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 ページ |
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... fortune Sect . XXIV . The speech of Fabricus , a Roman Ambas- sador , to king Pyrrhus , who attempted to bribe him to his interests , by the offer of a great sum of money Sect . XXV . Character of James I. king of England Sect . XXVI ...
... fortune Sect . XXIV . The speech of Fabricus , a Roman Ambas- sador , to king Pyrrhus , who attempted to bribe him to his interests , by the offer of a great sum of money Sect . XXV . Character of James I. king of England Sect . XXVI ...
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... fortune ; and by no alteration of circumstances is likely to be remedied . When the love of unwarrantable pleasures , and of vic- ious companions , is allowed to amuse young persons , to engross their time , and to stir up their ...
... fortune ; and by no alteration of circumstances is likely to be remedied . When the love of unwarrantable pleasures , and of vic- ious companions , is allowed to amuse young persons , to engross their time , and to stir up their ...
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... Fortune is squan- dered ; health is broken ; friends are offended , affronted , estranged ; aged parents , perhaps , sent afflicted and mourn ing to the dust . On whom does time hang so heavily , as on the slothful and lazy ? To whom ...
... Fortune is squan- dered ; health is broken ; friends are offended , affronted , estranged ; aged parents , perhaps , sent afflicted and mourn ing to the dust . On whom does time hang so heavily , as on the slothful and lazy ? To whom ...
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... fortune makes on that scanty pro- portion ; it is surprising , that envy should ever have been a prevalent passion among men , much more that it should have prevailed among Christians . Where so much is suf- fered in common , little ...
... fortune makes on that scanty pro- portion ; it is surprising , that envy should ever have been a prevalent passion among men , much more that it should have prevailed among Christians . Where so much is suf- fered in common , little ...
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... fortune and the elements . It is within our- selves that misery has fixed its seat . Our disordered hearts , our guilty passions , our violent prejudices , and mis- placed desires , are the instruments of the trouble which we endure ...
... fortune and the elements . It is within our- selves that misery has fixed its seat . Our disordered hearts , our guilty passions , our violent prejudices , and mis- placed desires , are the instruments of the trouble which we endure ...
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231 ページ - 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.
249 ページ - 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.
190 ページ - ... 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...
196 ページ - 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.
230 ページ - 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.
205 ページ - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
113 ページ - 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.
225 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.
250 ページ - 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...
244 ページ - 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.