The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ...Lincoln and Edmands, 1815 - 264 страници |
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... last hours with comfort , to lay up fuch a treasure of pleafing ideas , as shall support the expenfes of that time , which is to depend wholly upon the fund already acquired . SECTION V. WHAT avails the fhow of external liberty , to one ...
... last hours with comfort , to lay up fuch a treasure of pleafing ideas , as shall support the expenfes of that time , which is to depend wholly upon the fund already acquired . SECTION V. WHAT avails the fhow of external liberty , to one ...
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... last he completed that whole character of ini- quity , which he once detefted . SECTION III . Haman ; or , the Misery of Pride . BLAIR . AHASUERAS , who is suppofed to be the prince known among the Greek hiftorians by the name of ...
... last he completed that whole character of ini- quity , which he once detefted . SECTION III . Haman ; or , the Misery of Pride . BLAIR . AHASUERAS , who is suppofed to be the prince known among the Greek hiftorians by the name of ...
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... last with the en- treaties , rather than reafons , of her father and father - in- law , and , above all , of her husband , fhe fubmitted to their will , and was prevailed on to relinquifh her own judgment . But her elevation was of very ...
... last with the en- treaties , rather than reafons , of her father and father - in- law , and , above all , of her husband , fhe fubmitted to their will , and was prevailed on to relinquifh her own judgment . But her elevation was of very ...
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... last , the green path began to decline from its first tendency , and to wind among hills and thickets , cooled with foun- tains , and murmuring with waterfalls . Here Obidah paused for a time , and began to confider whether it were ...
... last , the green path began to decline from its first tendency , and to wind among hills and thickets , cooled with foun- tains , and murmuring with waterfalls . Here Obidah paused for a time , and began to confider whether it were ...
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... last quashed in a bed of water . In order , however , to be more certain , we fent in a Levantine mar- iner , who , by the promise of a good reward , ventured , with a flambeau in his hand , into this narrow aperture . After continuing ...
... last quashed in a bed of water . In order , however , to be more certain , we fent in a Levantine mar- iner , who , by the promise of a good reward , ventured , with a flambeau in his hand , into this narrow aperture . After continuing ...
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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
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Страница 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.
Страница 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...
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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...
Страница 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.
Страница 226 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Страница 176 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, And drink thy wine with a merry heart ; For God now accepteth thy works.
Страница 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.
Страница 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...