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I have long fought content , and have not found it ; I will from this moment
endeavour to be rich . " Full of his new resolution , he shut himself in his chamber
for six months , to deliberate how he should grow rich . He sometimes proposed
to offer ...
I have long fought content , and have not found it ; I will from this moment
endeavour to be rich . " Full of his new resolution , he shut himself in his chamber
for six months , to deliberate how he should grow rich . He sometimes proposed
to offer ...
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Let me be quickly rich , " said Ortogrul ; " let the golden stream be quick and
violent . ” “ Look round thee , ” said his father , “ once again ” Ortogrul looked ,
and perceived the channel of the torrent dry and dusty ; but following the rivulet
from the ...
Let me be quickly rich , " said Ortogrul ; " let the golden stream be quick and
violent . ” “ Look round thee , ” said his father , “ once again ” Ortogrul looked ,
and perceived the channel of the torrent dry and dusty ; but following the rivulet
from the ...
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For this reason , as none can be properly called rich , who have not more than
they want , there are few rich men in any of the politer nations , but among the
middle sort of people , who keep their wishes within their fortunes , and have
more ...
For this reason , as none can be properly called rich , who have not more than
they want , there are few rich men in any of the politer nations , but among the
middle sort of people , who keep their wishes within their fortunes , and have
more ...
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Hence the malignity which the poor commonly bear to the rich , as engrossing to
themselves all the comforts of life . Hence , The evil eye with which persons of
inferior station fcrutinize those who are above them in rank ; and if they approach
to ...
Hence the malignity which the poor commonly bear to the rich , as engrossing to
themselves all the comforts of life . Hence , The evil eye with which persons of
inferior station fcrutinize those who are above them in rank ; and if they approach
to ...
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relish probably higher than that of the rich man , who fits down to his luxurious
banquet . His sleep is more found ; his health more firm ; he knows not what
spleen , languor , and listlessness are . His accustomed employments or la .
bours are ...
relish probably higher than that of the rich man , who fits down to his luxurious
banquet . His sleep is more found ; his health more firm ; he knows not what
spleen , languor , and listlessness are . His accustomed employments or la .
bours are ...
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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
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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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