The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, Selected from the Best Writers: Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect; to Improve Their Language and Sentiments ... with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingJ.R. Shute & Company, 1826 - 286 ページ |
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... mount Etna , to send forth great spires of flame ; and soon after a shock ensued , with a noise as if all the artillery in the world had been at once discharged . Our traveller being obliged to alight instantly , felt himself raised a ...
... mount Etna , to send forth great spires of flame ; and soon after a shock ensued , with a noise as if all the artillery in the world had been at once discharged . Our traveller being obliged to alight instantly , felt himself raised a ...
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... Mount Etna , and the rest of the wonders that lie towards the South of Italy . Kircher is considered , by scholars , as one of the greatest prodigies of learning . " Hav- ing hired a boat , in company with four more , ( two friars of ...
... Mount Etna , and the rest of the wonders that lie towards the South of Italy . Kircher is considered , by scholars , as one of the greatest prodigies of learning . " Hav- ing hired a boat , in company with four more , ( two friars of ...
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213 ページ - 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...
227 ページ - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
247 ページ - 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. Hail universal Lord, be bounteous still To give us only good ; and if the night Have gather'd aught of evil, or conceal'd, Disperse it, as now light dispels...
268 ページ - What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year? Delightful visitant ! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet, From birds among the bowers.
266 ページ - If I am right, Thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way.
202 ページ - The Epitaph Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth A Youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknown; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own.
252 ページ - Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For Thou, O Lord, art with me still; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade.
246 ページ - On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. 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.
224 ページ - tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
275 ページ - Should fate command me to the farthest verge Of the green earth, to distant barbarous climes, Rivers unknown to song; where first the sun Gilds Indian mountains, or his setting beam Flames on th...