The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best Writers, Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read ...Bennett and Walton, 1812 - Всего страниц: 392 |
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... bliss . But in this dark and bewildered state , the aspiring tendency of our nature unfortunately takes an oppo- site direction , and feeds a very misplaced ambition . The flattering appearances which here present them- selves to sense ...
... bliss . But in this dark and bewildered state , the aspiring tendency of our nature unfortunately takes an oppo- site direction , and feeds a very misplaced ambition . The flattering appearances which here present them- selves to sense ...
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... bliss we call heaven , will not be capable of affect- ing those minds which are not thus qualified for it : we must , in this world , gain a relish of truth and virtue , if we would be able to taste that knowledge and perfec- tion ...
... bliss we call heaven , will not be capable of affect- ing those minds which are not thus qualified for it : we must , in this world , gain a relish of truth and virtue , if we would be able to taste that knowledge and perfec- tion ...
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... bliss . Look through all the ranks of mankind . Examine the condition of those who appear most prosperous ; and you will find that they are never just what they desire to be . If re- tired , they languish for action ; if busy , they ...
... bliss . Look through all the ranks of mankind . Examine the condition of those who appear most prosperous ; and you will find that they are never just what they desire to be . If re- tired , they languish for action ; if busy , they ...
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... bliss must still be transitory ; for man changes of himself . No course of enjoyment can delight us long . What amused our youth , loses its charm in maturer age . As years advance , our powers are blunted , and our plea- surable ...
... bliss must still be transitory ; for man changes of himself . No course of enjoyment can delight us long . What amused our youth , loses its charm in maturer age . As years advance , our powers are blunted , and our plea- surable ...
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... Bliss of celestial origin . RESTLESS mortals toil for nought ; Bliss in vain from earth is sought ; Bliss , a native of the sky , Never wanders . Mortals , try ; There you cannot Chap . 1 . 219 Select Sentences , & c . 2Verses in which ...
... Bliss of celestial origin . RESTLESS mortals toil for nought ; Bliss in vain from earth is sought ; Bliss , a native of the sky , Never wanders . Mortals , try ; There you cannot Chap . 1 . 219 Select Sentences , & c . 2Verses in which ...
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Стр. 277 - And nightly to the list'ning 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.
Стр. 263 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
Стр. 195 - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Стр. 228 - Now came still evening on, and 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...
Стр. 294 - 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. 228 - Consort, the hour Of night, and all things now retired to rest, Mind us of like repose; since God hath set Labour and rest, as day and night, to men Successive; and the timely dew of sleep, Now falling with soft slumbrous weight, inclines Our eyelids...
Стр. 284 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees GOD in clouds, or hears Him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Стр. xvii - THE beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon : lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Стр. 240 - Ye noble few ! who here unbending stand Beneath life's pressure, yet bear up awhile, And what your bounded view, which only saw A little part, deem'd evil, is no more : The storms of wint'ry time will quickly pass, And one unbounded spring encircle all — THOMSON, SECTION VIII.
Стр. 223 - Had cheered 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 glow-worm 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...