The English Reader |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 37
Page 12
... course raise expectation , if the importance of the matter be not fully answerable ✩ such expectation , they occasion disappointment and disgust . But the most frequent and the principal use of pauses , is to mark the divis lous of the ...
... course raise expectation , if the importance of the matter be not fully answerable ✩ such expectation , they occasion disappointment and disgust . But the most frequent and the principal use of pauses , is to mark the divis lous of the ...
Page 33
... course of time , all that had been predicted , came to pass . Hazael ascended the throne , and ambition took possession of his heart . " He smote the children of Israel in all their coasts . He oppressed them during all the days of king ...
... course of time , all that had been predicted , came to pass . Hazael ascended the throne , and ambition took possession of his heart . " He smote the children of Israel in all their coasts . He oppressed them during all the days of king ...
Page 44
... course of a gentle river that rolled among the trees , and watered a large region with innumerable circumvolutions . 8 In these amusements , the hours passed away unaccount- ed ; his deviations had perplexed his memory , and he knew not ...
... course of a gentle river that rolled among the trees , and watered a large region with innumerable circumvolutions . 8 In these amusements , the hours passed away unaccount- ed ; his deviations had perplexed his memory , and he knew not ...
Page 50
... course cannot be fore- seen ; and he seldom fails of suffering most from their poi- sonous effect , who first allows them to flow . SECTION V. BLAIR A suspicious temper the source of misery to its possessor . AS S a suspicious spirit ...
... course cannot be fore- seen ; and he seldom fails of suffering most from their poi- sonous effect , who first allows them to flow . SECTION V. BLAIR A suspicious temper the source of misery to its possessor . AS S a suspicious spirit ...
Page 56
... course , is far greater than what attends a course of well - doing . If we are weary of the labours of virtue , we may be assured , that the world , whenever we try the exchange , will lay upon us a much heavier load . 2 It is the ...
... course , is far greater than what attends a course of well - doing . If we are weary of the labours of virtue , we may be assured , that the world , whenever we try the exchange , will lay upon us a much heavier load . 2 It is the ...
Other editions - View all
The English Reader: Or Pieces in Prose and Verse, From the Best Writers ... Lindley Murray No preview available - 2017 |
The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ... Lindley Murray No preview available - 2016 |
Common terms and phrases
affections Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention beauty behold BLAIR blessing breath Caius Verres comfort death degree Democritus Dioclesian distress divine dread earth emotions emphasis enjoyment envy eternity ev'ry evil fall father feel folly fortune friendship give grave accent ground happiness hast Hazael heart heav'n honour hope human imitative powers inflection innocence Jugurtha kind king labour live look Lord mankind manner Micipsa midst mind misery Mount Etna nature ness never Numidia o'er observe ourselves pain passions pause peace perfect persons pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride pronunciation proper Pythias reader reading reason religion rest rich riety rising Roman Senate scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shade shining Sicily smiles sorrow soul sound spirit spirited command temper tempest thee things thou thought tion tones truth virtue voice wisdom wise words young youth
Popular passages
Page 91 - And now behold I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befal me there, save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying, that bonds and afflictions abide me.