The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ...Lincoln and Edmands, 1815 - 264 Seiten |
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... vice , as well as to ani- mate them with sentiments of piety and goodness . Such impres sions deeply engraven on their minds , and connected with all their attainments , could scarcely fail of attending them through life , and of ...
... vice , as well as to ani- mate them with sentiments of piety and goodness . Such impres sions deeply engraven on their minds , and connected with all their attainments , could scarcely fail of attending them through life , and of ...
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... Vice is infamous , though in a prince ; and virtue honourable , though in a peafant . An elevated genius , employed in little things appears ( to ufe the fimile of Longinus ) like the fun in his evening de- clination : he remits his ...
... Vice is infamous , though in a prince ; and virtue honourable , though in a peafant . An elevated genius , employed in little things appears ( to ufe the fimile of Longinus ) like the fun in his evening de- clination : he remits his ...
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... vice . The irregular grati- fications , into which it occafionally feduces him , appear un- der the form of venial weakneffes ; and are indulged in the beginning with fcrupulousness and reserve . But , by longer practice , these ...
... vice . The irregular grati- fications , into which it occafionally feduces him , appear un- der the form of venial weakneffes ; and are indulged in the beginning with fcrupulousness and reserve . But , by longer practice , these ...
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... vice , when one guilty paffion creates fo much torment ! how unavailing is profperity , when , in the height of it , a single disappoint- ment can deftroy the relifh of all its pleasures ; how weak is human nature , which , in the ...
... vice , when one guilty paffion creates fo much torment ! how unavailing is profperity , when , in the height of it , a single disappoint- ment can deftroy the relifh of all its pleasures ; how weak is human nature , which , in the ...
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... vice , and adhering to the cause of God and vir- tue against a corrupted multitude . It will be found to hold in general , that they , who , in any of the great lines of life , have diftinguifhed themfelves for thinking pro- . foundly ...
... vice , and adhering to the cause of God and vir- tue against a corrupted multitude . It will be found to hold in general , that they , who , in any of the great lines of life , have diftinguifhed themfelves for thinking pro- . foundly ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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...