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 59
... peace . Prudence directs his intercourse with the world ; but no black fufpicions haunt his hours of reft . Accustomed to view the characters of his neigh- bours in the most favourable light , he is like one who dwells amidst those ...
... peace . Prudence directs his intercourse with the world ; but no black fufpicions haunt his hours of reft . Accustomed to view the characters of his neigh- bours in the most favourable light , he is like one who dwells amidst those ...
Página 68
... peace which is often unknown at courts . The grati- fications of nature , which are always the most fatisfactory , are poffeffed by him to their full extent ; and if he be a ftranger to the refined pleasures of the wealthy . he is unac ...
... peace which is often unknown at courts . The grati- fications of nature , which are always the most fatisfactory , are poffeffed by him to their full extent ; and if he be a ftranger to the refined pleasures of the wealthy . he is unac ...
Página 71
... peace which it will certainly bring ? If others have behaved improperly , let us leave them to their own folly , without becoming the victim of their caprice , and punishing ourselves on their account . Patience , in this exercise of it ...
... peace which it will certainly bring ? If others have behaved improperly , let us leave them to their own folly , without becoming the victim of their caprice , and punishing ourselves on their account . Patience , in this exercise of it ...
Página 72
... peace and order of our minds , and foment many hurtful paffions . Here , then , let moderation begin its reign ; by bringing within reasonable bounds the wishes that we form . As foon as they become extravagant , let us check them , by ...
... peace and order of our minds , and foment many hurtful paffions . Here , then , let moderation begin its reign ; by bringing within reasonable bounds the wishes that we form . As foon as they become extravagant , let us check them , by ...
Página 81
... peaceful city with maffacres and blood ? Are these miferies any other than the bitter fruit of men's violent and diforderly ... peace . In those scenes of mischief and violence , which fill the world , let man be- hold , with fhame , the ...
... peaceful city with maffacres and blood ? Are these miferies any other than the bitter fruit of men's violent and diforderly ... peace . In those scenes of mischief and violence , which fill the world , let man be- hold , with fhame , the ...
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...