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 ReadingC. Spaulding, 1821 - 253 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 78
... perfect character , which un- der the dominion of a sage or wise man , the philosophers have been fond of delineating , rather as a fiction of their imagination , than in hopes of ever seeing it reduced to practice ; so happily were all ...
... perfect character , which un- der the dominion of a sage or wise man , the philosophers have been fond of delineating , rather as a fiction of their imagination , than in hopes of ever seeing it reduced to practice ; so happily were all ...
الصفحة 79
... perfect character . By the force of her mind , she con- trolled all her more active and stronger qualities ; and pre- vented them from running into excess . Her heroism was exempted from all temerity ; her frugality from avarice ; her ...
... perfect character . By the force of her mind , she con- trolled all her more active and stronger qualities ; and pre- vented them from running into excess . Her heroism was exempted from all temerity ; her frugality from avarice ; her ...
الصفحة 90
... perfect love , there are two circumstances which particularly enhance the blessedness of that " multitude who stand before the throne ; " these are , access to the most exalted society , and renewal of the most tender connexions . The ...
... perfect love , there are two circumstances which particularly enhance the blessedness of that " multitude who stand before the throne ; " these are , access to the most exalted society , and renewal of the most tender connexions . The ...
الصفحة 100
... perfect . I give you your lives ; and I will load you with riches . Da . We have no desire to be enriched by thee ; and , in regard to thy friendship , we cannot accept or enjoy it till thou become good and just . Without these ...
... perfect . I give you your lives ; and I will load you with riches . Da . We have no desire to be enriched by thee ; and , in regard to thy friendship , we cannot accept or enjoy it till thou become good and just . Without these ...
الصفحة 122
... perfect gift , is from above . Wisdom and virtue , as well as " riches and honor , come from God . " Destitute of his favor , you are in no better situation , with all your boasted abilities , than orphans left to wander in a trackless ...
... perfect gift , is from above . Wisdom and virtue , as well as " riches and honor , come from God . " Destitute of his favor , you are in no better situation , with all your boasted abilities , than orphans left to wander in a trackless ...
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affections ancholy Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention beauty behold BLAIR blessing Caius Verres cerns character comforts dark death delight Democritus Dioclesian distress divine dread earth emphasis enjoy enjoyment envy eternal ev'ry evil father feel folly fortune friendship Fundanus gentle give ground happiness hast Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honor hope human inflection innocence Jugurtha kind king labors lence live look Lord mankind ment mercy Micipsa midst mind misery Mount Etna mountains nature never noble Numidia o'er ourselves pain Pamphylia passions pause peace perfect person pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride proper Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rise Roman Senate scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shade shining Sicily smile sorrow soul sound spirit tears temper tempest thee things thou thought tion truth vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth
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الصفحة 231 - 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 249 - Around, how wide ! how deep extend below ! Vast chain of being ! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach ; from infinite to thee, From thee to nothing.
الصفحة 190 - ... 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 196 - 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 230 - 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 noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
الصفحة 205 - 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 113 - 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.
الصفحة 225 - Join voices, all ye living Souls; ye Birds, That singing up to Heaven gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk » The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep, Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill or valley, fountain, or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise.
الصفحة 250 - 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! Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart...
الصفحة 244 - Through this day's life or death ! This day, be bread and peace my lot All else beneath the sun, Thou know'st if best bestow'd or not, And let Thy will be done.