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 страници |
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... Happy is the man that findeth wisdom . Length of days is in her right hand ; and in her left hand , riches and honor . Her ways are ways of pleafantnefs , and all her paths are peace . How good and how pleafant it is for brethren to ...
... Happy is the man that findeth wisdom . Length of days is in her right hand ; and in her left hand , riches and honor . Her ways are ways of pleafantnefs , and all her paths are peace . How good and how pleafant it is for brethren to ...
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... happy . DIONYSIUS , the tyrant of Sicily , was far from being happy , though he poffeffed great riches , and all the pleaf- ures which wealth and power could procure . Damocles , one of his flatterers , deceived by these fpecious ...
... happy . DIONYSIUS , the tyrant of Sicily , was far from being happy , though he poffeffed great riches , and all the pleaf- ures which wealth and power could procure . Damocles , one of his flatterers , deceived by these fpecious ...
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... happy . He was courteous and liberal : he gave all that approached him hopes of pleafing him , and all who fhould please him , hopes of being rewarded . Every art of praise was tried , and every fource of adulatory fiction was exhaufted ...
... happy . He was courteous and liberal : he gave all that approached him hopes of pleafing him , and all who fhould please him , hopes of being rewarded . Every art of praise was tried , and every fource of adulatory fiction was exhaufted ...
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... happy experiment , he had found means to unite pleasure with bufinefs , and to gain the rewards of diligence without fuffering its fatigues . He , therefore , ftill continued to walk for a time , without the leaft remiffion of his ...
... happy experiment , he had found means to unite pleasure with bufinefs , and to gain the rewards of diligence without fuffering its fatigues . He , therefore , ftill continued to walk for a time , without the leaft remiffion of his ...
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... Happy are they , my fon , who fhall learn from thy example , not to despair ; but shall re- member , that , though the day is paft , and their ftrength is wafted , there yet remains one effort to be made that re- formation is never ...
... Happy are they , my fon , who fhall learn from thy example , not to despair ; but shall re- member , that , though the day is paft , and their ftrength is wafted , there yet remains one effort to be made that re- formation is never ...
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Страница 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.
Страница 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...
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Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 191 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Страница 140 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, And drink thy wine with a merry heart ; For God now accepteth thy works.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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...