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 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 36
... DIONYSIUS , the tyrant of Sicily , was far from be- ing happy , though he possessed great riches , and all the pleasure which wealth and power could procure . Da- mocles , one of his flatterers , deceived by those specious appearances ...
... DIONYSIUS , the tyrant of Sicily , was far from be- ing happy , though he possessed great riches , and all the pleasure which wealth and power could procure . Da- mocles , one of his flatterers , deceived by those specious appearances ...
الصفحة 37
... Dionysius intimated to Damocles , how miserable he was in the midst of all his treasures , and in possession of all the honours and enjoyments which roy- alty could bestow . Cicero . SECTION II . Change of external condition often ...
... Dionysius intimated to Damocles , how miserable he was in the midst of all his treasures , and in possession of all the honours and enjoyments which roy- alty could bestow . Cicero . SECTION II . Change of external condition often ...
الصفحة 122
... Dionysius . AMAZING ! What do I see ? It is Pythias just arrived .-- It is indeed Pythias . I did not think it possible . He has come to die and to redeem bis friend ! Pythias . Yes , it is Pythias . I left the place of my con- finement ...
... Dionysius . AMAZING ! What do I see ? It is Pythias just arrived .-- It is indeed Pythias . I did not think it possible . He has come to die and to redeem bis friend ! Pythias . Yes , it is Pythias . I left the place of my con- finement ...
الصفحة 123
... Dionysius . But thou supposest , that it is unjust to in- flict death upon thee , as upon thy friend . Pythias . Very true - we are both entirely innocent : and it is equally unjust to make either of us suffer . Dionysius . Why dost ...
... Dionysius . But thou supposest , that it is unjust to in- flict death upon thee , as upon thy friend . Pythias . Very true - we are both entirely innocent : and it is equally unjust to make either of us suffer . Dionysius . Why dost ...
الصفحة 124
... Dionysius ! remember it was Pythias alone who offended thee . Damon could not Dionysius . Alas ! what do I see and hear ! where am I ? How miserable - and how worthy to be so ! I have hitherto known nothing of true virtue . I have spent ...
... Dionysius ! remember it was Pythias alone who offended thee . Damon could not Dionysius . Alas ! what do I see and hear ! where am I ? How miserable - and how worthy to be so ! I have hitherto known nothing of true virtue . I have spent ...
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Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention beauty behold Blair blessing cern character cheerful choly comforts dark death delight Democritus Dionysius distress divine dread earth enjoyment envy eternal ev'ry evil fall father feel folly fortune friendship Fundanus gentle give Greek language ground Haman happiness hast Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human inflection innocence Jugurtha king labour Lady Jane Grey live look Lord mankind melan ment mercy Micipsa midst mind misery mountain nature never noble Numidia o'er ourselves pain passions pause peace perfect person pleasure possess pow'r praise pride prince proper Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rise Roman Senate scene SECTION sense shade shine Sicily smiles sorrow soul sound spirit spring sweet tears temper tempest thee things thou thought tion truth vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise youth
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الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...