The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ...Thomas Carey, 1826 - 263 Seiten |
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... objects : to improve youth in the art of reading ; to meliorate their lan- guage and sentiments ; and to inculcate some of the most important principles of piety and virtue . The pieces selected , not only give exercise to a great ...
... objects : to improve youth in the art of reading ; to meliorate their lan- guage and sentiments ; and to inculcate some of the most important principles of piety and virtue . The pieces selected , not only give exercise to a great ...
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... object , that they regu- late his pronunciation . On this head , the following direction may be of use : " Though in reading great attention should be paid to the stops , yet a greater should be given to the sense ; and their ...
... object , that they regu- late his pronunciation . On this head , the following direction may be of use : " Though in reading great attention should be paid to the stops , yet a greater should be given to the sense ; and their ...
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... objects of religion , no heart to ad- mire and adore the great Father of the universe , has reason to distrust the truth and delicacy of his sensibility . When , upon rational and sober inquiry , we have estab- lished our principles ...
... objects of religion , no heart to ad- mire and adore the great Father of the universe , has reason to distrust the truth and delicacy of his sensibility . When , upon rational and sober inquiry , we have estab- lished our principles ...
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... object on which it shines ; a censorious disposition casts every character into the darkest shade it will bear . Many men mistake the love , for the practice of virtue ; and are not so much good men , as the friends of goodness ...
... object on which it shines ; a censorious disposition casts every character into the darkest shade it will bear . Many men mistake the love , for the practice of virtue ; and are not so much good men , as the friends of goodness ...
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... object . By the storms which it raises within , and by the mischiefs which it occasions without , it generally brings on the passion- ate and revengeful man , greater misery than he can bring on the object of his resentment . The palace ...
... object . By the storms which it raises within , and by the mischiefs which it occasions without , it generally brings on the passion- ate and revengeful man , greater misery than he can bring on the object of his resentment . The palace ...
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affections amidst Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention balance of happiness Bayle beautiful behold BLAIR blessed Caius Verres cerning character comforts dark death Democritus distress Divine dread earth enemies enjoy enjoyment eternity ev'ry evil eyes father fear feel folly fortune friendship Fundanus gentle give ground happiness hast Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human innocence Jugurtha kind king labours lence live look mankind manner Micipsa mind misery mount Etna nature never noble lord numbers Numidia o'er ourselves pain Pamphylia pass passions pause peace perfect persons philosopher pleasures possess pow'r present prince proper Pythias racter reason religion render rest rich rise Roman Roman Senate scene SECTION sentiments shining Sicily smiling sorrow soul spirit suffer tal cloud temper thee things thou art thought tion truth vanity vice virtue virtuous voice whole wisdom wise youth
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Seite 230 - Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. 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 Him first, Him last, Him midst, and without end.
Seite 237 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Seite 209 - 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 208 - Ye noble few ! who here unbending stand Beneath life's pressure, yet bear up awhile, And what your bounded view, which only saw A little part, deem'd Evil, is no more ; The storms of Wintry Time will quickly pass, And one unbounded Spring encircle all.
Seite 231 - Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things; let your ceaseless change Vary to our great Maker still new praise. Ye Mists and Exhalations, that now rise From hill or steaming lake, dusky or gray, ' Till the sun paint your fleecy skirts with gold, In honour to the world's great Author rise...
Seite 212 - 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 243 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Seite 256 - Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent! Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart...
Seite 231 - Join voices all ye living Souls: Ye Birds, That singing up to Heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep; Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill, or valley, fountain or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise. Hail universal Lord, be bounteous still To give us only good ; and if the night Have gather'd aught of evil, or conceal'd, Disperse it, as now light dispels...
Seite 225 - I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own.