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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... fear , and ravage and expira- tion . All the horrors of darkness and solitude surrounded him : the wind roared in the woods ; and the torrents tum- bled from the hills . 11. Thus forlorn and distressed , he wandered through the wild ...
... fear , and ravage and expira- tion . All the horrors of darkness and solitude surrounded him : the wind roared in the woods ; and the torrents tum- bled from the hills . 11. Thus forlorn and distressed , he wandered through the wild ...
Page 168
... fears damp their joys . The blessing of God rests upon all that they possess ; his protection surrounds them ; and hence " in the habitations of the righteous , is found the voice of rejoicing and salvation . " 7. A lustre unknown to ...
... fears damp their joys . The blessing of God rests upon all that they possess ; his protection surrounds them ; and hence " in the habitations of the righteous , is found the voice of rejoicing and salvation . " 7. A lustre unknown to ...
Page 248
... fear in ev'ry heart , When waves on waves , and gulfs in gulfs , O'ercame the pilot's art . 6. Yet then , from all ... fears , and deaths , Thy goodness I'll adore ; And praise thee for thy mercies past , And humbly hope for more . 10 ...
... fear in ev'ry heart , When waves on waves , and gulfs in gulfs , O'ercame the pilot's art . 6. Yet then , from all ... fears , and deaths , Thy goodness I'll adore ; And praise thee for thy mercies past , And humbly hope for more . 10 ...
Contents
Character of Alfred king of England | 89 |
On the slavery of vice 91 | 92 |
Gentleness | 93 |
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