The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ... |
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In such constructions , every thing is accommodated to the understanding and
the voice ; and the common difficulties in learning to read well are obviated .
When the learner has acquired a habit of reading such sentences , with justness
and ...
In such constructions , every thing is accommodated to the understanding and
the voice ; and the common difficulties in learning to read well are obviated .
When the learner has acquired a habit of reading such sentences , with justness
and ...
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For when reading becomes strictly imitative , it affumes a theatrical manner , and
must be highly improper , as well as give offence to the hearers ; because it is
inconsistent with that delicacy and modefty , which are indispensable on such ...
For when reading becomes strictly imitative , it affumes a theatrical manner , and
must be highly improper , as well as give offence to the hearers ; because it is
inconsistent with that delicacy and modefty , which are indispensable on such ...
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Are such abilities made for no purpose ? A brute arrives at a point of perfection ,
that he can never pass ; in a few years he has all the endowments he is capable
of ; and were he to live ten thousand more , would be the same thing he is at ...
Are such abilities made for no purpose ? A brute arrives at a point of perfection ,
that he can never pass ; in a few years he has all the endowments he is capable
of ; and were he to live ten thousand more , would be the same thing he is at ...
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... in which we are no lefs accountable for what we think , than for what we do . As
, first , when the introduction of any train of thought depends upon ourselves , and
is our voluntary ad , by turning our attention towards such objects , awakening ...
... in which we are no lefs accountable for what we think , than for what we do . As
, first , when the introduction of any train of thought depends upon ourselves , and
is our voluntary ad , by turning our attention towards such objects , awakening ...
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... animated with such a confidence of fuccess . Trust in the assistance of an
Almighty Being naturally produces patience , hope , cheerfulness , and all other
dispositions of mind , which alleviate those calamities that we are not able to
remove .
... animated with such a confidence of fuccess . Trust in the assistance of an
Almighty Being naturally produces patience , hope , cheerfulness , and all other
dispositions of mind , which alleviate those calamities that we are not able to
remove .
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able affections againſt appear attention beauty character comforts common conſider continued courſe danger death deep earth enjoy equal evil fall fame father fear feel firſt fortune give ground hand happineſs happy heart heaven himſelf honour hope hour human itſelf juſt kind king labours laſt light live look Lord mankind manner means mind moſt muſt nature never night o'er objects once ourſelves pain paſſions peace perfect perſon pleaſing pleaſure praiſe preſent proper reading reaſon religion render reſt rich riſe ſaid ſame ſcene ſee ſeems ſenſe ſet ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome ſoul ſtate ſtill ſuch temper thee themſelves theſe things thoſe thou thought tion true truth turn uſe virtue voice wants whole whoſe wiſdom young youth
Pasajes populares
Página 225 - 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 237 - 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...
Página 204 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Página 207 - 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 186 - Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...
Página 251 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy. Then comes THY glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent.
Página 222 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Página 172 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, And drink thy wine with a merry heart ; For God now accepteth thy works.
Página 221 - 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 126 - Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come...