The English Reader, Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best Writers ...L. Lockwood, 1815 - 262 oldal |
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42. oldal
... seemed even to possess a greater facility in ac quiring every part of manly and classical literature . She had attained a knowledge of the Roman and Greek languages , a well as of several modern tongues ; had passed most of her time in ...
... seemed even to possess a greater facility in ac quiring every part of manly and classical literature . She had attained a knowledge of the Roman and Greek languages , a well as of several modern tongues ; had passed most of her time in ...
47. oldal
... seemed but the foot of another , till the at length appeared to lose itself in the clouds . As I on these things with astonishment , a friendly in- ddenly appeared : " The mountain before thee , " is the hill of Science . On the top is ...
... seemed but the foot of another , till the at length appeared to lose itself in the clouds . As I on these things with astonishment , a friendly in- ddenly appeared : " The mountain before thee , " is the hill of Science . On the top is ...
48. oldal
... seemed harsh and ill - tasted ; their sight grew dim ; and their feet tripped at every little obstruction . I saw , with some surprise , that the muses , whose business was to cheer and encourage those who were toiling up the ascent ...
... seemed harsh and ill - tasted ; their sight grew dim ; and their feet tripped at every little obstruction . I saw , with some surprise , that the muses , whose business was to cheer and encourage those who were toiling up the ascent ...
49. oldal
... seemed to shed a glory round her votaries . Happy , re they who are permitted to ascend the mountain ! -- I was pronouncing this exclamation with uncommon I saw , standing beside me , a form of diviner features , ore benign radience ...
... seemed to shed a glory round her votaries . Happy , re they who are permitted to ascend the mountain ! -- I was pronouncing this exclamation with uncommon I saw , standing beside me , a form of diviner features , ore benign radience ...
86. oldal
... seemed to lead to a place totally dark , and which one of the natives assured us contained nothing more than a reservoir of water . Upon this information , we made an experiment , by throwing down some stones , which rumbling along the ...
... seemed to lead to a place totally dark , and which one of the natives assured us contained nothing more than a reservoir of water . Upon this information , we made an experiment , by throwing down some stones , which rumbling along the ...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, from the Best Writers Lindley Murray Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2016 |
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234. 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.
210. oldal - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
34. oldal - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind : for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
197. oldal - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds ; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew ; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild ; then silent night, With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train...
224. oldal - Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford.
196. oldal - 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...
125. oldal - And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee...
198. oldal - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator ! oft in bands While they keep watch, or nightly rounding walk, With heavenly touch of instrumental sounds, In full harmonic number join'd, their songs Divide the night,...
192. oldal - Had cheer'd the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when eventide was ended, Began to feel, as well he might, The keen demands of appetite ; When, looking eagerly around, He spied far off, upon the ground, A something shining in the dark, And knew the glowworm by his spark ; So stooping down from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent — Did you admire my lamp...
124. oldal - 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.