English Reader, Or Pieces in Prose and PoetrySaco, Putnam & Blake, 1827 - 263 sivua |
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Sivu v
... present work , as the title expresses , aims at the attainment of three objects : To improve youth in the art of reading ; to meliorate their language and sentiments ; and to inculcate some of the most im- portant principles of piety ...
... present work , as the title expresses , aims at the attainment of three objects : To improve youth in the art of reading ; to meliorate their language and sentiments ; and to inculcate some of the most im- portant principles of piety ...
Sivu xxi
... present ' , nor things to come ' ; nor height ' , nor depth ' ; nor any other creature ' , shall be able to separate us from the love of God . " " The reader who would wish to see a minute and ingenious inves- tigation of the nature of ...
... present ' , nor things to come ' ; nor height ' , nor depth ' ; nor any other creature ' , shall be able to separate us from the love of God . " " The reader who would wish to see a minute and ingenious inves- tigation of the nature of ...
Sivu 33
... present employment of time should frequently be an object of thought . About what are we now busied ? What is the ultimate scope of our present pursuits and cares ? Can we justify them to ourselves ? Are they likely to produce any thing ...
... present employment of time should frequently be an object of thought . About what are we now busied ? What is the ultimate scope of our present pursuits and cares ? Can we justify them to ourselves ? Are they likely to produce any thing ...
Sivu 42
... present world ? It is not owing to our cloudy atmosphere , our changing sea- sons , and inclement " skies . It is not owing to the debility of our bodies , or to the unequal distribution of the goods of fortune . Amidst all ...
... present world ? It is not owing to our cloudy atmosphere , our changing sea- sons , and inclement " skies . It is not owing to the debility of our bodies , or to the unequal distribution of the goods of fortune . Amidst all ...
Sivu 46
... presents himself before the prophet ; and accosts him in terms of the highest respect . During the conference which they held together , Elisha fixed his eyes steadfastly on the counte nance of Hazael ; and discerning , by a prophetick ...
... presents himself before the prophet ; and accosts him in terms of the highest respect . During the conference which they held together , Elisha fixed his eyes steadfastly on the counte nance of Hazael ; and discerning , by a prophetick ...
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Abdalonymus affections Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention Bayle beauty behold BLAIR blessing cæsura Caius Verres character choly comforts daugh death Democritus Dioclesian distress divine dread earth enjoyment eternity ev'ry evil father fear feel folly fortune gentle give ground happiness hast Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human inflection Jugurtha kind king king of Numidia labour live look Lord mankind Masinissa means melan ment Micipsa midst mind misery nature ness never niscienced noble o'er ourselves pain passions pause peace person philosopher pleasure possession pow'r praise pride prince proper publick Pythias religion render rest riches rise Roman Roman Senate scene SECTION sense shade shining Sicily smile sorrow soul sound spirit suffer superiour temper tempest thee things thou thought tion truth vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth
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Sivu 269 - Angels: for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night Circle his throne rejoicing; ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. 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.
Sivu 251 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Sivu 102 - As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.
Sivu 265 - 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.
Sivu 211 - 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.
Sivu 293 - Cease then, nor order imperfection name: Our proper bliss depends on what we blame. Know thy own point: this kind, this due degree Of blindness, weakness, Heaven bestows on thee. Submit, in this, or any other sphere, Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear : Safe in the hand of one Disposing Power, Or in the natal, or the mortal hour.
Sivu ii - In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned ;" and also to an act, entitled, " An Act supplementary to an act, entitled,' An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned...
Sivu 280 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Sivu 289 - 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.
Sivu 281 - 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...