The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ...Lincoln and Edmands, 1815 - Всего страниц: 264 |
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... Heaven . SECTION II . THE chief misfortunes that befal us in life can be traced to fome vices or follies which we have committed . Were we to survey the chambers of fickness and distress , we should often find them peopled with the ...
... Heaven . SECTION II . THE chief misfortunes that befal us in life can be traced to fome vices or follies which we have committed . Were we to survey the chambers of fickness and distress , we should often find them peopled with the ...
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... prudence , is amply repaid by the gratitude of thofe whom he obliges , by the approbation of his own mind , and by the favour of Heaven . Temperance , by fortifying the mind and body , leads 30 PART I. The English Reader .
... prudence , is amply repaid by the gratitude of thofe whom he obliges , by the approbation of his own mind , and by the favour of Heaven . Temperance , by fortifying the mind and body , leads 30 PART I. The English Reader .
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... Heaven ? Can we look for clemency or gentleness from our Judge , when we are fo backward to fhow it to our own brother ? The Let us alfo accuftom ourselves to reflect on the fmall moment of those things , which are the ufual incentives ...
... Heaven ? Can we look for clemency or gentleness from our Judge , when we are fo backward to fhow it to our own brother ? The Let us alfo accuftom ourselves to reflect on the fmall moment of those things , which are the ufual incentives ...
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... heaven . If we delay till to - morrow what ought to be done to - day , we overcharge the morrow with a bur- den which belongs not to it . We load the wheels of time , and prevent them from carrying us along fmoothly . He who every ...
... heaven . If we delay till to - morrow what ought to be done to - day , we overcharge the morrow with a bur- den which belongs not to it . We load the wheels of time , and prevent them from carrying us along fmoothly . He who every ...
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... Heaven . He continued to " walk with God , " when the world apoftatized from him . He pleafed God , and was be- loved of him ; fo that living among finners , he was tranf- lated to heaven without feeing death ; " Yea , fpeedily was he ...
... Heaven . He continued to " walk with God , " when the world apoftatized from him . He pleafed God , and was be- loved of him ; fo that living among finners , he was tranf- lated to heaven without feeing death ; " Yea , fpeedily was he ...
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Стр. 229 - 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. 241 - Lo! the poor Indian, whose untutor'd 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. 208 - 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. 211 - Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country and their shackles fall.
Стр. 190 - 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. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...
Стр. 255 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy. Then comes THY glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent.
Стр. 226 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Стр. 176 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, And drink thy wine with a merry heart ; For God now accepteth thy works.
Стр. 225 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Стр. 130 - Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come...