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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The sea , all of a sudden , began to roar ; moudi Ætoa to send forth great spires of
fame ; and soon after a shock ensued , with a poise as if all the artillery in the
world had been at once discharged . Our traveller being obliged to a . light ...
The sea , all of a sudden , began to roar ; moudi Ætoa to send forth great spires of
fame ; and soon after a shock ensued , with a poise as if all the artillery in the
world had been at once discharged . Our traveller being obliged to a . light ...
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sound once delightful to every Roman ear ! -- 0 sacred privilege of Ronan
citizenship !once sacred ! -- now trampled upon ! - But what then ! Is it come to
this ? Shall an inferior magistrate , a gorernor , who holds his whole power of the
Roman ...
sound once delightful to every Roman ear ! -- 0 sacred privilege of Ronan
citizenship !once sacred ! -- now trampled upon ! - But what then ! Is it come to
this ? Shall an inferior magistrate , a gorernor , who holds his whole power of the
Roman ...
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I heard ; and lo ! at once controllid , The waves , in wild retreat , Back on
themselves reluctant rollid , And murm'ring left my feet Deeps to assembling
deeps in vain Once more the signal gave : The shores the rushing weight sustain
, And check ...
I heard ; and lo ! at once controllid , The waves , in wild retreat , Back on
themselves reluctant rollid , And murm'ring left my feet Deeps to assembling
deeps in vain Once more the signal gave : The shores the rushing weight sustain
, And check ...
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And lives the man , whose universal eye Has swept at once th ' unbounded
scheme of things ; Mark'd the dependence s ' , and firm accord , As with untalt'ring
accent to conclude , That this availeth nought ? Has any seen The mighty chain
of ...
And lives the man , whose universal eye Has swept at once th ' unbounded
scheme of things ; Mark'd the dependence s ' , and firm accord , As with untalt'ring
accent to conclude , That this availeth nought ? Has any seen The mighty chain
of ...
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But the fue , Like a staunch murderer , steady to his purpose ; Pursues her close ,
through ev'ry lane of life ; Nor misses once the track ; but presses on , Till furcu at
last to the tremendous verge , At once she sinks to everlasting ruin . R. BLAIR .
But the fue , Like a staunch murderer , steady to his purpose ; Pursues her close ,
through ev'ry lane of life ; Nor misses once the track ; but presses on , Till furcu at
last to the tremendous verge , At once she sinks to everlasting ruin . R. BLAIR .
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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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