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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... spring from our passions . Every age , and every station they beset ; from youth to grey hairs , and from the peasant to the prince . Riches and pleasures are the chief temptations to crimin- al deeds . Yet those riches , when obtained ...
... spring from our passions . Every age , and every station they beset ; from youth to grey hairs , and from the peasant to the prince . Riches and pleasures are the chief temptations to crimin- al deeds . Yet those riches , when obtained ...
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... springs up , is gathered into his barns , and crowns his labors with joy and plenty . Thus the man who distributes his fortune with generosity and prudence , is amply repaid by the gratitude of those whom he obliges ; by the approbation ...
... springs up , is gathered into his barns , and crowns his labors with joy and plenty . Thus the man who distributes his fortune with generosity and prudence , is amply repaid by the gratitude of those whom he obliges ; by the approbation ...
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... spring up among many , whom we con- sider as reprobates . No one ought to consider himself as insignificant in the sight of his Creator . In our several stations , we are all sent forth to be laborers in the vineyard of our heavenly ...
... spring up among many , whom we con- sider as reprobates . No one ought to consider himself as insignificant in the sight of his Creator . In our several stations , we are all sent forth to be laborers in the vineyard of our heavenly ...
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... spring ; all his senses were gratified , and all care was banished from his heart . Thus he went on , till the sun approached his meridian , and the increasing heat preyed upon his strength ; he then looked round about him for some more ...
... spring ; all his senses were gratified , and all care was banished from his heart . Thus he went on , till the sun approached his meridian , and the increasing heat preyed upon his strength ; he then looked round about him for some more ...
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... spring of certain mis- ery to the person who indulges it . His friends will be few ; and small will be his comfort in those whom he possesses . Believing others to be his enemies , he will of course make them such . Let his caution be ...
... spring of certain mis- ery to the person who indulges it . His friends will be few ; and small will be his comfort in those whom he possesses . Believing others to be his enemies , he will of course make them such . Let his caution be ...
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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.