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 pages |
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... hour , his useless intentions and barren zeal . The fpirit of true religion breathes mildnefs and affability . It gives a native , unaffected eafe to the behaviour . It is fo- cial , kind , and cheerful : far removed from that gloomy ...
... hour , his useless intentions and barren zeal . The fpirit of true religion breathes mildnefs and affability . It gives a native , unaffected eafe to the behaviour . It is fo- cial , kind , and cheerful : far removed from that gloomy ...
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... hours with comfort , to lay fuch a treasure of pleafing ideas , as fhall fupport the expenfes of that time , which is to depend wholly upon the fund al- ready acquired . up SECTION V. WHAT avails the fhow of external liberty , to one ...
... hours with comfort , to lay fuch a treasure of pleafing ideas , as fhall fupport the expenfes of that time , which is to depend wholly upon the fund al- ready acquired . up SECTION V. WHAT avails the fhow of external liberty , to one ...
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... hours fo lingering ? Who are fo often devoured with fpleen , and obliged to fly to every expedient , which can help them to get rid of themselves ? Instead of producing tranquillity , indolence produces a fret . ful reftlefsness of mind ...
... hours fo lingering ? Who are fo often devoured with fpleen , and obliged to fly to every expedient , which can help them to get rid of themselves ? Instead of producing tranquillity , indolence produces a fret . ful reftlefsness of mind ...
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... hours paffed in violent fluctuation of opinion , fleep- infenfibly feized ' him in his chair . He dreamed that he was ranging a defert country , in fearch of fome one that might teach him to grow rich ; and as he food on the top of a ...
... hours paffed in violent fluctuation of opinion , fleep- infenfibly feized ' him in his chair . He dreamed that he was ranging a defert country , in fearch of fome one that might teach him to grow rich ; and as he food on the top of a ...
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... hour fhould bring her to a like fate . She even faw his headless - body carried back in a cart ; and found herself more confirmed by the reports , which she heard of the con- ftancy of his end , than fhaken by fo tender and melancholy a ...
... hour fhould bring her to a like fate . She even faw his headless - body carried back in a cart ; and found herself more confirmed by the reports , which she heard of the con- ftancy of his end , than fhaken by fo tender and melancholy a ...
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againſt alfo Antiparos Archbishop of Cambray arife becauſe BLAIR bleffing Caius Verres confider courfe death defigns defire emphafis ev'ry eyes fafe faid fame father fatisfaction fcene feemed fenfe fentence fentiments feveral fhade fhall fhining fhort fhould fhow firft firſt fituation fkies fmiles fome fometimes foon forrow foul fource fpirit fpring friendſhip ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior happineſs happy Hazael heart heaven higheſt himſelf honour human intereft itſelf juft Jugurtha juſt laft lefs Lord mankind meaſure mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary Numidia o'er obferve occafions ourſelves paffed paffions paufe pauſe perfons philofopher pleafing pleaſure poffeffion poffefs pow'r praiſe prefent proper purpoſe Pythias raiſed reafon refpect reft render rife SECTION ſhall ſtate temper thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion underſtanding uſe virtue voice whofe wife wiſdom
Popular passages
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 204 - Know, nature's children all divide her care ; The fur that warms a monarch, warm'da bear. While man exclaims, " See all things for my use ! "
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 191 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 140 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, And drink thy wine with a merry heart ; For God now accepteth thy works.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...