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... dark , Illumine ; what is low , raise and support . " the sense clearly dictates the pause after illumine , at the end of the third syllable , which , in reading , ought to be made ac- cordingly ; though , if the melody only were to be ...
... dark , Illumine ; what is low , raise and support . " the sense clearly dictates the pause after illumine , at the end of the third syllable , which , in reading , ought to be made ac- cordingly ; though , if the melody only were to be ...
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... dark and sluggish water , which is curled by no breeze , and enlivened by no murmur , till it falls into a dead sea , where startled passengers are awakened by the shock , and the next moment buried in the gulf of Oblivion . Of all the ...
... dark and sluggish water , which is curled by no breeze , and enlivened by no murmur , till it falls into a dead sea , where startled passengers are awakened by the shock , and the next moment buried in the gulf of Oblivion . Of all the ...
Page 39
... darkness and solitude surrounded him : the winds roared in the woods ; and the torrents tumbled from the hills . Thus forlorn and distressed , he wandered through the wild , without knowing whither he was going , or whether he was every ...
... darkness and solitude surrounded him : the winds roared in the woods ; and the torrents tumbled from the hills . Thus forlorn and distressed , he wandered through the wild , without knowing whither he was going , or whether he was every ...
Page 40
... darkness of old age begins to invade us , and disease and anxiety obstruct our way . We then look back upon our lives with horror , with sorrow , with repentance : and wish , but too often vain- ly wish , that we had not forsaken the ...
... darkness of old age begins to invade us , and disease and anxiety obstruct our way . We then look back upon our lives with horror , with sorrow , with repentance : and wish , but too often vain- ly wish , that we had not forsaken the ...
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... dark and dreary waste , through which there does not issue a single ray of comfort . Every delusive prospect of am- bition is now at an end ; long experience of mankind , an experience very different from what the open and generous soul ...
... dark and dreary waste , through which there does not issue a single ray of comfort . Every delusive prospect of am- bition is now at an end ; long experience of mankind , an experience very different from what the open and generous soul ...
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affections Antiparos appeared Archbishop of Cambray attention balance of happiness beautiful beautiful plains behold blessing Caius Verres character comfort consider dark death DEMOCRITUS desire DIONYSIUS distress Divine dread earth enjoy enjoyment envy eternity ev'ry evil father folly fortune friendship gentle give Greek language ground happiness Hazael heart heaven HERACLITUS honour hope human infinite innocence Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord Lord Guilford Dudley mankind ment Micipsa midst mind misery mount Etna nature never noble Numidia o'er objects Ortogrul ourselves pain Paros pass passions peace perfection persons philosopher pleasure possession pow'r present pride prince proper Pythias racter reason religion render rest rich rise rusals scene sense sentiments shade shining Sicily smile sorrow soul spirit suffer temper thee things thou thought tion truth vanity vice violence virtue voice whole wisdom wise wish youth
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Page 277 - 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, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 263 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
Page 195 - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Page 228 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray 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...
Page 294 - What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year? Delightful visitant ! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet, From birds among the bowers.
Page 228 - Consort, the hour Of night, and all things now retired to rest, Mind us of like repose; since God hath set Labour and rest, as day and night, to men Successive; and the timely dew of sleep, Now falling with soft slumbrous weight, inclines Our eyelids...
Page 284 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored 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...
Page xvii - THE beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon : lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Page 240 - Ye noble few ! who here unbending stand Beneath life's pressure, yet bear up awhile, And what your bounded view, which only saw A little part, deem'd evil, is no more : The storms of wint'ry time will quickly pass, And one unbounded spring encircle all — THOMSON, SECTION VIII.
Page 223 - Had cheered the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when eventide was ended, Began to feel, as well he might, The keen demands of appetite ; When, looking eagerly around, He spied far off, upon the ground, A something shining in the dark, And knew the glow-worm by his spark So, stooping down from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his crop. The worm aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent — Did you admire my lamp...