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Página 53
In a short time , we remit our fervour , and endeav . our to find some mitigation of
our duty , and some more eafv means of obtaining the same end . We then relax
our vigour , and resolve no longer to be terrified with crimes at a distance ; but ...
In a short time , we remit our fervour , and endeav . our to find some mitigation of
our duty , and some more eafv means of obtaining the same end . We then relax
our vigour , and resolve no longer to be terrified with crimes at a distance ; but ...
Página 56
Every blessing we enjoy , by what means foever it may be derived upon us , is
the gift of him who is the great Author of good , and the Father of mercies . If
gratitude , when exerted towards one another , natur . ally produces a very
pleasing ...
Every blessing we enjoy , by what means foever it may be derived upon us , is
the gift of him who is the great Author of good , and the Father of mercies . If
gratitude , when exerted towards one another , natur . ally produces a very
pleasing ...
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The former consideration took in all those , who are sufficiently provided with the
means to make themselves eafy ; this regards such as actually lie under some
pressure or misfor . tune . These may receive great alleviation from such a ...
The former consideration took in all those , who are sufficiently provided with the
means to make themselves eafy ; this regards such as actually lie under some
pressure or misfor . tune . These may receive great alleviation from such a ...
Página 68
It prescribes to every miserable man the means of bettering his condition ; nay , it
shows him , that bearing his afflictions as he ought to do , will naturally end in the
removal of them . It makes him easy here , because it can make him happy ...
It prescribes to every miserable man the means of bettering his condition ; nay , it
shows him , that bearing his afflictions as he ought to do , will naturally end in the
removal of them . It makes him easy here , because it can make him happy ...
Página 87
Then cometh the harvest , when the large with is fatisfied , and the granaries of
nature are loaded with the means of life , even to a luxury of abundars . The
powers of language are unequal to the description of CHAP . 5 . Descriptive
Pieces .
Then cometh the harvest , when the large with is fatisfied , and the granaries of
nature are loaded with the means of life , even to a luxury of abundars . The
powers of language are unequal to the description of CHAP . 5 . Descriptive
Pieces .
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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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