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... hope of forming a good reader , if he cannot completely articulate every elementary sound of the language , SECTION III . Due degree of slowness . In order to express ourselves distinctly , moderation is requisite with regard to the ...
... hope of forming a good reader , if he cannot completely articulate every elementary sound of the language , SECTION III . Due degree of slowness . In order to express ourselves distinctly , moderation is requisite with regard to the ...
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... Hope , the balm of life , sooths us under every misfortune . The first and second pauses are accompa- nied by an inflection of voice , that gives the hearer an ex- pectation of something further to complete the sense ; the inflection ...
... Hope , the balm of life , sooths us under every misfortune . The first and second pauses are accompa- nied by an inflection of voice , that gives the hearer an ex- pectation of something further to complete the sense ; the inflection ...
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... hope of a fool than of him . He that is slow to anger , is better than the mighty ; and he that ruleth his spirit , than he that taketh a city . He that hath pity on the poor , lendeth to the Lord ; that which he hath given , will he ...
... hope of a fool than of him . He that is slow to anger , is better than the mighty ; and he that ruleth his spirit , than he that taketh a city . He that hath pity on the poor , lendeth to the Lord ; that which he hath given , will he ...
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... hope that better days may yet arise . How many young persons have at first set out in the world with excellent dispositions of heart ; generous , charitable and humane ; kind to their friends , and amiable among all with whom they had ...
... hope that better days may yet arise . How many young persons have at first set out in the world with excellent dispositions of heart ; generous , charitable and humane ; kind to their friends , and amiable among all with whom they had ...
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... hope or imagine , which the master of this palace has not obtained ? The dishes of luxury cover his table ; the voice of harmony lulls him in his bowers ; he breathes the fragrance of the groves of Java , and sleeps upon the down of the ...
... hope or imagine , which the master of this palace has not obtained ? The dishes of luxury cover his table ; the voice of harmony lulls him in his bowers ; he breathes the fragrance of the groves of Java , and sleeps upon the down of the ...
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Page 198 - 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.
Page 205 - 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 4 - A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger.
Page 164 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Page 204 - 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 198 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair : thyself how wondrous then, Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 193 - Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place. I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own.
Page 188 - With blooming gold and blushes like the morn. Each passing hour sheds tribute from her wings ; And still new beauties meet his lonely walk, And loves unfelt attract him. Not a breeze Flies o'er the meadow, not a cloud imbibes The setting sun's effulgence, not a strain From all the tenants of the warbling shade Ascends, but whence his bosom can partake Fresh pleasure unreprov'd. Nor thence partakes Fresh pleasure only : for the attentive mind, By this harmonious action on her powers Becomes herself...
Page 170 - A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring : There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again.
Page 170 - Fir'd at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts, While from the bounded level of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind; But more advanc'd, behold with strange surprise, New distant scenes of endless science rise!