English Reader, Or Pieces in Prose and PoetrySaco, Putnam & Blake, 1827 - 263 páginas |
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... consider ourselves as reading to them . We naturally and mechanically utter our words with such a degree of strength , as to make ourselves be heard by the person whom we address , provided he is within the reach of our voice . As this ...
... consider ourselves as reading to them . We naturally and mechanically utter our words with such a degree of strength , as to make ourselves be heard by the person whom we address , provided he is within the reach of our voice . As this ...
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... Consider yourselves not only as sensitive , but as rational beings ; not only as rational , but social ; not only as social , but immortal . Art thou poor ? -Show thyself active and industrious , peaceable and contented . Art thou ...
... Consider yourselves not only as sensitive , but as rational beings ; not only as rational , but social ; not only as social , but immortal . Art thou poor ? -Show thyself active and industrious , peaceable and contented . Art thou ...
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... consider , that though this may be sport to you , it is death to us . " fat Sully , the great statesman of France , always retained to which he had been accustomed in early life . He was frequently reproached , by the courtiers , for ...
... consider , that though this may be sport to you , it is death to us . " fat Sully , the great statesman of France , always retained to which he had been accustomed in early life . He was frequently reproached , by the courtiers , for ...
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... consider himself as insignificants in the sight of his Creator . In our several stations , we are all sent forth to be labourers in the vineyard of our heavenly Father . Every man has his work allotted , his talent committed to him ; by ...
... consider himself as insignificants in the sight of his Creator . In our several stations , we are all sent forth to be labourers in the vineyard of our heavenly Father . Every man has his work allotted , his talent committed to him ; by ...
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... consider whether it were longer safe to forsake the known and common track ; but remembering that the heat was now in its greatest violence , and that the plain was dusty and un- even , he resolved to pursue the new path , which he sup ...
... consider whether it were longer safe to forsake the known and common track ; but remembering that the heat was now in its greatest violence , and that the plain was dusty and un- even , he resolved to pursue the new path , which he sup ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Abdalonymus affections Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention Bayle beauty behold BLAIR blessing cæsura Caius Verres character choly comforts daugh death Democritus Dioclesian distress divine dread earth enjoyment eternity ev'ry evil father fear feel folly fortune gentle give ground happiness hast Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human inflection Jugurtha kind king king of Numidia labour live look Lord mankind Masinissa means melan ment Micipsa midst mind misery nature ness never niscienced noble o'er ourselves pain passions pause peace person philosopher pleasure possession pow'r praise pride prince proper publick Pythias religion render rest riches rise Roman Roman Senate scene SECTION sense shade shining Sicily smile sorrow soul sound spirit suffer superiour temper tempest thee things thou thought tion truth vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth
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Página 269 - Angels: for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night Circle his throne rejoicing; ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. 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.
Página 251 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Página 102 - As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.
Página 265 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends , — do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Página 211 - 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 293 - 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 ii - In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned ;" and also to an act, entitled, " An Act supplementary to an act, entitled,' An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned...
Página 280 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Página 289 - What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year? Delightful visitant ! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet, From birds among the bowers.
Página 281 - 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...