The English Reader, Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best Writers ...L. Lockwood, 1815 - 262 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 28
... appears to be ; and what flatters most is always farthest from reality . There are voices which sing around them ; but whose strains allure to ruin . There is a banquet spread , where poison is in every dish . There is a couch which ...
... appears to be ; and what flatters most is always farthest from reality . There are voices which sing around them ; but whose strains allure to ruin . There is a banquet spread , where poison is in every dish . There is a couch which ...
الصفحة 30
... appears ( to use the simile of Longinus ) like the sun in his evening declination : be remits his splendour , but retains his magnitude ; and pleases more , though he dazzles less . If envious people were to ask themselves , whether ...
... appears ( to use the simile of Longinus ) like the sun in his evening declination : be remits his splendour , but retains his magnitude ; and pleases more , though he dazzles less . If envious people were to ask themselves , whether ...
الصفحة 31
... appear every where around us ! What a profusion of beauty and ornament is poured forth on the face of nature ! What a magnificent spectacle presented to the view of man ! What supply contrived for his wants ! What a variety of objects ...
... appear every where around us ! What a profusion of beauty and ornament is poured forth on the face of nature ! What a magnificent spectacle presented to the view of man ! What supply contrived for his wants ! What a variety of objects ...
الصفحة 36
... appear under the form of venial weaknesses ; and are indulged , in the beginning , with scrupulousness and reserve . But , by longer practice , these re straints weaken , and the power of habit grows . One vice brings in another to its ...
... appear under the form of venial weaknesses ; and are indulged , in the beginning , with scrupulousness and reserve . But , by longer practice , these re straints weaken , and the power of habit grows . One vice brings in another to its ...
الصفحة 39
... appears to have been one of the or chief men of the Syrian court . Charged with rich m the king , he presents himself before the prophet , osts him in terms of the highest respect . During the ce which they held together , Elisha fixed ...
... appears to have been one of the or chief men of the Syrian court . Charged with rich m the king , he presents himself before the prophet , osts him in terms of the highest respect . During the ce which they held together , Elisha fixed ...
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الصفحة 234 - 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 210 - 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 34 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind : for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
الصفحة 197 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds ; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew ; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild ; then silent night, With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train...
الصفحة 224 - Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford.
الصفحة 196 - 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 125 - And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee...
الصفحة 198 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator ! oft in bands While they keep watch, or nightly rounding walk, With heavenly touch of instrumental sounds, In full harmonic number join'd, their songs Divide the night,...
الصفحة 192 - Had cheer'd the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when eventide was ended, Began to feel, as well he might, The keen demands of appetite ; When, looking eagerly around, He spied far off, upon the ground, A something shining in the dark, And knew the glowworm by his spark ; So stooping down from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent — Did you admire my lamp...
الصفحة 124 - And now I stand, and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers; unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come; for which hope's sake, King Agrippa I am accused of the Jews.