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 - 204 Seiten |
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... Numidia , directing us to consider the senate and people come as proprie- tors of it . He charged us to use our best endeavours to be service- able to the Roman commonwealth ; assuring us , that your pro- tection would prove a defence ...
... Numidia , directing us to consider the senate and people come as proprie- tors of it . He charged us to use our best endeavours to be service- able to the Roman commonwealth ; assuring us , that your pro- tection would prove a defence ...
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... Numidia drenched with royal blood ! and the only surviving son of its late king , flying from an adopted murderer , and seeking that safety in foreign parts , which he cannot command in his own kingdom . 8. Whither - Oh ! whither shall ...
... Numidia drenched with royal blood ! and the only surviving son of its late king , flying from an adopted murderer , and seeking that safety in foreign parts , which he cannot command in his own kingdom . 8. Whither - Oh ! whither shall ...
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... Numidia , which is your own property , from being the prey of violence , usurpation , and cruelty . SECTION III . SALLUST . The APOSTLE PAUL'S noble defence before FESTUS and AGRIPPA . 1. AGRIPPA said unto Paul , thou art permitted to ...
... Numidia , which is your own property , from being the prey of violence , usurpation , and cruelty . SECTION III . SALLUST . The APOSTLE PAUL'S noble defence before FESTUS and AGRIPPA . 1. AGRIPPA said unto Paul , thou art permitted to ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Alexander Selkirk Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention Bayle beauty behold BLAIR blessing Caius Verres character comfort death delight Democritus Dioclesian distress divine dread EARL of STRAFFORD earth enjoy enjoyment envy eternity ev'ry evil father feel folly fortune friendship Fundanus gentle give ground Haman happiness hast Hazael heart heav'n heaven Heraclitus honour hope human inflection innocence Jugurtha kind king labour live look Lord mankind mercy Micipsa midst mind misery Mount Etna mountain nature nature's never Numidia o'er ourselves pain passions pause peace perfection person pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride prince proper Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rise scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shade shine Sicily smile sorrow soul sound spirit spring sweet temper tempest thee things thou thought tion vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth
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Seite 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,
Seite 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
Seite 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
Seite 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
Seite 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
Seite 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
Seite 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
Seite 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