The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: From the Best Writers : Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect, 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 ReadingL.B. Clarke, 1827 - 252 oldal |
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19. oldal
... , and been ranked among the standing maxims of human wisdom ' , in all ages of the world` . THE SECTION III . HE desire of improvement , discovers ( 19 a ) Chap . 1 . 19 Select Sentences , & c . Day A pastoral in three parts,
... , and been ranked among the standing maxims of human wisdom ' , in all ages of the world` . THE SECTION III . HE desire of improvement , discovers ( 19 a ) Chap . 1 . 19 Select Sentences , & c . Day A pastoral in three parts,
28. oldal
... wisdom . Length of days is in her right hand ' ; and in her left hand ' , riches and hon- our . Her ways are ways of pleasantness ' , and all her paths are peace . How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell togeth- er in ...
... wisdom . Length of days is in her right hand ' ; and in her left hand ' , riches and hon- our . Her ways are ways of pleasantness ' , and all her paths are peace . How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell togeth- er in ...
35. oldal
... wisdom and virtue ' , rendered her a shining example to her sex . But it was her lot to continue only a short period on this stage of being ; for , in early life ' , she fell a sacrifice to the wild ambition of the duke of ...
... wisdom and virtue ' , rendered her a shining example to her sex . But it was her lot to continue only a short period on this stage of being ; for , in early life ' , she fell a sacrifice to the wild ambition of the duke of ...
39. oldal
... wisdom avail with poverty ? None will flatter the poor ; and the wise have very little power of flattering themselves . That man is surely the most wretched of the sons of wretchedness ' , who lives with his own faults` and follies ...
... wisdom avail with poverty ? None will flatter the poor ; and the wise have very little power of flattering themselves . That man is surely the most wretched of the sons of wretchedness ' , who lives with his own faults` and follies ...
47. oldal
... wisdom in cunning , patience in sullenness ́ and despair . 4 Men's passions operate variously ' , and appear in differ- ent kinds of actions ' , according as they are more or less recti- fied and swayed by reason . When one hears of ...
... wisdom in cunning , patience in sullenness ́ and despair . 4 Men's passions operate variously ' , and appear in differ- ent kinds of actions ' , according as they are more or less recti- fied and swayed by reason . When one hears of ...
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214. oldal - Angels: for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night Circle his throne rejoicing; ye in heaven, 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.
214. 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.
183. oldal - Twilight gray had in her 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 pleased. Now...
225. oldal - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
220. oldal - 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.
197. oldal - Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature. Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of Ocean on his winding shore...
238. oldal - Cease then, nor order imperfection name; Our proper bliss depends on what we blame. Know thy own point: this kind this due degree Of blindness, weakness, Heav'n bestows on thee. Submit. — In this, or any other sphere, Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear: Safe in the hand of one disposing Power, Or in the natal, or the mortal hour.
239. oldal - With light and heat refulgent. Then Thy sun Shoots full perfection through the swelling year : And oft Thy voice in dreadful thunder speaks : And oft at dawn, deep noon, or falling eve, By brooks and groves, in hollow-whispering gales.
98. oldal - Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life...
173. oldal - 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.