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 the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue : with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingCalvin Spaulding, 1819 - 258 pages |
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... possession is to be chiefly estimated , by the relief which it can bring us in the time of our greatest need . No person who has once yielded up the government of his mind , and given loose rein to his desires and passions , can tell ...
... possession is to be chiefly estimated , by the relief which it can bring us in the time of our greatest need . No person who has once yielded up the government of his mind , and given loose rein to his desires and passions , can tell ...
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... possession as violent anger . It overpowers reason ; confounds our ideas ; distorts the appearance , and blackens the colour of every object . By the storms which it raises within , and by the mischiefs which it occasions without , it ...
... possession as violent anger . It overpowers reason ; confounds our ideas ; distorts the appearance , and blackens the colour of every object . By the storms which it raises within , and by the mischiefs which it occasions without , it ...
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... possession of our mind , we may date , from that moment , the ruin of our tranquillity . Every man has some darling ... possessed of strong virtue , could enjoy itself in peace , and smile at the impotent assaults of fortune and the ...
... possession of our mind , we may date , from that moment , the ruin of our tranquillity . Every man has some darling ... possessed of strong virtue , could enjoy itself in peace , and smile at the impotent assaults of fortune and the ...
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... possessions can make the guilty mind happy . 1. DIONYSIUS , the tyrant of Sicily , was far from be- ing happy , though he possessed great riches , and all the pleasures which wealth and power could procure . Damo- cles , one of his ...
... possessions can make the guilty mind happy . 1. DIONYSIUS , the tyrant of Sicily , was far from be- ing happy , though he possessed great riches , and all the pleasures which wealth and power could procure . Damo- cles , one of his ...
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... possession of all the honours and enjoyments which royalty could bestow . CICERO SECTION II . Change of external condition is often adverse to virtue . 1. In the days of Joram , king of Israel , flourished the pro- phet Elisha . His ...
... possession of all the honours and enjoyments which royalty could bestow . CICERO SECTION II . Change of external condition is often adverse to virtue . 1. In the days of Joram , king of Israel , flourished the pro- phet Elisha . His ...
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ages offended Antiparos appear attention balance of happiness beauty behold BLAIR blessing Caius Verres character comfort death Democritus desire Dioclesian Dionysius distress divine dread earth emphasis enjoy enjoyments envy eternity ev'ry evil eyes fall father feel folly fortune friendship give Greek language Haman happiness Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human indulge inflection Jugurtha king labours live look Lord lord Guilford Dudley mankind Micipsa midst mind misery nature never Numidia o'er objects Ortogrul ourselves pain pass passions pause peace perfection persons pleasing pleasure possession present pride prince proper Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rising ROMAN SENATE scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shade shining Sicily smile sorrow soul sound spirit suffer temper tempest thee things thou thought tion tivated tones truth vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise wish words youth
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Page 179 - her the more, when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue. 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. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere ; He gain'd from
Page 13 - and which the reader should manage with judgment, or he will be apt to fall into an affected sing-song mode of pronouncing verses of this kind. The following lines exemplify the demi-caesura : *' Warms' in the sun", refreshes' in the breeze, '* Glows' in the stars", and blossoms' in the trees ; '* Lives' through all life"; extends
Page 182 - BATTLE. Arms on armour clashing bray'd Horrible discord ; and the madding wheels Of brazen fury rag'd. SOUND IMITATING RELUCTANCE. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd ; Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind ? SECTION VI.
Page 120 - 6. But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared to thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness, both of these things which thou hast seen and of those things in which I will appear to thee ; delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles,
Page 28 - If thine enemy be hungry give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink. He that planted the ear, shall he not hear ? He that formed the eye, shall he not see ? I have been young, and now I am old ; yet have I never seen the righteous
Page 29 - Solomon, my son, know thou the God of thy fathers ; and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee ; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. SECTION IX. That every day
Page 163 - Divine Shepherd are with him ; and, through all the unknown periods of this and of future existence, commits himself to his guidance with secure and triumphant hope : " Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life ; and I shall dwell in the house of the
Page 190 - But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flow'r, Glist'ring with dew ; nor fragrance after show'rs ; Nor grateful ev'ning mild ; nor silent night, With this her solemn bird ; nor walk by moon, Or glittering star-light—without thee is sweet.
Page 225 - SECTION IV. THE GOODNESS OF PROVIDENCE. 1. The Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours
Page 120 - me. 5. And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying, in the Hebrew tongue : Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me ? It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. And I said, who art thou, Lord 1 And he