The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ...Lincoln and Edmands, 1815 - 264 páginas |
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... thought , is wholly a natural talent . It is , in a good meafure , the gift of nature ; but it may receive confiderable assistance from art . Much depends , for this purpose , on the proper pitch and management of the voice . Every ...
... thought , is wholly a natural talent . It is , in a good meafure , the gift of nature ; but it may receive confiderable assistance from art . Much depends , for this purpose , on the proper pitch and management of the voice . Every ...
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... thought of acquiring any advantage by his prejudice . Man , always profperous , would be giddy and infolent ; always afflicted , would be fullen or defpondent . Hopes and fears , joy and sorrow , are , therefore , fo blended in his life ...
... thought of acquiring any advantage by his prejudice . Man , always profperous , would be giddy and infolent ; always afflicted , would be fullen or defpondent . Hopes and fears , joy and sorrow , are , therefore , fo blended in his life ...
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... thought . About what are we now bufied ? What is the ultimate fcope of our prefent pursuits and cares ? Can we justify them to ourfelves ? Are they likely to produce any thing that will furvive the moment , and bring forth fome fruit ...
... thought . About what are we now bufied ? What is the ultimate fcope of our prefent pursuits and cares ? Can we justify them to ourfelves ? Are they likely to produce any thing that will furvive the moment , and bring forth fome fruit ...
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... thought moft proper for boys to learn , " answered , " Thofe which they ought to practise when they come to be men . ' A wifer than Agefilaus has inculcated the fame fentiment : " Train up a child in the way he should go , and when he ...
... thought moft proper for boys to learn , " answered , " Thofe which they ought to practise when they come to be men . ' A wifer than Agefilaus has inculcated the fame fentiment : " Train up a child in the way he should go , and when he ...
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... thoughts of cruelty . Uncorrupted , as yet , by ambition or greatness , his indignation rofe at being thought capable of the savage actions , which the prophet had mentioned ; and , with much warmth , he replies ; " But what ? is thy ...
... thoughts of cruelty . Uncorrupted , as yet , by ambition or greatness , his indignation rofe at being thought capable of the savage actions , which the prophet had mentioned ; and , with much warmth , he replies ; " But what ? is thy ...
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againſt Antiparos becauſe BLAIR bleffing Caius Verres cauſe confider courfe courſe death defigns defire earth faid fame fcene fecret feek feemed fenfe fentiments fhade fhall fhining fhort fhould fhow fide filent firft fituation fmiles fociety fome fometimes fong foon forrow foul fpirit fpring friendſhip ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fupport fweet happineſs happy Hazael heart heaven himſelf honour human intereft itſelf juft Jugurtha labours laft laſt leaft lefs Lord mankind meaſure mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary Numidia o'er obferve occafions ourſelves paffed paffions perfon philofopher pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffefs praiſe prefent proper purpoſe Pythias raiſed reafon refpect reft rife SECTION ſhall ſpeak ſtate ſtill temper thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought tion uſe virtue voice whofe whoſe wifdom wife youth
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Página 229 - 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 241 - 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 208 - 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 211 - 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 190 - 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 255 - 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 226 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Página 176 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, And drink thy wine with a merry heart ; For God now accepteth thy works.
Página 225 - 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 130 - 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...