The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ...Lincoln and Edmands, 1815 - 264 páginas |
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Página 64
... heaven , as the brightness of the firmament , forever and ever . SECTION X. BLAIR . The Mortifications of Vice greater than thoje of Virtue . THOUGH NO condition of human life is free from un- eafinefs , yet it must be allowed , that ...
... heaven , as the brightness of the firmament , forever and ever . SECTION X. BLAIR . The Mortifications of Vice greater than thoje of Virtue . THOUGH NO condition of human life is free from un- eafinefs , yet it must be allowed , that ...
Página 73
... heaven . In proportion as they faded away and went out , feveral ftars and planets appeared one after another , till the whole firmament was in a glow . The bluenefs of the ether was exceedingly heightened and enlivened , by the feafon ...
... heaven . In proportion as they faded away and went out , feveral ftars and planets appeared one after another , till the whole firmament was in a glow . The bluenefs of the ether was exceedingly heightened and enlivened , by the feafon ...
Página 77
... heaven and earth , if this be beyond me , it is not poffible . What confequence then follows ; or can there be any other than this ? If I feek an intereft of my own , detached from that of others , I seek an interest which is chimerical ...
... heaven and earth , if this be beyond me , it is not poffible . What confequence then follows ; or can there be any other than this ? If I feek an intereft of my own , detached from that of others , I seek an interest which is chimerical ...
Página 79
... Heaven . For fuch vifitations of trial , many good and wife reafons can be affigned , which the prefent fubject leads me not to difcufs . But though thofe unavoidable calamities make a part , yet they make not the chief part , of the ...
... Heaven . For fuch vifitations of trial , many good and wife reafons can be affigned , which the prefent fubject leads me not to difcufs . But though thofe unavoidable calamities make a part , yet they make not the chief part , of the ...
Página 82
... Heaven has conferred on the fons of men . But I fhould be glad to know , what the real value of this boafted exemption from care , which they promise their dif- ciples , justly amounts to ? an exemption flattering to self- love , I ...
... Heaven has conferred on the fons of men . But I fhould be glad to know , what the real value of this boafted exemption from care , which they promise their dif- ciples , justly amounts to ? an exemption flattering to self- love , I ...
Términos y frases comunes
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
Pasajes populares
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...