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 ReadingM. Bartgis, 1819 - 252 Seiten |
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... true fortitude may be compared to the castle built on a rock , which defies the attacks of surrounding wa- ters : the man of a feeble and timorous spirit , to a hut placed on the shore , which every wind shakes , and every wave ...
... true fortitude may be compared to the castle built on a rock , which defies the attacks of surrounding wa- ters : the man of a feeble and timorous spirit , to a hut placed on the shore , which every wind shakes , and every wave ...
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... true ; but then thou hast no real love or feeling for thy species . The calamities of mankind excite thy mirth ; and this proves that thou hast no regard for men , nor any true respect for the virtues which they have unhappily abandoned ...
... true ; but then thou hast no real love or feeling for thy species . The calamities of mankind excite thy mirth ; and this proves that thou hast no regard for men , nor any true respect for the virtues which they have unhappily abandoned ...
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... true honour . The statesman , the orator , or the poet , may be famous ; while yet the man himself is far from being honoured . We envy his abilities . We wish to rival them . But we would not choose to be classed with him who possesses ...
... true honour . The statesman , the orator , or the poet , may be famous ; while yet the man himself is far from being honoured . We envy his abilities . We wish to rival them . But we would not choose to be classed with him who possesses ...
Inhalt
Character of Alfred king of England | 89 |
On the slavery of vice 91 | 92 |
Gentleness | 93 |
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Antiparos appear attention Bayle beauty behold BLAIR blessing Caius Verres character comforts cusations dark death delight Democritus Dioclesian Dionysius distress divine dread earth emphasis enjoy enjoyment envy eternal ev'ry evil eyes fall father feel folly fortune Fundanus gentle give Greek language ground Haman hand happiness hast Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human inflection innocence Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord mankind mercy Micipsa midst mind misery Mount Etna nature nature's never Numidia o'er ourselves pain Pamphylia pass passions pause peace person pleasing pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride proper Pythias racter reading reason religion render rest rich rise ROMAN SENATE scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shade shining Sicily smiles sorrow soul sound spirit temper tempest thee things thou thought tion truth vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words young youth