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 Important Principles of Piety and Virtue : with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good Reading |
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... appears to be : and what flatters most , is always farthest from reality . There are voices which sing around them ; but whose strains allure to ruin . There is a banquet spread , where poison is in every dish . There is a couch which ...
... appears to be : and what flatters most , is always farthest from reality . There are voices which sing around them ; but whose strains allure to ruin . There is a banquet spread , where poison is in every dish . There is a couch which ...
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... appears ( to use the simile of Longinus ) like the sun in his evening declina- tion : he remits his splendour , but ... appear every where around us ! What a profusion of beauty and ornament is poured forth on the face of nature ! What ...
... appears ( to use the simile of Longinus ) like the sun in his evening declina- tion : he remits his splendour , but ... appear every where around us ! What a profusion of beauty and ornament is poured forth on the face of nature ! What ...
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... appear under the form of venial weaknesses ; and are indulged , in the beginning , with scrupulous- ness and reserve . But , by longer practice , these restraints weak- en , and the power of habit grows . One vice brings in another to ...
... appear under the form of venial weaknesses ; and are indulged , in the beginning , with scrupulous- ness and reserve . But , by longer practice , these restraints weak- en , and the power of habit grows . One vice brings in another to ...
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... appears to have been one of the princes , or chief men of the Syrian court . 2. Charged with rich gifts from the king , he presents himself before the prophet ; and accosts him in terms of the highest respect . During the conference ...
... appears to have been one of the princes , or chief men of the Syrian court . 2. Charged with rich gifts from the king , he presents himself before the prophet ; and accosts him in terms of the highest respect . During the conference ...
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... appears to have proved , what the prophet foresaw him to be , a man of violence , cruelty , and blood . 5. In this ... appear- ance of disrespect from Mordecai , Haman “ was full of wrath : but he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai ...
... appears to have proved , what the prophet foresaw him to be , a man of violence , cruelty , and blood . 5. In this ... appear- ance of disrespect from Mordecai , Haman “ was full of wrath : but he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai ...
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Page 163 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more...
Page 189 - Lives on the labours of this lord of all. Know Nature's children all divide her care ; The fur that warms a monarch warm'da bear. While man exclaims,
Page 82 - 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.
Page 183 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, •And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 183 - 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 179 - Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our Great Maker still new praise. Ye Mists and Exhalations that now rise From hill or steaming lake, dusky or gray, Till the sun paint your fleecy skirts with gold, In honour to the world's Great Author rise...
Page 179 - Whether to deck with clouds the uncoloured sky, Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers, Rising or falling still advance his praise. His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud; and wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Page 179 - Air, and ye elements, the eldest birth Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our great Maker still new praise.
Page 157 - While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind : But more...
Page 175 - How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light When I think of my own native land In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.