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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... human species . " " He who resigns the world , has no temptation to envy ' , hatred lice ' , anger ' ; but is in constant possession of a serene mind : he follows the pleasures of it , which are in their very nature disapp ing , is in ...
... human species . " " He who resigns the world , has no temptation to envy ' , hatred lice ' , anger ' ; but is in constant possession of a serene mind : he follows the pleasures of it , which are in their very nature disapp ing , is in ...
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... human misery , convey satisfaction to the ho They who have nothing to give , can often afford re others , by imparting what they feel . Our ignorance of what is to come , and of what is good or evil , should correct anxiety about ...
... human misery , convey satisfaction to the ho They who have nothing to give , can often afford re others , by imparting what they feel . Our ignorance of what is to come , and of what is good or evil , should correct anxiety about ...
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... human nature . pri's , and vanity , have frequently as much influ- rupting the sentiments of the great , as ignorance , I prejudice , have in misleading the opinions of the s the present state is , reason and religion pronounce , lly ...
... human nature . pri's , and vanity , have frequently as much influ- rupting the sentiments of the great , as ignorance , I prejudice , have in misleading the opinions of the s the present state is , reason and religion pronounce , lly ...
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... humanity of the boys , made this striking vation : " Children you do not consider , that though th be sport to you , it is death to us . " Sully , the great statesman of France , always retained table , in his most prosperous days , the ...
... humanity of the boys , made this striking vation : " Children you do not consider , that though th be sport to you , it is death to us . " Sully , the great statesman of France , always retained table , in his most prosperous days , the ...
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... human nature , is a matter es our highest attention . For when any one of hes either too weak or too strong , it endangers both nd our happiness . res and passions of a vicious man , having once ob- limited sway , trample him under ...
... human nature , is a matter es our highest attention . For when any one of hes either too weak or too strong , it endangers both nd our happiness . res and passions of a vicious man , having once ob- limited sway , trample him under ...
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Page 225 - 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 202 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Page 178 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Page 238 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This, teach me more than Hell to shun, That, more than Heaven pursue.
Page 219 - Ah! little think the gay licentious proud, "Whom pleasure, power, and affluence surround ; They who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth And wanton, often cruel, riot waste ;— Ah ! little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain...
Page 189 - Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but .the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleased: now...
Page 118 - I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee, touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews. Especially, because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews; wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
Page 185 - He spied far off upon the ground, A something shining in the dark, And knew the glow-worm by his spark. So, stooping down from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his intent, Harangued him thus right eloquent :
Page 238 - Let not this weak unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe. If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, O teach my heart To find that better way.
Page 248 - When even at last the solemn hour shall come, And wing my mystic flight to future worlds, I cheerful will obey; there, with new powers, Will rising wonders sing. I cannot go Where universal love not smiles around, Sustaining all yon orbs, and all their suns; From seeming evil still educing good, And better thence again, and better still, In infinite progression.