The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse: From the Best Writers, Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect ... with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingW. & J. Bolles, 1836 - 252 páginas |
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... causes of grief , we imagine ourselves miserable ? The evil lies in the state of our mind , not in our condition of fortune : and by no alteration of circumstances is likely CAP . I. 19 SELECT SENTENCES . Day A pastoral, in three parts.
... causes of grief , we imagine ourselves miserable ? The evil lies in the state of our mind , not in our condition of fortune : and by no alteration of circumstances is likely CAP . I. 19 SELECT SENTENCES . Day A pastoral, in three parts.
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... fortune : and by no alteration of circumstances is likely to be remedied . When the love of unwarrantable pleasures , and of vicious companions , is allowed to amuse young persons , to engross their time , and to stir up their passions ...
... fortune : and by no alteration of circumstances is likely to be remedied . When the love of unwarrantable pleasures , and of vicious companions , is allowed to amuse young persons , to engross their time , and to stir up their passions ...
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... fortune makes on that scanty proportion ; it is surprising , that envy should ever have been a prevalent passion among men , much more that it should have prevailed among Christians . Where so much is suffered in common , little room is ...
... fortune makes on that scanty proportion ; it is surprising , that envy should ever have been a prevalent passion among men , much more that it should have prevailed among Christians . Where so much is suffered in common , little room is ...
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... fortune and the elements . It is within ourselves that misery has fixed its seat . Our disordered hearts , our guilty pas- sions , our violent prejudices , and misplaced desires , are the instruments of the trouble which we endure ...
... fortune and the elements . It is within ourselves that misery has fixed its seat . Our disordered hearts , our guilty pas- sions , our violent prejudices , and misplaced desires , are the instruments of the trouble which we endure ...
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... fortune , we are inured to habits both of the active and the suffering virtues . How much soever we com- plain of the vanity of the world , facts plainly show , that if its vanity were less , it could not answer the purpose of salutary ...
... fortune , we are inured to habits both of the active and the suffering virtues . How much soever we com- plain of the vanity of the world , facts plainly show , that if its vanity were less , it could not answer the purpose of salutary ...
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Página 186 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night.
Página 227 - Hope humbly then ; with trembling pinions soar ; Wait the great teacher Death ; and God adore. What future bliss, he gives not thee to know, But gives that Hope to be thy blessing now. Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never Is, but always To be blest: The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.
Página 217 - Join voices all ye living Souls: Ye Birds, That singing up to Heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep; Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill, or valley, fountain or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise. Hail universal Lord, be bounteous still To give us only good ; and if the night Have gather'd aught of evil, or conceal'd, Disperse it, as now light dispels...
Página 222 - Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For thou, O Lord ! art with me still ; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade.
Página 240 - 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, Heaven 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.
Página 216 - 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.
Página 198 - 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.
Página 191 - Fired at first sight with what the Muse imparts. In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts. While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind; But more advanced, behold with strange surprise New distant scenes of endless science rise!
Página 161 - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Página 174 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.