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Their folly leads them into vices ; their vices into misfortunes ; and in their
misfortunes they “ murmur against Providence . ” They are doubly unjust towards
their Creator . In their prosperity , they are apt to afcribe their success to their own
...
Their folly leads them into vices ; their vices into misfortunes ; and in their
misfortunes they “ murmur against Providence . ” They are doubly unjust towards
their Creator . In their prosperity , they are apt to afcribe their success to their own
...
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Then your hud . dling together in a Critical Dictionary , a pleasant tale , or
obscene jest , and a grave argument against the Christian religion , a witty
confutation of some absurd author , and an artful sophism to impeach some
respectable truth ...
Then your hud . dling together in a Critical Dictionary , a pleasant tale , or
obscene jest , and a grave argument against the Christian religion , a witty
confutation of some absurd author , and an artful sophism to impeach some
respectable truth ...
Página 125
I ask now , Verres , what thou hast to advance against this charge ? Wilt thou
pretend to deny it ? Wilt thou pretend , that any thing false , that even any thing
aggravated , is al . leged against thee ? Had any prince , or any state , commit .
ted the ...
I ask now , Verres , what thou hast to advance against this charge ? Wilt thou
pretend to deny it ? Wilt thou pretend , that any thing false , that even any thing
aggravated , is al . leged against thee ? Had any prince , or any state , commit .
ted the ...
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Many of the faints I ( hut up in prison , having received authority from the chief
priests ; and when they were put to death , I gave my voice against them . And I
often punished them in every synagogue , and compelled them to blaspheme ;
and ...
Many of the faints I ( hut up in prison , having received authority from the chief
priests ; and when they were put to death , I gave my voice against them . And I
often punished them in every synagogue , and compelled them to blaspheme ;
and ...
Página 132
I have waited with patience to hear what arguments might be urged against this
bill ; but I have waited in vain ; the truth is , there is no argument that can weigh
against it . The justice and expediency of the bill are such as render it self -
evident ...
I have waited with patience to hear what arguments might be urged against this
bill ; but I have waited in vain ; the truth is , there is no argument that can weigh
against it . The justice and expediency of the bill are such as render it self -
evident ...
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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...
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ... |
| Autor | Lindley Murray |
| Editor | Lindley Murray |
| Edición | 13 |
| Editor | Lincoln and Edmands, 1815 |
| Procedencia del original | Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York |
| Digitalizado | 21 Sep. 2006 |
| Largo | 264 páginas |
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