The Speaker, Or, Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers and Disposed Under Proper Heads: With a View to Facilitate the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking : to which are Prefixed Two Essays, I. On Elocution, II. On Reading Works of TasteF.C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - 346 pages |
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Page 41
... , creative love Still bade eternal Eden smile around . Heavy with instant fate her bosom heav'd Unwonted sighs ; and stealing oft a look Tow'rds the big gloom , on Celadon her eye Fell CHAP . XVI . 41 NARRATIVE PIECES .
... , creative love Still bade eternal Eden smile around . Heavy with instant fate her bosom heav'd Unwonted sighs ; and stealing oft a look Tow'rds the big gloom , on Celadon her eye Fell CHAP . XVI . 41 NARRATIVE PIECES .
Page 82
... eternal in the human breast ; Man never is , but always TO BE blest : The soul , uneasy and confin'd from home , Rests and expatiates in a life to come . Lo , the poor Indian ! whose untutor❜d mind Sees God in clouds , and hears him in ...
... eternal in the human breast ; Man never is , but always TO BE blest : The soul , uneasy and confin'd from home , Rests and expatiates in a life to come . Lo , the poor Indian ! whose untutor❜d mind Sees God in clouds , and hears him in ...
Page 83
... Eternal Cause . CHAP . XIII . ON THE ORDER OF NATURE . SEE through this air , this ocean , and this earth , All matter quick , and bursting into birth . Above , how high progressive life may go ! Around , how wide ! how deep extend ...
... Eternal Cause . CHAP . XIII . ON THE ORDER OF NATURE . SEE through this air , this ocean , and this earth , All matter quick , and bursting into birth . Above , how high progressive life may go ! Around , how wide ! how deep extend ...
Page 87
... eternal sigh , For which we bear to live , or dare to die ; Which still so near us , yet beyond us lies , O'erlook'd , seen double , by the fool , and wise ; Plant of celestial seed ! if dropp'd below , Say , in what mortal soil thou ...
... eternal sigh , For which we bear to live , or dare to die ; Which still so near us , yet beyond us lies , O'erlook'd , seen double , by the fool , and wise ; Plant of celestial seed ! if dropp'd below , Say , in what mortal soil thou ...
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... eternal scheme Involving all , and in a perfect whole Uniting as the prospect wider spreads , To Reason's eye refin'd clears up apace . Ye vainly wise ! ye blind presumptuous ! now , Confounded in the dust , adore that Pow'r , And ...
... eternal scheme Involving all , and in a perfect whole Uniting as the prospect wider spreads , To Reason's eye refin'd clears up apace . Ye vainly wise ! ye blind presumptuous ! now , Confounded in the dust , adore that Pow'r , And ...
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