The English Reader: Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry, from the Best Writers; Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect ... with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingJames I. Cutler & Company, 1827 - 252 pages |
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... appears to be and what flatters most , is always farthest from reality . There are voices which sing around them , but whose strains allure to ruin . There is a banquet spread , where poison is in every dish . There is a couch which ...
... appears to be and what flatters most , is always farthest from reality . There are voices which sing around them , but whose strains allure to ruin . There is a banquet spread , where poison is in every dish . There is a couch which ...
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... appears ( to use the simile of Longinus ) like the sun in his evening declina- tion : he remits his splendour , but retains his magnitude ; and pleases more , though he dazzles less . If envious people were to ask themselves , whether ...
... appears ( to use the simile of Longinus ) like the sun in his evening declina- tion : he remits his splendour , but retains his magnitude ; and pleases more , though he dazzles less . If envious people were to ask themselves , whether ...
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... appear every where around us ! What a profusion of beauty and ornament , is poured forth on the face of nature ! What a magnificent spectacle presented to the view of man ! What supply contrived for his wants ! What a variety of objects ...
... appear every where around us ! What a profusion of beauty and ornament , is poured forth on the face of nature ! What a magnificent spectacle presented to the view of man ! What supply contrived for his wants ! What a variety of objects ...
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... appear un- der the form of venial weaknesses ; and are indulged , in the beginning , with scrupulousness and reserve . But , by longer practice , these restraints weaken , and the power of habit grows . One vice brings in another to its ...
... appear un- der the form of venial weaknesses ; and are indulged , in the beginning , with scrupulousness and reserve . But , by longer practice , these restraints weaken , and the power of habit grows . One vice brings in another to its ...
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... appear- ances of happiness , took occasion to compliment him on the extent of his power , his treasures , and royal magnificence and declared that no monarch had ever been greater or hap- pier than Dionysius . 2 " Hast thou a mind ...
... appear- ances of happiness , took occasion to compliment him on the extent of his power , his treasures , and royal magnificence and declared that no monarch had ever been greater or hap- pier than Dionysius . 2 " Hast thou a mind ...
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Page 218 - 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. Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels ; for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing : ye in heaven; On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Page 78 - As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.
Page 200 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 224 - 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.
Page 242 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent: Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Page 178 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode (There they alike in trembling hope repose), The bosom of his Father and his God.
Page 193 - Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky, Th' eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last: But, those attain'd, we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way, Th' increasing prospect tires our wand'ring eyes.
Page 230 - Know Nature's children all divide her care ; The fur that warms a monarch warm'da bear. While man exclaims,
Page 217 - Ah little think the gay licentious proud, Whom pleasure, power, and affluence surround; They, who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth, And wanton, often cruel, riot waste; Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain.
Page 244 - tis nought to me; Since God is ever present, ever felt, In the void waste as in the city full ; And where He vital breathes, there must be joy.