The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ...Lincoln and Edmands, 1815 - 264 страници |
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... perfect attainment of it doubtless requires great atten- tion and practice , joined to extraordinary natural powers : but as there are many degrees of excellence in the art , the ftudent , whofe aims fall fhort of perfection , will find ...
... perfect attainment of it doubtless requires great atten- tion and practice , joined to extraordinary natural powers : but as there are many degrees of excellence in the art , the ftudent , whofe aims fall fhort of perfection , will find ...
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... perfect in their hearing ; or who were taught by persons , that considered loud expression as the chief requisite in forming a good reader . These are circumftances which demand the fe- rious attention of every one to whom the education ...
... perfect in their hearing ; or who were taught by persons , that considered loud expression as the chief requisite in forming a good reader . These are circumftances which demand the fe- rious attention of every one to whom the education ...
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... perfect heart , and with a willing mind . If thou feek him , he will be found of thee ; but if thou forfake him , he will caft thee off forever . SECTION IX . THAT every day has its pains and forrows is univerfally experienced , and ...
... perfect heart , and with a willing mind . If thou feek him , he will be found of thee ; but if thou forfake him , he will caft thee off forever . SECTION IX . THAT every day has its pains and forrows is univerfally experienced , and ...
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... perfect tranquillity ; and fleep infenfibly stole upon me , as I was indulging the agreeable reveries , which the objects around me naturally inspired . I immediately found myself in a vaft extended plain , in the middle of which arose ...
... perfect tranquillity ; and fleep infenfibly stole upon me , as I was indulging the agreeable reveries , which the objects around me naturally inspired . I immediately found myself in a vaft extended plain , in the middle of which arose ...
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... perfect gift cometh from above ; " and of evil and mifery , man is the author to himself . When , from the condition of individuals , we look abroad to the public flate of the world , we meet with more proofs of the truth of this ...
... perfect gift cometh from above ; " and of evil and mifery , man is the author to himself . When , from the condition of individuals , we look abroad to the public flate of the world , we meet with more proofs of the truth of this ...
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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 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...