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 Reading |
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Page 137
... shining qualities in the mind of man , but there is none so useful as discretion . It is this , in- deed , which gives a value to all the rest ; which sets them at work in their proper times and places ; and turns them to the advantage ...
... shining qualities in the mind of man , but there is none so useful as discretion . It is this , in- deed , which gives a value to all the rest ; which sets them at work in their proper times and places ; and turns them to the advantage ...
Page 181
... shining day , that burnish'd plays On rocks , and hills , and towers , and wand'ring streams High gleaming from afar . SELF - GOVERNMENT . May I govern my passions with absolute sway ; grow wiser and better as life wears away . And ...
... shining day , that burnish'd plays On rocks , and hills , and towers , and wand'ring streams High gleaming from afar . SELF - GOVERNMENT . May I govern my passions with absolute sway ; grow wiser and better as life wears away . And ...
Page 239
... shining frame , And breath'd the fluid air . 3. Ye angels , catch the thrilling sound ! While all th ' adoring thrones around His boundless mercy sing : Let ev'ry list'ning saint above Wake all the tuneful soul of love , And touch the ...
... shining frame , And breath'd the fluid air . 3. Ye angels , catch the thrilling sound ! While all th ' adoring thrones around His boundless mercy sing : Let ev'ry list'ning saint above Wake all the tuneful soul of love , And touch the ...
Contents
Character of Alfred king of England | 89 |
On the slavery of vice 91 | 92 |
Gentleness | 93 |
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