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Halt thou a mind , Damocles , " says the king , “ to talte this happiness ; and to
know , by experience , what the enjoyments are , of which thou hast so high an
idea ? ” Damocles , with joy , accepted the offer . The King ordered that a royal ...
Halt thou a mind , Damocles , " says the king , “ to talte this happiness ; and to
know , by experience , what the enjoyments are , of which thou hast so high an
idea ? ” Damocles , with joy , accepted the offer . The King ordered that a royal ...
Página 40
In the days of Joram , king of Israel , flourished the prophet Elisha . His character
was so eminent , and his fame so widely spread , that Benhadad , the king of
Syria , though an idolater , sent to consult him , concerning the issue of a
distemper ...
In the days of Joram , king of Israel , flourished the prophet Elisha . His character
was so eminent , and his fame so widely spread , that Benhadad , the king of
Syria , though an idolater , sent to consult him , concerning the issue of a
distemper ...
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As the honours which he possessed were next to royal , his pride was every day
fed with that servile homage , which is peculiar to Aliatic courts , and all the
servants of the king prostrated themselves before him . In the midst of this general
...
As the honours which he possessed were next to royal , his pride was every day
fed with that servile homage , which is peculiar to Aliatic courts , and all the
servants of the king prostrated themselves before him . In the midst of this general
...
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He told them of the glory of his riches , and the multitude of his children , and of
all the things wherein the king had promoted him ; and how he had advanced
him above the princes and servants of the king . " He said , moreover , “ Yea ,
Esther ...
He told them of the glory of his riches , and the multitude of his children , and of
all the things wherein the king had promoted him ; and how he had advanced
him above the princes and servants of the king . " He said , moreover , “ Yea ,
Esther ...
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The king himself went to the house of Lords , and spoke for some time in his
defence ; but the spirit of vengeance , which had been chained for eleven years ,
was now roused ; and nothing but his blood could give the people satisfaction .
The king himself went to the house of Lords , and spoke for some time in his
defence ; but the spirit of vengeance , which had been chained for eleven years ,
was now roused ; and nothing but his blood could give the people satisfaction .
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affections againſt appear attention beauty character comforts common conſider courſe danger death deſire divine earth enjoy equal evil fall 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 o'er objects obſerve once ourſelves pain paſſions peace perfect perſon pleaſing pleaſure praiſe preſent proper reading reaſon regard religion render reſt rich riſe ſaid ſame ſcene ſee ſeems ſenſe ſet ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome ſoul ſtate ſtill ſuch ſuffer temper thee themſelves theſe things thoſe thou thought tion true truth turn uſe virtue voice wants whole whoſe wiſdom young youth
Pasajes populares
Página 227 - 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 239 - 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 206 - 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 209 - 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 188 - 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 253 - 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 224 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Página 174 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, And drink thy wine with a merry heart ; For God now accepteth thy works.
Página 223 - 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 128 - 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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