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 ReadingEdward Little & Company, 1811 - 254 Seiten |
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... feel- ings of the author , whofe fentiments he profeffes to repeat : for how is it poffible to reprefent clearly to others , what we have but faint or inaccurate conceptions of ourfelves ? If there were no other benefits refulting from ...
... feel- ings of the author , whofe fentiments he profeffes to repeat : for how is it poffible to reprefent clearly to others , what we have but faint or inaccurate conceptions of ourfelves ? If there were no other benefits refulting from ...
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... feel a sort of struggle between the fenfe and the found , which renders it difficult to read fuch lines har- moniously . The rule of proper pronunciation in fuch cases , is to regard only the paufe which the fenfe forms ; and to read ...
... feel a sort of struggle between the fenfe and the found , which renders it difficult to read fuch lines har- moniously . The rule of proper pronunciation in fuch cases , is to regard only the paufe which the fenfe forms ; and to read ...
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... feel . Our ignorance of what is to come , and of what is really good or evil , fhould correct anxiety about worldly fuccefs . The veil which covers from our fight the events of fuc- ceeding years , is a veil woven by the hand of mercy ...
... feel . Our ignorance of what is to come , and of what is really good or evil , fhould correct anxiety about worldly fuccefs . The veil which covers from our fight the events of fuc- ceeding years , is a veil woven by the hand of mercy ...
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... feel . He who pretends to great fenfibility towards men , and yet has no feeling for the high objects of religion , no heart to admire and adore the great Father of the universe , has rea- fon to diftruft the truth and delicacy of his ...
... feel . He who pretends to great fenfibility towards men , and yet has no feeling for the high objects of religion , no heart to admire and adore the great Father of the universe , has rea- fon to diftruft the truth and delicacy of his ...
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... feel that he is fubject to various , contradictory and imperious mafters , who often pull him different ways . foul is rendered the receptacle of many repugnant and jarring difpofitions ; and resembles fome barbarous country , cantoned ...
... feel that he is fubject to various , contradictory and imperious mafters , who often pull him different ways . foul is rendered the receptacle of many repugnant and jarring difpofitions ; and resembles fome barbarous country , cantoned ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 179 - 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 203 - 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 204 - Know, nature's children all divide her care ; The fur that warms a monarch, warm'da bear. While man exclaims, " See all things for my use ! "
Seite 176 - Strikes thro' their wounded hearts the sudden dread; But their hearts wounded, like the wounded air, Soon close ; where past the shaft, no trace is found. As from the wing no scar the sky retains ; The parted wave no furrow from the keel ; So dies in human hearts the thought of death.
Seite 203 - Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn, For him as kindly spread the flow'ry lawn: Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
Seite 191 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Seite 140 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, And drink thy wine with a merry heart ; For God now accepteth thy works.
Seite 210 - What conscience dictates to be done. Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heaven pursue.
Seite 22 - He did not, however, forget whither he was travelling, but found a narrow way bordered with flowers, which appeared to have the same direction with the main road, and was pleased that, by this happy experiment, he had found means to unite pleasure with business, and to gain the rewards of diligence without suffering its fatigues.
Seite 206 - Tis folly to be wise. HYMN TO ADVERSITY DAUGHTER of Jove, relentless power, Thou tamer of the human breast, Whose iron scourge and torturing hour The bad affright, afflict the best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain The proud are taught to taste of pain, And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before, unpitied and alone. When...