The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry,: Selected from the Best Writers. : Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect; to Improve Their Language and Sentiments; and to Inculcate Some of the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virture. : With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Princliples of Good ReadingOliver & Wm. M. Farnsworth, 1826 - Всего страниц: 204 |
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... friendship 6. On the immortality of the soul Seet . 1. The Seasons · • · CHAPTER V. Descriptive Pieces . 2. The cataract of Niagara , in Canada , North America 3. The grotto of Antiparos 4. The grotto of Antiparos , continued 5 ...
... friendship 6. On the immortality of the soul Seet . 1. The Seasons · • · CHAPTER V. Descriptive Pieces . 2. The cataract of Niagara , in Canada , North America 3. The grotto of Antiparos 4. The grotto of Antiparos , continued 5 ...
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... friendship be- tween David and Jonathan . " I am distressed for thee , my bro- ther Jonathan , " said the plaintive and surviving David ; " very pleasant hast thou been to me : thy love for me was wonderful ; passing the love of women ...
... friendship be- tween David and Jonathan . " I am distressed for thee , my bro- ther Jonathan , " said the plaintive and surviving David ; " very pleasant hast thou been to me : thy love for me was wonderful ; passing the love of women ...
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... friendships and connexions which they have se-- cured ; and from the plans of conduct which they have formed . Alas ! how deceitful do all these dreams of happiness often prove ! While many are saying in secret to their hearts , " To ...
... friendships and connexions which they have se-- cured ; and from the plans of conduct which they have formed . Alas ! how deceitful do all these dreams of happiness often prove ! While many are saying in secret to their hearts , " To ...
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... friendship , broken confidence , and open en- mity , the suspicious temper itself is one of the worst evils which any man can suffer . If " in ail fear there is torment , " how misera- ble must be his state who , by living in perpetual ...
... friendship , broken confidence , and open en- mity , the suspicious temper itself is one of the worst evils which any man can suffer . If " in ail fear there is torment , " how misera- ble must be his state who , by living in perpetual ...
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... friendships . The principal sources of activity are taken away , when they for whom we labour are cut off from us ; they who animated , and who sweet- ened all the toils of life . 3. Where then can the soul find refuge , but in the ...
... friendships . The principal sources of activity are taken away , when they for whom we labour are cut off from us ; they who animated , and who sweet- ened all the toils of life . 3. Where then can the soul find refuge , but in the ...
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Стр. 96 - 5. But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared to 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 which I will appear to thee; delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles,
Стр. 97 - know that thou believest. Then Agrippa said to Paul, " Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian." And Paul replied, " I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds."* acts xxvi. SECTION IV. Lord Mansfield's
Стр. 196 - My daily thanks employ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy. Thy goodness I'll pursue; And, after death, in distant worlds, The glorious theme renew. 12-. When nature fails, and day and night, Divide thy works no more, My ever-grateful heart, O Lord
Стр. x - in some degree, elucidate what has been said on this subject. " 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
Стр. 169 - 5. But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flow'r, Glist'ring with dew; nor fragrance after show'rs: Nor grateful evening mild; nor silent night With this her solemn bird; nor walk by moon, Or glitt'ring star-light,—without thee is
Стр. 160 - science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere ; He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No further seek his merits to disclose, Heav'n did a recompense as largely send : He gave to mis'ry all he had—a tear
Стр. 177 - 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. On
Стр. 198 - 2. Speak ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels; for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing; ye, in heaven, On earth, join all ye creatures to extol Thus wond'rous fair; thyself how wond'rous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these