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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Scylla and Charybdis . Dire Scylla there a grepe of horror forms , And here
Charybrlis fills the deep with storms . When the tide rushes from her rumbling
caves , The rough rock roars ; tumultuous boil the waves . Boisterous and gentle
sounds .
Scylla and Charybdis . Dire Scylla there a grepe of horror forms , And here
Charybrlis fills the deep with storms . When the tide rushes from her rumbling
caves , The rough rock roars ; tumultuous boil the waves . Boisterous and gentle
sounds .
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A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Driek deep , or tates nor the Pierian spring :
There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain ; And drinking largely sobers us
again . Fir'd at first single with wbat the nuse imparts , . In fearless youth we tempt
...
A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Driek deep , or tates nor the Pierian spring :
There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain ; And drinking largely sobers us
again . Fir'd at first single with wbat the nuse imparts , . In fearless youth we tempt
...
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Then throng the busy shapes into his mind , Of cover'd pits , unfathomably deep ,
A dire descent , beyond the pow'r of frost ! of faithless bogs , of precipices huge ,
Smooth'd ap with snow , and what is land , unknown , What water , of the still up ...
Then throng the busy shapes into his mind , Of cover'd pits , unfathomably deep ,
A dire descent , beyond the pow'r of frost ! of faithless bogs , of precipices huge ,
Smooth'd ap with snow , and what is land , unknown , What water , of the still up ...
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Does it amidst the frolic mirth Of gay assemblies dwell ; Or hide beneath the
solemn gloom , That shades the hermit's cell ? How ofe the laughing brow of joy
A sickping heart conceals ! And , through the cloister's deep recess , Invading
sorrow ...
Does it amidst the frolic mirth Of gay assemblies dwell ; Or hide beneath the
solemn gloom , That shades the hermit's cell ? How ofe the laughing brow of joy
A sickping heart conceals ! And , through the cloister's deep recess , Invading
sorrow ...
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Then Thy sun Shoots full perfection through the swelling year ; And oft Thy voice
in dreadful thunder speaks ; Ard oft at dawn , deep noon , or falliog eve , By
brooks and groves , in hollow - whispering gales . Thy bounty shines in autumn
upcop ...
Then Thy sun Shoots full perfection through the swelling year ; And oft Thy voice
in dreadful thunder speaks ; Ard oft at dawn , deep noon , or falliog eve , By
brooks and groves , in hollow - whispering gales . Thy bounty shines in autumn
upcop ...
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able actions affections appear attention bear beauty blessings cause character comfort common consider course danger dark death deep desire divine earth enjoy equal evil fall father fear feel fortune give ground hand happiness heart heaven honour hope hour human kind king labours less light live look Lord mankind manner means mind nature never night o'er objects observe once ourselves pain pass passions pause peace perfect person pleasure possession praise present pride proper raise reading reason regard render rest rich rise scene seems sense shine short soul sound spirit spring stand suffer temper thee things thou thought tion true truth turn virtue voice whole wisdom wise wish young youth
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| Título | 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 ... |
| Autor | Lindley Murray |
| Editor | John J. Williams, 1822 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 23 Mar 2007 |
| Largo | 264 páginas |
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