The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: 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 Reading |
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... hands ' , should be constantly and actively employed in doing good . RULE 4. - When three single particulars form the conclu- ding series , the 1st and 3d take the ` , and the 2d the ́inflec- tion Example .-- Whatever obscurities ...
... hands ' , should be constantly and actively employed in doing good . RULE 4. - When three single particulars form the conclu- ding series , the 1st and 3d take the ` , and the 2d the ́inflec- tion Example .-- Whatever obscurities ...
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... hand ' ; When the ripe colours soften and unite ' , And sweetly melt into just shades and light ' ; When mellowing years their full perfection give " , And each bold figure just begins to live ' ; The treacherous colours the fair art ...
... hand ' ; When the ripe colours soften and unite ' , And sweetly melt into just shades and light ' ; When mellowing years their full perfection give " , And each bold figure just begins to live ' ; The treacherous colours the fair art ...
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... hand of mercy` . The best preparation for all the uncertainties of futurity ' , consists in a well - ordered mind , a good conscience ' , and a cheerful submission to the will of Heaven` . SECTION II . HE chief misfortunes that befall ...
... hand of mercy` . The best preparation for all the uncertainties of futurity ' , consists in a well - ordered mind , a good conscience ' , and a cheerful submission to the will of Heaven` . SECTION II . HE chief misfortunes that befall ...
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... hand ' ; and in her left hand ' , riches and hon- our . Her ways are ways of pleasantness ' , and all her paths are peace . How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell togeth- er in unity ! It is like precious ointment` : Like ...
... hand ' ; and in her left hand ' , riches and hon- our . Her ways are ways of pleasantness ' , and all her paths are peace . How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell togeth- er in unity ! It is like precious ointment` : Like ...
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... hand to the table . He throws off the garland of roses . He hastens to remove from his dangerous situation ' , and earnestly entreats the king to restore him to his former humble condition ' , having no desire to enjoy any longer a ...
... hand to the table . He throws off the garland of roses . He hastens to remove from his dangerous situation ' , and earnestly entreats the king to restore him to his former humble condition ' , having no desire to enjoy any longer a ...
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Page 214 - 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. 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.
Page 214 - 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.
Page 183 - Twilight gray had in her sober livery all things clad : Silence accompanied ; for Beast and Bird, they to their grassy couch, these to their nests, were slunk, — all but the wakeful nightingale; she, all night long, her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleased. Now...
Page 225 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Page 220 - 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.
Page 197 - Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature. Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of Ocean on his winding shore...
Page 238 - Cease then, nor order imperfection name; Our proper bliss depends on what we blame. Know thy own point: this kind this due degree Of blindness, weakness, Heav'n bestows on thee. Submit. — In this, or any other sphere, Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear: Safe in the hand of one disposing Power, Or in the natal, or the mortal hour.
Page 239 - With light and heat refulgent. Then Thy sun Shoots full perfection through the swelling year : And oft Thy voice in dreadful thunder speaks : And oft at dawn, deep noon, or falling eve, By brooks and groves, in hollow-whispering gales.
Page 98 - Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life...
Page 173 - The Epitaph 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.