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able action affections allowed appear attention beautiful become blessing called character comfort common condition conduct consider continued course danger death desire earth enjoy equal evil eyes fall father feel fortune give greater ground hand happiness heart heaven honour hope human interest kind king labours less light live look Lord mankind manner means mind nature never objects observe once ourselves pain passed passions pause peace perfect person pleasing pleasure possession present principles proper reading reason reflection regard religion render rest rich rising scene seemed sense sentence soul sound speak spirit stand suffer sure temper thee things thou thought tion true truth turn vice virtue voice whole wisdom wise wish young youth
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Page 118 - And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto 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 the which I will appear unto thee...
Page 200 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Page 177 - 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.
Page 230 - But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Page 187 - Yon flowery arbours, yonder alleys green, Our walk at noon, with branches overgrown, That mock our scant manuring, and require More hands than ours to lop their wanton growth : Those blossoms also, and those dropping gums, That lie bestrewn, unsightly and unsmooth, Ask riddance, if we mean to tread with ease; Meanwhile, as Nature wills, night bids us rest.
Page 218 - 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 187 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening" mild; then silent night With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train...
Bibliographic information
| Pealkiri | The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, from the Best Writers ... |
| Autor | Lindley Murray |
| Compiled by | Lindley Murray |
| Publisher | T.O. Sayre, 1836 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 26 mär. 2008 |
| Length | 252 pages |
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