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 ReadingCollins and Company, 1817 - 253 oldal |
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... night cometh , when no man can work . " To sensual persons , hardly any thing is what it appears to be : and what flatters most , is always farthest from reality . There are voices which sing around them ; but whose strains allure to ...
... night cometh , when no man can work . " To sensual persons , hardly any thing is what it appears to be : and what flatters most , is always farthest from reality . There are voices which sing around them ; but whose strains allure to ...
36. oldal
... night to silence and meditation , AIKIN . SECTION VII . The journey of a day ; a picture of human life . OBIDAH , the son Abensina , left the caravansera early in the morning , and pursued his journey through the plains of Indostan . He ...
... night to silence and meditation , AIKIN . SECTION VII . The journey of a day ; a picture of human life . OBIDAH , the son Abensina , left the caravansera early in the morning , and pursued his journey through the plains of Indostan . He ...
65. oldal
... night insensibly fell upon me . I at first amused myself with all the richness and variety of colours which appeared in the western parts of heaven . In proportion as they faded away and went out , several stars and planets appeared one ...
... night insensibly fell upon me . I at first amused myself with all the richness and variety of colours which appeared in the western parts of heaven . In proportion as they faded away and went out , several stars and planets appeared one ...
84. oldal
... night , should continue to the very end of all things . Accord- ingly , in obedience to that promise , the rotation is constantly presenting us with some useful and agree- able alteration ; and all the pleasing novelty of life arises ...
... night , should continue to the very end of all things . Accord- ingly , in obedience to that promise , the rotation is constantly presenting us with some useful and agree- able alteration ; and all the pleasing novelty of life arises ...
85. oldal
... night yield us contrary blessings ; and , at the same time , assist each other , by giving fresh lustre to the delights of both . Amidst the glare of day , and bustle of life , how could we sleep ? Amidst the gloom of darkness , how ...
... night yield us contrary blessings ; and , at the same time , assist each other , by giving fresh lustre to the delights of both . Amidst the glare of day , and bustle of life , how could we sleep ? Amidst the gloom of darkness , how ...
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