The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ...Lincoln and Edmands, 1815 - 264 Seiten |
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... hills and dales , ye rivers , woods , and plains ! " or , as that pathetic expoftulation in the prophecy of Ezekiel , " Why will ye die ! " Emphasis , besides it other offices , is the great regulator of quantity . Though the quantity ...
... hills and dales , ye rivers , woods , and plains ! " or , as that pathetic expoftulation in the prophecy of Ezekiel , " Why will ye die ! " Emphasis , besides it other offices , is the great regulator of quantity . Though the quantity ...
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... hill ; in the afcent of which , labour is requifite , and difficulties are to be furmounted ; and where a conductor is needed , to direct our way , and to aid our steps . In judging of others , let us always think the best , and employ ...
... hill ; in the afcent of which , labour is requifite , and difficulties are to be furmounted ; and where a conductor is needed , to direct our way , and to aid our steps . In judging of others , let us always think the best , and employ ...
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... hill ; but the council , dreading the compaffion of the people for their youth , beauty , innocence , and noble birth , changed their orders , and gave directions that she should be belead- ed within the verge of the Tower . She faw her ...
... hill ; but the council , dreading the compaffion of the people for their youth , beauty , innocence , and noble birth , changed their orders , and gave directions that she should be belead- ed within the verge of the Tower . She faw her ...
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... hill , fhaded with cypress , in doubt whither to direct his steps , his father appeared on a fudden standing before him . Ortogrul , " faid the old man , " I know thy perplexity ; liften to thy father ; turn thine eye on the oppofite ...
... hill , fhaded with cypress , in doubt whither to direct his steps , his father appeared on a fudden standing before him . Ortogrul , " faid the old man , " I know thy perplexity ; liften to thy father ; turn thine eye on the oppofite ...
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... hills . " Ortogrul looked , and espied a little well , out of which iffued a small rivulet . " Tell me now , " faid his ... Hill of Science . In that feafon of the year , when the ferenity of the sky , the various fruits which cover the ...
... hills . " Ortogrul looked , and espied a little well , out of which iffued a small rivulet . " Tell me now , " faid his ... Hill of Science . In that feafon of the year , when the ferenity of the sky , the various fruits which cover the ...
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againſt Antiparos becauſe BLAIR bleffing Caius Verres cauſe confider courfe courſe death defigns defire earth faid fame fcene fecret feek feemed fenfe fentiments fhade fhall fhining fhort fhould fhow fide filent firft fituation fmiles fociety fome fometimes fong foon forrow foul fpirit fpring friendſhip ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fupport fweet happineſs happy Hazael heart heaven himſelf honour human intereft itſelf juft Jugurtha labours laft laſt leaft lefs Lord mankind meaſure mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary Numidia o'er obferve occafions ourſelves paffed paffions perfon philofopher pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffefs praiſe prefent proper purpoſe Pythias raiſed reafon refpect reft rife SECTION ſhall ſpeak ſtate ſtill temper thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought tion uſe virtue voice whofe whoſe wifdom wife youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 226 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Seite 176 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, And drink thy wine with a merry heart ; For God now accepteth thy works.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...