The English Reader; Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best Writers. Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect; to Improve Their Language and Sentiments; and to Inculcate Some of the Most Improtant Principles of Piety and Virtue. With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingJ. Griffin, 1823 - 252 strán (strany) |
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... ; but to slumber upon it is death . If we would judge whether a man is really happy , it is not solely to his houses and lands , to his equipage and his retinue we are to look . Unless we could see 28 Part 1 . The English Reader .
... ; but to slumber upon it is death . If we would judge whether a man is really happy , it is not solely to his houses and lands , to his equipage and his retinue we are to look . Unless we could see 28 Part 1 . The English Reader .
Strana 29
... look . Unless we could see farther , and ' discern what joy , or what bitterness , his heart feels , we can pronounce little concerning him , The book is well written ; and I have perused it with pleasure and profit . It shows , first ...
... look . Unless we could see farther , and ' discern what joy , or what bitterness , his heart feels , we can pronounce little concerning him , The book is well written ; and I have perused it with pleasure and profit . It shows , first ...
Strana 30
... look for in this vain and uncertain world ? How little can the greatest prosperity add to such a state ? Will any future situation ever make us happy , if now , with so few causes of grief , we imagine ourselves miserable ? The evil ...
... look for in this vain and uncertain world ? How little can the greatest prosperity add to such a state ? Will any future situation ever make us happy , if now , with so few causes of grief , we imagine ourselves miserable ? The evil ...
Strana 33
... look with a more impartial eye on the world , they would see themselves surrounded with sufferers ; and find that they are only drinking out of that mixed cup , which Providence has prepared for all.- " I will restore thy daughter again ...
... look with a more impartial eye on the world , they would see themselves surrounded with sufferers ; and find that they are only drinking out of that mixed cup , which Providence has prepared for all.- " I will restore thy daughter again ...
Strana 35
... look impartially But let us about us , we shall find that every day has likewise its plea- sures and its joys . We should cherish sentiments of charity towards all men . The author of all good nourishes much piety and virtue in hearts ...
... look impartially But let us about us , we shall find that every day has likewise its plea- sures and its joys . We should cherish sentiments of charity towards all men . The author of all good nourishes much piety and virtue in hearts ...
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Strana 246 - The work of an Almighty hand. Soon as the ev'ning shades prevail, The moon takes up the wond'rous tale, And, nightly, to the list'ning earth, Repeats the story of her birth: Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, •And spread the truth from pole to pole. Confirm the
Strana 201 - Horrible discord; and the madding wheels Of brazen fury rag'd. Battle. -Arms on armour clashing bray'd Sound imitating reluctance. for who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd; left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind ? SECTION VI. PARAGRAPHS
Strana 37 - Faithful are the wounds of a friend ; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. Open rebuke is better than secret love. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? There is more hope of a fool than of him. He that is slow to anger, is
Strana 145 - Solomon, my son, know thou the God of thy fathers ; and serve him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind. For the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Strana 139 - that God should raise the dead? 1 verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth : and this I did in Jerusalem. Many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests: and when they were put to death,
Strana 209 - men were none, That heav'n would want spectators, God want praise ; Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleeps .All these with ceaseless praise his works behold,! Both day and night. How often, from the steep - Of echoing
Strana 252 - Wait the great teacher Death ; and God adore. What future bliss he gives not thee to know, But gives that hope to be thy blessing now. Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never is, but always to be blest. The soul, uneasy, and
Strana 140 - I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds."* acts xxvi. SECTION IV. Lord Mansfield's speech in the House of Peers, 1770, on the bill for preventing the delays of justice, by claiming the Privilege of Parliament.
Strana xx - Glows' in the stars", and blossoms in the trees ; "Lives', through all life"; extends'through all extent, " Spreads' undivided ', operates' unspent.' Before the conclusion of this introduction, the Compiler takes the liberty to, recommend to teachers, to exercise their pupils in discovering and explaining the emphatic
Strana 198 - not on his humble birtb, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send : He gave to mis'ry all he had—a tear; He gain'd from Heaven ('twas all he wish'd) a