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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... Peace , . 296 . 297 16. Conscience , 13. Ore to Adversity , 14. The creation required to praise its Author , 300 15. The universal prayer , 17. On an infant , 18. The cuckoo , • . 298 . S02 . 304 . 305 . 305 19. Day A pastoral in three ...
... Peace , . 296 . 297 16. Conscience , 13. Ore to Adversity , 14. The creation required to praise its Author , 300 15. The universal prayer , 17. On an infant , 18. The cuckoo , • . 298 . S02 . 304 . 305 . 305 19. Day A pastoral in three ...
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... peace , and safety ; without any particular or uncommon evils to afflict our con- dition ; what more can we reasonably look for , in this vain and uncertain world ? How little can the greatest prosperity add to such a state ! Will any ...
... peace , and safety ; without any particular or uncommon evils to afflict our con- dition ; what more can we reasonably look for , in this vain and uncertain world ? How little can the greatest prosperity add to such a state ! Will any ...
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... peace . How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity ! It is like precious ointment- Like the dew of Hermon , and the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion . The sluggard will not plough by reason of ...
... peace . How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity ! It is like precious ointment- Like the dew of Hermon , and the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion . The sluggard will not plough by reason of ...
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... peace will be impaired . But if any which has the taint of guilt , take early possession of our mind , we may date , from that moment , the ruin of our tran- quillity . Every man has some darling passion , which generally affords the ...
... peace will be impaired . But if any which has the taint of guilt , take early possession of our mind , we may date , from that moment , the ruin of our tran- quillity . Every man has some darling passion , which generally affords the ...
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... peace , and smile at the impotent assaults of fortune and the ele- ments . It is within ourselves that misery has fixed its seat . Our disordered hearts , our guilty passions , our violent prejudices , and misplaced desires , are the in ...
... peace , and smile at the impotent assaults of fortune and the ele- ments . It is within ourselves that misery has fixed its seat . Our disordered hearts , our guilty passions , our violent prejudices , and misplaced desires , are the in ...
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affections Antiparos appeared Archbishop of Cambray attention balance of happiness beautiful beautiful plains behold blessing Caius Verres character comfort consider dark death DEMOCRITUS desire DIONYSIUS distress Divine dread earth enjoy enjoyment envy eternity ev'ry evil father folly fortune friendship gentle give Greek language ground happiness Hazael heart heaven HERACLITUS honour hope human infinite innocence Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord Lord Guilford Dudley mankind ment Micipsa midst mind misery mount Etna nature never noble Numidia o'er objects Ortogrul ourselves pain Paros pass passions peace perfection persons philosopher pleasure possession pow'r present pride prince proper Pythias racter reason religion render rest rich rise rusals scene sense sentiments shade shining Sicily smile sorrow soul spirit suffer temper thee things thou thought tion truth vanity vice violence virtue voice whole wisdom wise wish youth
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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...