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 ; 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 ReadingDarius Clark, 1821 - 263 страници |
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... creature ' , shall be able to sepa- rate us from the love of God . " The reader who would wish to see a minute and ingenious investi- gation of the nature of these inflections , and the rules by which they are governed , may consult ...
... creature ' , shall be able to sepa- rate us from the love of God . " The reader who would wish to see a minute and ingenious investi- gation of the nature of these inflections , and the rules by which they are governed , may consult ...
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... creatures which are at present more exalted than ourselves . By the help of glasses , we see many stars , which we do not disco- ver with our naked eyes ; and the finer our telescopes are , the more still are our discoveries . 7 ...
... creatures which are at present more exalted than ourselves . By the help of glasses , we see many stars , which we do not disco- ver with our naked eyes ; and the finer our telescopes are , the more still are our discoveries . 7 ...
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... , especially such of his creatures who fear they are not regarded by him . He is privy to all their thoughts , and to that anxiety of heart in particular , which is apt to trouble them on Chap . 3 . 69 Didactic Pieces .
... , especially such of his creatures who fear they are not regarded by him . He is privy to all their thoughts , and to that anxiety of heart in particular , which is apt to trouble them on Chap . 3 . 69 Didactic Pieces .
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... creatures , so we may be confident that he regards with an eye of inercy , those who endeavour to recommend them- selves to his notice ; and in unfeigned humility of heart , think themselves unworthy that he should be mindful of them ...
... creatures , so we may be confident that he regards with an eye of inercy , those who endeavour to recommend them- selves to his notice ; and in unfeigned humility of heart , think themselves unworthy that he should be mindful of them ...
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... creature . I considered those several proofs drawn , first , from the nature of the soul itself , and particularly its immateriality ; which , though not abso- lutely necessary to the eternity of its duration , has , I think , been ...
... creature . I considered those several proofs drawn , first , from the nature of the soul itself , and particularly its immateriality ; which , though not abso- lutely necessary to the eternity of its duration , has , I think , been ...
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Страница 225 - 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.
Страница 237 - But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Страница 231 - 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.
Страница 194 - With thee conversing, I forget all time; All seasons, and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Страница 226 - 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 184 - Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; "The next, with dirges due, in sad array, Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Страница 28 - He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Страница 28 - Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Страница 199 - Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.
Страница 78 - There is not, in my opinion, a more pleasing and triumphant consideration in religion than this, of the perpetual progress which the soul makes towards the perfection of its nature, without ever arriving at a period in it.