The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, Selected from the Best Writers: Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect; to Improve Their Language and Sentiments ... with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingJ.R. Shute & Company, 1826 - Всего страниц: 286 |
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... Heaven . SECTION II . The chief misfortunes that befall us in life , ean be tra- red to some vices or follies which we have committed . Were we to survey the chambers of sickness and distress , we should often find them peopled with the ...
... Heaven . SECTION II . The chief misfortunes that befall us in life , ean be tra- red to some vices or follies which we have committed . Were we to survey the chambers of sickness and distress , we should often find them peopled with the ...
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... Heaven . Temperance , by fortifying the mind and body , leads to happiness : intemperance , by enervating them , ends gene- rally in misery . Title and ancestry , render a good man more illustrious ; but an ill one , more contemptible ...
... Heaven . Temperance , by fortifying the mind and body , leads to happiness : intemperance , by enervating them , ends gene- rally in misery . Title and ancestry , render a good man more illustrious ; but an ill one , more contemptible ...
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... heaven ? Can we look for clemency or gentleness from our Judge , when we are so backward to show it to our own brethren ? 3 Let us also accustom ourselves to reflect on the small mo- ment of those things , which are the usual incentives ...
... heaven ? Can we look for clemency or gentleness from our Judge , when we are so backward to show it to our own brethren ? 3 Let us also accustom ourselves to reflect on the small mo- ment of those things , which are the usual incentives ...
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... heaven . If we delay till 20 - morrow what ought to be done to - day , we overcharge . the motrow with a burden which belongs not to it . We load the wheels of time , and prevent them from 66 Part 1 . The English Reader .
... heaven . If we delay till 20 - morrow what ought to be done to - day , we overcharge . the motrow with a burden which belongs not to it . We load the wheels of time , and prevent them from 66 Part 1 . The English Reader .
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... heaven . 5 He continued to " walk with God , " when the world apostatized from him . He pleased God , and was beloved of him ; so that living among sinners , he was translated to heaven without seeing death ; Yea , speedily was he taken ...
... heaven . 5 He continued to " walk with God , " when the world apostatized from him . He pleased God , and was beloved of him ; so that living among sinners , he was translated to heaven without seeing death ; Yea , speedily was he taken ...
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Стр. 213 - 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...
Стр. 227 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Стр. 247 - Join voices all ye living Souls: Ye Birds, That singing up to Heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep; Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill, or valley, fountain or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise. Hail universal Lord, be bounteous still To give us only good ; and if the night Have gather'd aught of evil, or conceal'd, Disperse it, as now light dispels...
Стр. 268 - What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year? Delightful visitant ! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet, From birds among the bowers.
Стр. 266 - If I am right, Thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way.
Стр. 202 - 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.
Стр. 252 - Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For Thou, O Lord, art with me still; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade.
Стр. 246 - 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.
Стр. 224 - tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Стр. 275 - Should fate command me to the farthest verge Of the green earth, to distant barbarous climes, Rivers unknown to song; where first the sun Gilds Indian mountains, or his setting beam Flames on th...