The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ...Lincoln and Edmands, 1815 - 264 Seiten |
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... wife man is happy , when he gains his own approbation ; the fool , when he gains that of others . " The fuperior emphasis , in reading as in speaking , must be de- termined entirely by the fenfe of the paffage , and always made alike ...
... wife man is happy , when he gains his own approbation ; the fool , when he gains that of others . " The fuperior emphasis , in reading as in speaking , must be de- termined entirely by the fenfe of the paffage , and always made alike ...
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... wife man , and build his houfe on the rock , and not on the fand , fhould contemplate hu- man life , not only in the funfhine , but in the shade . Let usefulness and beneficence , not oftentation and vani- y , direct the train of your ...
... wife man , and build his houfe on the rock , and not on the fand , fhould contemplate hu- man life , not only in the funfhine , but in the shade . Let usefulness and beneficence , not oftentation and vani- y , direct the train of your ...
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... wife in our own eyes , to be wife in the opinion of the world , and to be wise in the sight of our Creator , are three things so very different , as rarely to coincide . Man , in his highest earthly glory , is but a reed floating on the ...
... wife in our own eyes , to be wife in the opinion of the world , and to be wise in the sight of our Creator , are three things so very different , as rarely to coincide . Man , in his highest earthly glory , is but a reed floating on the ...
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... wife in his own conceit ? There is more hope of a fool than of him . He that is slow to anger , is better than the mighty ; and he that ruleth his fpirit , than he that taketh a city . He that hath pity on the poor , lendeth to the Lord ...
... wife in his own conceit ? There is more hope of a fool than of him . He that is slow to anger , is better than the mighty ; and he that ruleth his fpirit , than he that taketh a city . He that hath pity on the poor , lendeth to the Lord ...
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... wife and children whom they love , and who look up to them with eager eyes for that bread which they can hardly procure ; multitudes groaning under fickness in defolate cottages , untended and unmourned ; many , apparently in a better ...
... wife and children whom they love , and who look up to them with eager eyes for that bread which they can hardly procure ; multitudes groaning under fickness in defolate cottages , untended and unmourned ; many , apparently in a better ...
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...