The English Reader; Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best Writers...With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good Reading |
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... possessed the most engaging disposition , the most accomplished parts ; and
being • of an equal age of king Edward VI . she had received all her education
with him , and seemed even to possess a greater facility in acquiring every part of
...
... possessed the most engaging disposition , the most accomplished parts ; and
being • of an equal age of king Edward VI . she had received all her education
with him , and seemed even to possess a greater facility in acquiring every part of
...
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Tobssrved , that those who had just begun to climb the hill , thought themselves
not far from the top , buta they proceeded , new bills were continually rising 10
their view , and the sumınit of the bighest they could belore dig . cern seemed but
...
Tobssrved , that those who had just begun to climb the hill , thought themselves
not far from the top , buta they proceeded , new bills were continually rising 10
their view , and the sumınit of the bighest they could belore dig . cern seemed but
...
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Her unhappy captives still turned their faces towards the teinple and always
hoped to arrive there , but the grouod seemed to slide from beneath their feet ,
and they found them . selves at the bottom , before they suspected they had
changed ...
Her unhappy captives still turned their faces towards the teinple and always
hoped to arrive there , but the grouod seemed to slide from beneath their feet ,
and they found them . selves at the bottom , before they suspected they had
changed ...
Página 93
We had as yet seen but fem of the wonders of the place ; and we were introduced
only into the portico of this amazing temple . In one corner of this half illuminated
recess , there appeared an opening of about three feet wide , which seemed to ...
We had as yet seen but fem of the wonders of the place ; and we were introduced
only into the portico of this amazing temple . In one corner of this half illuminated
recess , there appeared an opening of about three feet wide , which seemed to ...
Página 94
Below even this spacious grotto , there seemed another cavern ; dowli which I'
ventured with my former mariner , and descended about fifty paces by means of a
rope . lat last arrived at a small spot of level ground , where the bottom -
appeared ...
Below even this spacious grotto , there seemed another cavern ; dowli which I'
ventured with my former mariner , and descended about fifty paces by means of a
rope . lat last arrived at a small spot of level ground , where the bottom -
appeared ...
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able action affections appear attention beauty behold blessing cause character consider course danger dark death deep desire divine earth equal evil fair fall father fear feel fortune give ground hand happiness heart heaven honour hope hour human kind king leave less lies light live look Lord mankind means mind nature never night o'er objects observe once pain pass passions peace perfect person pleasure possession praise present pride proper raise reading reason reflection religion render rest rich rise scene seemed sense shade shine short smiles soon soul sound spirit spring stand suffer tears temper thee things thou thought tion true truth turn virtue voice whole wisdom wise wish young youth
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Página 208 - He gained from heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his father and his God.
Página 219 - Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was...
Página 17 - Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark Illumine; what is low, raise and support...
Página 137 - Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision ; but shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
Página 96 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me ; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me : because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Página 72 - Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Página 108 - And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more.
Página 202 - For modes of faith, let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong whose life is in .the right : In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity: All must be false that thwart this one great end ; And all of God, that bless mankind, or mend.
Página 281 - Cease then, nor order imperfection name: Our proper bliss depends on what we blame. Know thy own point: this kind, this due degree Of blindness, weakness, Heav'n bestows on thee. Submit. — In this, or any other sphere, Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear: Safe in the hand of one disposing power, Or in the natal, or the mortal hour.
Página 17 - That changed through all, and yet in all the same, Great in the earth as in the ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The English Reader; Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best Writers...With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good Reading |
| Autor | Lindley Murray |
| Editor | S.T.Goss, 1824 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 22 Mar 2007 |
| Largo | 273 páginas |
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