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 ReadingJohn Montgomery, 1827 - 264 oldal |
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20. oldal
... earth so stable , as to assure us of undis- turbed rest ; nor so powerful , as to afford us constant protection . 3. The house of feasting too often becomes an avenue to the house of mourning . Short , to the licentious , is the ...
... earth so stable , as to assure us of undis- turbed rest ; nor so powerful , as to afford us constant protection . 3. The house of feasting too often becomes an avenue to the house of mourning . Short , to the licentious , is the ...
42. oldal
... earth can no sooner commit an injury , than a good man can make himself greater , by forgiving it . SECTION IV . Motives to the practice of gentleness . BLAIR . 1. To promote the virtue of gentleness , we ought to view our character ...
... earth can no sooner commit an injury , than a good man can make himself greater , by forgiving it . SECTION IV . Motives to the practice of gentleness . BLAIR . 1. To promote the virtue of gentleness , we ought to view our character ...
45. oldal
... incon- sistent , than in their appreciation of time . When they think of it , as the measure of their continuance on earth , they Chap . 3 . 45 DIDACTICK PIECES . On the importance of order in the distribution of our time.
... incon- sistent , than in their appreciation of time . When they think of it , as the measure of their continuance on earth , they Chap . 3 . 45 DIDACTICK PIECES . On the importance of order in the distribution of our time.
46. oldal
... earth , they highly prize it , and with the greatest anxiety seek to lengthen it out . 5. But when they view it in separate parcels , they appear to hold it in contempt , and squander it with inconsiderate profusion . While they ...
... earth , they highly prize it , and with the greatest anxiety seek to lengthen it out . 5. But when they view it in separate parcels , they appear to hold it in contempt , and squander it with inconsiderate profusion . While they ...
47. oldal
... earth , " then lived Noah , a righteous man , and a preacher of righteousness . He stood alone , and was scoffed by the profane crew . But they by the deluge were swept away ; while on him , Providence conferred the immortal honour of ...
... earth , " then lived Noah , a righteous man , and a preacher of righteousness . He stood alone , and was scoffed by the profane crew . But they by the deluge were swept away ; while on him , Providence conferred the immortal honour of ...
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affection Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray åte attention beauty behold BLAIR blessing Caius Verres cern character comfort Côn dark death Democritus distress divine dread earth enjoy enjoyments errours eternity ev'ry evil father favour folly fortune Fundanus gåte gentle give ground happiness Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human innocence Jugurtha kind king labour live look Lord mankind ment Micipsa midst mind misery mount Etna nature ness never noble Numidia o'er oùs pain pass passions pause peace perfection person pleasures possession pow'r praise present prince Prò proper publick Pythias reason religion render rest rich rise Roman Senate scene SECTION sense shining Sicily sorrow soul sound spirit suffer superiour temper thee thing thou thought tion tỷ vanity violence virtue voice wisdom wise words youth
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163. oldal - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more...
189. oldal - Lives on the labours of this lord of all. Know Nature's children all divide her care ; The fur that warms a monarch warm'da bear. While man exclaims,
82. oldal - And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
183. oldal - THE 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 noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
183. oldal - 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.
179. oldal - Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our Great Maker still new praise. Ye Mists and Exhalations that now rise From hill or steaming lake, dusky or gray, Till the sun paint your fleecy skirts with gold, In honour to the world's Great Author rise...
179. oldal - Whether to deck with clouds the uncoloured sky, Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers, Rising or falling still advance his praise. His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud; and wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
179. oldal - Air, and ye elements, the eldest birth Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our great Maker still new praise.
157. oldal - While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind : But more...
175. oldal - How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light When I think of my own native land In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.