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 ReadingJohn Montgomery, 1827 - 264 страници |
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... perfect attainment of it doubtless requires great attention and practice , joined to ex- traordinary natural powers : but as there are many degrees of excellence in the art , the student whose aims fall short of perfection will find ...
... perfect attainment of it doubtless requires great attention and practice , joined to ex- traordinary natural powers : but as there are many degrees of excellence in the art , the student whose aims fall short of perfection will find ...
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... perfect heart , and with a willing mind . If thou seek him , he will be found of thee ; but if thou forsake him , he will cast thee off for ever . SECTION IX . 1. THAT every day has its pains and sorrows is universally ex- perienced ...
... perfect heart , and with a willing mind . If thou seek him , he will be found of thee ; but if thou forsake him , he will cast thee off for ever . SECTION IX . 1. THAT every day has its pains and sorrows is universally ex- perienced ...
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... perfect tranquillity ; and sleep insensibly stole upon me , as I was indulging the agreeable reveries , which the objects around me naturally inspired . 2. I immediately found myself in a vast extended plain , in the middle of which ...
... perfect tranquillity ; and sleep insensibly stole upon me , as I was indulging the agreeable reveries , which the objects around me naturally inspired . 2. I immediately found myself in a vast extended plain , in the middle of which ...
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... perfect gift cometh from above ; " and of evil and misery , man is the author to himself . 11. When , from the condition of individuals , we look abroad to the publick state of the world , we meet with more proofs of the truth of this ...
... perfect gift cometh from above ; " and of evil and misery , man is the author to himself . 11. When , from the condition of individuals , we look abroad to the publick state of the world , we meet with more proofs of the truth of this ...
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... perfect as he himself now is : nay , when she shall look down upon that degree of perfection as much as she now falls short of it . It is true , the higher nature still advances , and by that means pre- serves his distance and ...
... perfect as he himself now is : nay , when she shall look down upon that degree of perfection as much as she now falls short of it . It is true , the higher nature still advances , and by that means pre- serves his distance and ...
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Страница 163 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more...
Страница 189 - Lives on the labours of this lord of all. Know Nature's children all divide her care ; The fur that warms a monarch warm'da bear. While man exclaims,
Страница 82 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Страница 183 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, •And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Страница 183 - 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.
Страница 179 - 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...
Страница 179 - Whether to deck with clouds the uncoloured sky, Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers, Rising or falling still advance his praise. His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud; and wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Страница 179 - Air, and ye elements, the eldest birth 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.
Страница 157 - While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind : But more...
Страница 175 - How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light When I think of my own native land In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.