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 Virtue : with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingLincoln & Edmands, 1824 - 264 Seiten |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-3 von 35
Seite 86
... scene of lively expectation . That which was before sown , begins now to discover signs of successful vegetation . The labourer observes the change , and anticipates the harvest ; he watches the progress of nature , and smiles at her ...
... scene of lively expectation . That which was before sown , begins now to discover signs of successful vegetation . The labourer observes the change , and anticipates the harvest ; he watches the progress of nature , and smiles at her ...
Seite 90
... scene , may serve to give us some of the subterraneous wonders of nature . SECTION V. Earthquake at Catanea . GOLDSMITH . ONE of the earthquakes most particularly described in his- tory , is that which happened in the year 1693 ; the ...
... scene , may serve to give us some of the subterraneous wonders of nature . SECTION V. Earthquake at Catanea . GOLDSMITH . ONE of the earthquakes most particularly described in his- tory , is that which happened in the year 1693 ; the ...
Seite 138
... scenes of ruin and horror appeared ; towns and castles levelled to the ground ; Strombalo , though at sixty miles ... scene of hideous desolation . Thus proceeding pensively along , in quest of some human being that could give us a ...
... scenes of ruin and horror appeared ; towns and castles levelled to the ground ; Strombalo , though at sixty miles ... scene of hideous desolation . Thus proceeding pensively along , in quest of some human being that could give us a ...
Inhalt
Select Sentences and Paragraphs | 23 |
The misfortunes of men mostly chargeable on them | 37 |
No rank or possessions can make the guilty mind | 39 |
53 weitere Abschnitte werden nicht angezeigt.
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
affections Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention beauty behold BLAIR blessing cæsura Caius Verres cerning character cheer comfort consider danger death Dioclesian distress Divine dread earth enjoy enjoyments ev'ry evil eyes father feel felicity folly fortune Fundanus give Greek language ground Haman happiness hast Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human indulge Jugurtha kind king labour lence live look Lord lord Guilford Dudley mankind manner Micipsa midst mind misery Moux nature never noble numbers Numidia o'er objects observe Ortogrul ourselves pain pass passions pause peace perfect person pleasing pleasures possession pow'r present prince proper Pythias racter reading reason religion render rest rich rising scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shade shining Sicily smile sorrow soul sound spirit tal cloud temper tempest thee things thought tion vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise wish words youth