The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ...Seward and Williams, 1816 - 254 oldal |
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... use scarcely any degree of it : and others do not scruple to carry it much beyond any thing to be found in common discourse ; and even xii INTRODUCTION . Rank and riches afford no ground for envy 39 40 41 43 44 45 48.
... use scarcely any degree of it : and others do not scruple to carry it much beyond any thing to be found in common discourse ; and even xii INTRODUCTION . Rank and riches afford no ground for envy 39 40 41 43 44 45 48.
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... ground to dread that the ruin of virtue is fast approaching By disappointments and trials the violence of our pas- sions is tamed , and our minds are formed to sobriety and reflection . In the varieties of life , occasioned by the vi ...
... ground to dread that the ruin of virtue is fast approaching By disappointments and trials the violence of our pas- sions is tamed , and our minds are formed to sobriety and reflection . In the varieties of life , occasioned by the vi ...
27. oldal
... ground , the discoloured foliage of the trees , and all the sweet , but fading graces of inspiring autumn , open the mind to benevolence , and dispose it for contemplation , I was wandering in a beau- tiful and romantic country , till ...
... ground , the discoloured foliage of the trees , and all the sweet , but fading graces of inspiring autumn , open the mind to benevolence , and dispose it for contemplation , I was wandering in a beau- tiful and romantic country , till ...
27. oldal
... ground , the discoloured foliage of the trees , and all the sweet , but fading graces of inspiring autumn , open the mind to benevolence , and dispose it for contemplation , I was wandering in a beau- tiful and romantic country , till ...
... ground , the discoloured foliage of the trees , and all the sweet , but fading graces of inspiring autumn , open the mind to benevolence , and dispose it for contemplation , I was wandering in a beau- tiful and romantic country , till ...
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... ground seemed to slide from beneath their feet , and they found themselves at the bottom , before they suspected they had changed their place . The placid serenity , which at first appeared in their countenance , changed by degrees into ...
... ground seemed to slide from beneath their feet , and they found themselves at the bottom , before they suspected they had changed their place . The placid serenity , which at first appeared in their countenance , changed by degrees into ...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ... Lindley Murray Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2019 |
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198. oldal - 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.
205. 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.
4. oldal - A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger.
164. oldal - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
204. 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.
198. oldal - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair : thyself how wondrous then, Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
193. oldal - Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place. I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own.
188. oldal - With blooming gold and blushes like the morn. Each passing hour sheds tribute from her wings ; And still new beauties meet his lonely walk, And loves unfelt attract him. Not a breeze Flies o'er the meadow, not a cloud imbibes The setting sun's effulgence, not a strain From all the tenants of the warbling shade Ascends, but whence his bosom can partake Fresh pleasure unreprov'd. Nor thence partakes Fresh pleasure only : for the attentive mind, By this harmonious action on her powers Becomes herself...
170. oldal - 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.
170. oldal - Fir'd at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts, While from the bounded level of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind; But more advanc'd, behold with strange surprise, New distant scenes of endless science rise!