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 ...Samuel Mills, 1817 - 288페이지 |
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... earth so stable , as to assure us of un- disturbed rest ; nor so powerful , as to afford us coustant protection . The house of feasting too often becomes an avonne to the house of mourning . Short , to the licentious THE ENGLISH READER .
... earth so stable , as to assure us of un- disturbed rest ; nor so powerful , as to afford us coustant protection . The house of feasting too often becomes an avonne to the house of mourning . Short , to the licentious THE ENGLISH READER .
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... as been truly said , that the greatest man on earth can no sooner com- mit an injury , than a good man can make himself great , by forgiving it . BLAIR . SECTION IV . MOTIVES TO THE PRACTICE OF GENTLENESS . 66 THE ENGLISH READER .
... as been truly said , that the greatest man on earth can no sooner com- mit an injury , than a good man can make himself great , by forgiving it . BLAIR . SECTION IV . MOTIVES TO THE PRACTICE OF GENTLENESS . 66 THE ENGLISH READER .
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... to consider the very different situation of the rest of man- kind ; and not endeavor to deprive them of what habit , at But their continuance on earth , they highly prize it THE ENGLISH READER . 69 Comforts of religion.
... to consider the very different situation of the rest of man- kind ; and not endeavor to deprive them of what habit , at But their continuance on earth , they highly prize it THE ENGLISH READER . 69 Comforts of religion.
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... earth , they highly prize it and with the greatest anxiety seek to lengthen it out . But when they view it in separate parcels , they appear to hold it in con- tempt and squander it with inconsiderate profusion . While they complain ...
... earth , they highly prize it and with the greatest anxiety seek to lengthen it out . But when they view it in separate parcels , they appear to hold it in con- tempt and squander it with inconsiderate profusion . While they complain ...
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... earth , " then lived Noah , a righteous man , and a preacher of righteousness.- He stood alone , and was scoffed by the profane crew . they by the deluge were swept away ; while on him Provi- dence conferred the immortal honor , of ...
... earth , " then lived Noah , a righteous man , and a preacher of righteousness.- He stood alone , and was scoffed by the profane crew . they by the deluge were swept away ; while on him Provi- dence conferred the immortal honor , of ...
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affected Altamont ancholy Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention Bayle beauty behold BLAIR blessing Caius Verres Catana character comforts dark death delight DEMOCRITUS Dioclesian distress divine dread EARL OF STRAFFORD earth enjoyment ev'ry evil father fear feel folly fortune friendship gentle give ground happiness hast Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honor hope human innocence Jugurtha king king Agrippa labors live look mankind Micipsa mind misery Mount Etna nature never noble lord Numidia o'er ourselves pain Pamphylia passions pause peace persons philosopher pity pleasure possess pow'r praise present pride prince proper Pythias reading reason religion render rest riches rise Roman ROMAN SENATE scene SECTION shade shine Sicily smile sorrow soul sound spirit suffer tears temper tempest thee things thou art thought tion truth vanity vice virtue virtuous voice whole wisdom wise words youth
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246 페이지 - Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ; Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
248 페이지 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys ; Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
187 페이지 - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
119 페이지 - Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me.
223 페이지 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polish'd manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path ; But he that has humanity, forewarn'd, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live.
251 페이지 - With friendship, peace, and contemplation join'd, How many, rack'd with honest passions, droop In deep retir'd distress. How many stand Around the death-bed of their dearest friends, And point the parting anguish. Thought fond man Of these, and all the thousand nameless ills, That one incessant struggle render life, One scene of toil, of suffering, and of fate...
84 페이지 - Were the soul separate from the body, and with one glance of thought should start beyond the bounds of the creation, should it for millions of years continue its progress through infinite space with the same activity, it would still find itself within the embrace of its Creator, and encompassed round with the immensity of the Godhead. Whilst we are in the body he is not less present with us because he is concealed from us. " O that I knew where I might find him!
96 페이지 - The soul, considered with its Creator, is like one of those mathematical lines that may draw nearer to another for all eternity without a possibility of touching it*: and can there be a thought so transporting, as to consider ourselves in these perpetual approaches to him, who is not only the standard of perfection but of happiness ! L.
xxii 페이지 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you, nor fields of offerings; for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
236 페이지 - Soft peace she brings wherever she arrives; She builds our quiet as she forms our lives; Lays the rough paths of peevish nature even, And opens in each heart a little heaven.