Murray's English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ... With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good Reading; Improved by the Addition of a Concordant and Synonymising Vocabulary ... Divided, Defined, and Pronounced According to the Principles of John Walker ... Walker's Pronouncing Key, which Governs the Vocabulary, is Prefixed to this Work |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 5
Página 27
Were we to survey the chambers of sickness and distress , we should often find
them peopled with the victimso of intemperancec and sensuality , and with the
children of vicious indolenced and sloth . To be wise in our own eyes , to be wise
in ...
Were we to survey the chambers of sickness and distress , we should often find
them peopled with the victimso of intemperancec and sensuality , and with the
children of vicious indolenced and sloth . To be wise in our own eyes , to be wise
in ...
Página 38
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is , than a stalled ox and hatred therewith .
Pride goeth before destruction ; and a haughty spirit ' before a fall . Hear council ,
and receive instruction , that thou mayest be truly wise . Faithful are the wounds ...
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is , than a stalled ox and hatred therewith .
Pride goeth before destruction ; and a haughty spirit ' before a fall . Hear council ,
and receive instruction , that thou mayest be truly wise . Faithful are the wounds ...
Página 53
They tell thee that thou art wise ; but what does wisdom avail with poverty ? None
will flatter the poor ; and the wise have very little power of flattering themselves .
That man is surely the most wretched of the sons of wretchedness , who lives ...
They tell thee that thou art wise ; but what does wisdom avail with poverty ? None
will flatter the poor ; and the wise have very little power of flattering themselves .
That man is surely the most wretched of the sons of wretchedness , who lives ...
Página 236
Convinc'd , in nature's volume wise , The imag'd truth I read ; And sudden from
my waking eyes The instructive vision fled . 15. Then why thus heavy , O my soul !
Say wiy , distrustfui still , Thy thoughts with vain impatience roll O'ex scenes of ...
Convinc'd , in nature's volume wise , The imag'd truth I read ; And sudden from
my waking eyes The instructive vision fled . 15. Then why thus heavy , O my soul !
Say wiy , distrustfui still , Thy thoughts with vain impatience roll O'ex scenes of ...
Página 273
Can grave and formal pass for wise , When men the solemn owl despise ? My
tongue within my lips I rein ; , For who talks much must talk in vain . We from the
wordy torrent fly : Who listens to the chattring pye ? Nor would I , with felonious
flight ...
Can grave and formal pass for wise , When men the solemn owl despise ? My
tongue within my lips I rein ; , For who talks much must talk in vain . We from the
wordy torrent fly : Who listens to the chattring pye ? Nor would I , with felonious
flight ...
Comentarios de la gente - Escribir un comentario
No encontramos ningún comentario en los lugares habituales.
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
able action affections appear attention bear beauty blessing body cause character comforts common consider course danger dark death desire earth enjoy equal evil fall father fear feel fortune give ground hand happiness heart heaven honour hope hour human kind king labour light live look Lord mankind manner means mind nature never objects observe once pain pass passions peace perfection person pleasing pleasure possession praise present pride proper raise reason reflection religion render rest rich rise scene seems sense shining short soul sound spirit spring stand suffer temper thee things thou thought tion true truth turn vice virtue voice whole wisdom wise wish young youth
Pasajes populares
Página 293 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent: Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Página 281 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Página 266 - Through hidden dangers, toils, and deaths, it gently clear'd my way, And through the pleasing snares of vice, more to be fear'd than they.
Página 112 - 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 102 - As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.
Página 266 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God! My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.
Página 244 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Página 132 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Página 293 - All Nature is but art, unknown to thee All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good: And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.
Página 281 - Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Murray's English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ... With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good Reading; Improved by the Addition of a Concordant and Synonymising Vocabulary ... Divided, Defined, and Pronounced According to the Principles ... |
| Autores | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich |
| Compilado por | Jeremiah Goodrich |
| Editor | Samuel Newton, 1825 |
| Procedencia del original | Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York |
| Digitalizado | 21 Sep. 2006 |
| Largo | 302 páginas |
| Exportar cita | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |