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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Page 200
... spring time of our years Is soon dishonour'd and defil'd in most , By budding ills that ask a prudent hand To check them . But alas ! none sooner shoots If unrestrained , into luxuriant growth , Than cruelty , most dev'lish of them all ...
... spring time of our years Is soon dishonour'd and defil'd in most , By budding ills that ask a prudent hand To check them . But alas ! none sooner shoots If unrestrained , into luxuriant growth , Than cruelty , most dev'lish of them all ...
Page 214
... spring , When heav'n descends in show'rs ; or bends the boug ! When summer reddens , and when autumn beams ; Or in the wint'ry glebe whatever lies Conceal'd , and fattens with the richest sap ; These are not wanting ; nor the milky ...
... spring , When heav'n descends in show'rs ; or bends the boug ! When summer reddens , and when autumn beams ; Or in the wint'ry glebe whatever lies Conceal'd , and fattens with the richest sap ; These are not wanting ; nor the milky ...
Page 243
... spring ! Now heav'n repairs thy rural seat , And woods thy welcome sing . 2. Soon as the daisy decks the green , Thy certain voice we hear : Hast thou a star to guide thy path , Or mark the rolling year ? 3. Delightful visitant ! with ...
... spring ! Now heav'n repairs thy rural seat , And woods thy welcome sing . 2. Soon as the daisy decks the green , Thy certain voice we hear : Hast thou a star to guide thy path , Or mark the rolling year ? 3. Delightful visitant ! with ...
Contents
Character of Alfred king of England | 89 |
On the slavery of vice 91 | 92 |
Gentleness | 93 |
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