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 ReadingEdward Little & Company, 1811 - 254 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 180
... pow'r Of wintry blaft ; the loftieft tow'r Comes heaviest to the ground . The bolts that fpare the mountain's fide , His cloud - capt eminence divide ; And fpread the ruin round . Moderate Views and Aims Recommended . With paffions ...
... pow'r Of wintry blaft ; the loftieft tow'r Comes heaviest to the ground . The bolts that fpare the mountain's fide , His cloud - capt eminence divide ; And fpread the ruin round . Moderate Views and Aims Recommended . With paffions ...
الصفحة 188
... pow'r . " Know when he bade the deep appear , " Thus far , " th ' Almighty faid , " Thus far , no farther , rage ; and here " Let thy proud waves be ftay'd . " I heard ; and lo ; at once controll'd The waves in wild retreat Back on ...
... pow'r . " Know when he bade the deep appear , " Thus far , " th ' Almighty faid , " Thus far , no farther , rage ; and here " Let thy proud waves be ftay'd . " I heard ; and lo ; at once controll'd The waves in wild retreat Back on ...
الصفحة 195
... pow'r ? Can gold remove the mortal hour ? In life can love be bought with gold ? Are friendship's pleasures to be fold ? No ; all that's worth a wifh , a thought , Fair virtue gives unbrib'd , unbought . Cease then on trash thy hopes to ...
... pow'r ? Can gold remove the mortal hour ? In life can love be bought with gold ? Are friendship's pleasures to be fold ? No ; all that's worth a wifh , a thought , Fair virtue gives unbrib'd , unbought . Cease then on trash thy hopes to ...
الصفحة 199
... pow'r ! To vice , confufion ; and to virtue , peace . Whatever farce the boastful hero plays , Virtue alone has majefty and death ; And greater ftill , the more the tyrant frowns . SECTION VII . YOUNG . Reflections on a Future State ...
... pow'r ! To vice , confufion ; and to virtue , peace . Whatever farce the boastful hero plays , Virtue alone has majefty and death ; And greater ftill , the more the tyrant frowns . SECTION VII . YOUNG . Reflections on a Future State ...
الصفحة 203
... pow'r that wields it . God proclaims His hot displeasure against foolish men That live an atheist life ; involves the heav'n In tempefts ; quits his grafp upon the winds , And gives them all their fury ; bids a plague Kindle a fiery ...
... pow'r that wields it . God proclaims His hot displeasure against foolish men That live an atheist life ; involves the heav'n In tempefts ; quits his grafp upon the winds , And gives them all their fury ; bids a plague Kindle a fiery ...
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الصفحة 179 - 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 203 - Lo! the poor Indian, whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
الصفحة 204 - Know, nature's children all divide her care ; The fur that warms a monarch, warm'da bear. While man exclaims, " See all things for my use ! "
الصفحة 176 - Strikes thro' their wounded hearts the sudden dread; But their hearts wounded, like the wounded air, Soon close ; where past the shaft, no trace is found. As from the wing no scar the sky retains ; The parted wave no furrow from the keel ; So dies in human hearts the thought of death.
الصفحة 203 - Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn, For him as kindly spread the flow'ry lawn: Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
الصفحة 191 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
الصفحة 140 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, And drink thy wine with a merry heart ; For God now accepteth thy works.
الصفحة 210 - What conscience dictates to be done. Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heaven pursue.
الصفحة 22 - He did not, however, forget whither he was travelling, but found a narrow way bordered with flowers, which appeared to have the same direction with the main road, and was pleased that, by this happy experiment, he had found means to unite pleasure with business, and to gain the rewards of diligence without suffering its fatigues.
الصفحة 206 - Tis folly to be wise. HYMN TO ADVERSITY DAUGHTER of Jove, relentless power, Thou tamer of the human breast, Whose iron scourge and torturing hour The bad affright, afflict the best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain The proud are taught to taste of pain, And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before, unpitied and alone. When...