The English Reader Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry Selected from the Best WritersLongmann and Rees, 1799 - 356 páginas |
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... less compafs , and are likely to ftrain our voice before we have done . We shall fatigue ourselves , and read with pain ; and whenever a person speaks with pain to himself , he is always heard with pain by his audience . Let us ...
... less compafs , and are likely to ftrain our voice before we have done . We shall fatigue ourselves , and read with pain ; and whenever a person speaks with pain to himself , he is always heard with pain by his audience . Let us ...
Página 165
... less than to take away from two thirds of the legislative body of this great king- dom , certain privileges and immunities of which they have been long pofsefsed . Perhaps there is no fitua- tion the human mind can be placed in , that ...
... less than to take away from two thirds of the legislative body of this great king- dom , certain privileges and immunities of which they have been long pofsefsed . Perhaps there is no fitua- tion the human mind can be placed in , that ...
Página 208
... less than to the high ; to the poor , as well as to the rich . In thy prefence , worldly distinc tions cease ; and under thy influence , worldly forrows are forgotten . Thou art the balm of the wounded mind . Thy fanctuary is ever open ...
... less than to the high ; to the poor , as well as to the rich . In thy prefence , worldly distinc tions cease ; and under thy influence , worldly forrows are forgotten . Thou art the balm of the wounded mind . Thy fanctuary is ever open ...
Página 213
... less painful , but pleafing and fatisfactory . In the fecond place , I would recommend to every one , the admirable precept , which Pythagoras is faid to have given to his disciples , and which that philosopher must have drawn from the ...
... less painful , but pleafing and fatisfactory . In the fecond place , I would recommend to every one , the admirable precept , which Pythagoras is faid to have given to his disciples , and which that philosopher must have drawn from the ...
Página 251
... less . Joy has her tears , and Transport has her death Hope , like a cordial , innocent , though ftrong , Man's heart , at once , inspirits and ferenes . Happiness modeft and tranquil . -Never man was truly bleft , But it compos'd , and ...
... less . Joy has her tears , and Transport has her death Hope , like a cordial , innocent , though ftrong , Man's heart , at once , inspirits and ferenes . Happiness modeft and tranquil . -Never man was truly bleft , But it compos'd , and ...
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Términos y frases comunes
againſt alfo Antiparos appear arifes becauſe BLAIR Caius Verres cauſe circumftances confequences confider courfe defigns defire DEMOCRITUS diftrefs evil eyes fafe faid fame father fatisfaction fcene feemed fenfe fentiments ferve fhall fhining fhort fhould fhow fide firft fituation fociety folly fome fometimes foon forrow foul fource fpirit friendſhip ftand ftate ftill fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fuppofed fupport fure happineſs happy Hazael heart heaven HERACLITUS higheſt himſelf honour houſe human intereft itſelf juft Jugurtha laft leaft lefs Lord mankind meaſure ment mifery mind moft moſt muſt myſelf nature Numidia obferve occafion ourſelves pafs pafsions paſsed perfons philofopher pleafing pleaſe pleaſures pofsefsed poſseſsion prefent proper purpoſe purſue Pythias raiſed reafon refpect reft rife ſcene SECTION ſhall ſhe Sicily ſpeak ſtate temper thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion uſe virtue whofe wiſdom