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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 54
Page 11
... thee , my brother Jonathan , ' said the plaintive surviving David , “ very pleasant hast thou been to me ; thy love to me was wonder- ful ; passing the love of women . " Sir Philip Sidney , at the batile near Zutphen , was wound . ed by ...
... thee , my brother Jonathan , ' said the plaintive surviving David , “ very pleasant hast thou been to me ; thy love to me was wonder- ful ; passing the love of women . " Sir Philip Sidney , at the batile near Zutphen , was wound . ed by ...
Page 13
... thee : but if thou forsake him , he will cast thee off forever . SECTION IX . THAT every day has its pains and sorrows , is universally experienced , and almost universally confessed - But let us not attend only to mournful truths ; if ...
... thee : but if thou forsake him , he will cast thee off forever . SECTION IX . THAT every day has its pains and sorrows , is universally experienced , and almost universally confessed - But let us not attend only to mournful truths ; if ...
Page 25
... thee from thy own reflec- tions ! They tell thee that thou art wise ; but what does wisdom avail with poverty ? None will flatter the poor ; and the wise have very little power of flatter- ing themselves . That man is surely the most ...
... thee from thy own reflec- tions ! They tell thee that thou art wise ; but what does wisdom avail with poverty ? None will flatter the poor ; and the wise have very little power of flatter- ing themselves . That man is surely the most ...
Page 26
... thee like the mountain torrent ; or for a slow and gradual increase , resembling the rill gliding from the well ? " " Let me be quickly rich , " said Ortogrul ; " let the golden stream be quick and violent . " " Look round thee , " said ...
... thee like the mountain torrent ; or for a slow and gradual increase , resembling the rill gliding from the well ? " " Let me be quickly rich , " said Ortogrul ; " let the golden stream be quick and violent . " " Look round thee , " said ...
Page 27
... thee , " said he , " is the Hill of Science . On the top is the temple of Truth , whose head is above the clouds , and a veil of pure light covers her face . Observe the progress of her votaries ; be silent and attentive . " After I had ...
... thee , " said he , " is the Hill of Science . On the top is the temple of Truth , whose head is above the clouds , and a veil of pure light covers her face . Observe the progress of her votaries ; be silent and attentive . " After I had ...
Other editions - View all
The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse from the Best Writers ... Lindley Murray No preview available - 2016 |
The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ... No preview available - 2020 |
Common terms and phrases
amidst Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention beauty behold BLAIR blessings Caius Verres character cheerful comforts dark death Democritus Descartes Dionysius distress divine dread earth emphasis enjoy enjoyment envy eternal ev'ry evil fall father feel folly fortune give Greek language ground happiness hast Hazael heart heav'n Heraclitus honour hope human inflection innocence Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord mankind ment mercy Micipsa mind misery Mount Etna mountain nature nature's never Numidia o'er ourselves pain Pamphylia passions pause peace perfection person pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride prince proper Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rise scene SECTION SECTION VI sense sentence sentiments shade shine Sicily smile sorrow soul sound spirit spring stancy sweet temper tempest tence thee things thou thought tion vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth
Popular passages
Page 181 - 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.