The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ...Seward and Williams, 1816 - 254 Seiten |
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... pass more slightly over the rest . Now , after we have learned the proper seats of these accents , it is an impor- tant ruie , to give every word just the same accent as in common discourse . Many persons err in this respect . When they ...
... pass more slightly over the rest . Now , after we have learned the proper seats of these accents , it is an impor- tant ruie , to give every word just the same accent as in common discourse . Many persons err in this respect . When they ...
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... pass the last hours with comfort , to lay up such a treasure of pleasing ideas , as shall support the expenses of that time , which is to depend- wholly upon the fund already acquired . SECTION V. WHAT avails the show of an external ...
... pass the last hours with comfort , to lay up such a treasure of pleasing ideas , as shall support the expenses of that time , which is to depend- wholly upon the fund already acquired . SECTION V. WHAT avails the show of an external ...
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... 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 Jehoahaz " and from what is left on record of his ...
... 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 Jehoahaz " and from what is left on record of his ...
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... them with scruple and hesitation ; we enter them , but enter timorous and trembling ; and always hope to pass through them without losing the road of virtue , which , for a while , we keep in our sight , 32 PART I. THE ENGLISH READER .
... them with scruple and hesitation ; we enter them , but enter timorous and trembling ; and always hope to pass through them without losing the road of virtue , which , for a while , we keep in our sight , 32 PART I. THE ENGLISH READER .
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... pass away in the midst of confusion , bitter repentance seeks afterwards in vain to recall . What was omitted to be done at its proper moment , arises to be the torment of Some future season . Manhood is disgraced by the conse- quences ...
... pass away in the midst of confusion , bitter repentance seeks afterwards in vain to recall . What was omitted to be done at its proper moment , arises to be the torment of Some future season . Manhood is disgraced by the conse- quences ...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ... Lindley Murray Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2019 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
amidst Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention balance of happiness beauty behold BLAIR blessing Caius Verres character comforts cusations death degree desire distress dread earth emotions emphasis enemies enjoy enjoyment envy eternity ev'ry evil fall father feel folly fortune gentle give happiness Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human inflection innocence Jugurtha king labours live look Lord mankind manner means ment Micipsa mind misery mountain multitude nature ness never Numidia objects ourselves pain Pamphylia passions pause peace perfection persons phasis phatic pleasing pleasures portunities possession present proper Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rise Roman senate scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shining Sicily Sir John Gage sorrow soul sound spirit spirited command suffer superior temper thee things thou thought tion tones truth vanity vice virtue voice wisdom wise wish words youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 198 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Seite 205 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Seite 4 - A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger.
Seite 164 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Seite 204 - 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.
Seite 198 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair : thyself how wondrous then, Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Seite 193 - Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place. I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own.
Seite 188 - With blooming gold and blushes like the morn. Each passing hour sheds tribute from her wings ; And still new beauties meet his lonely walk, And loves unfelt attract him. Not a breeze Flies o'er the meadow, not a cloud imbibes The setting sun's effulgence, not a strain From all the tenants of the warbling shade Ascends, but whence his bosom can partake Fresh pleasure unreprov'd. Nor thence partakes Fresh pleasure only : for the attentive mind, By this harmonious action on her powers Becomes herself...
Seite 170 - A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring : There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again.
Seite 170 - Fir'd at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts, While from the bounded level of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind; But more advanc'd, behold with strange surprise, New distant scenes of endless science rise!