the temper , dejects the spirit , and teaches men to fit themselves for another world , by neglecting the con- cerns of ...
... kind , and cheerful : far removed from that gloomy and illiberal superstition , which clouds the brow , sharpens the temper , dejects the spirit , and teaches men to fit themselves for another world , by neglecting the con- cerns of ...
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الصفحة 198 - 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.
الصفحة 205 - 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 4 - A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger.
الصفحة 164 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
الصفحة 204 - 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 198 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair : thyself how wondrous then, Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
الصفحة 193 - Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place. I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own.
الصفحة 188 - With blooming gold and blushes like the morn. Each passing hour sheds tribute from her wings ; And still new beauties meet his lonely walk, And loves unfelt attract him. Not a breeze Flies o'er the meadow, not a cloud imbibes The setting sun's effulgence, not a strain From all the tenants of the warbling shade Ascends, but whence his bosom can partake Fresh pleasure unreprov'd. Nor thence partakes Fresh pleasure only : for the attentive mind, By this harmonious action on her powers Becomes herself...
الصفحة 170 - 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.
الصفحة 170 - Fir'd at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts, While from the bounded level of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind; But more advanc'd, behold with strange surprise, New distant scenes of endless science rise!