The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, from the Best Writers ... with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good Reading

Benjamin Olds, 1830 - 249 pages

No rank or possessions can make the guilty mind happy	1

Rural sounds as well as rural sights delightful	2

The Rose	3

Care of birds for their young	4

The Creators works attest his greatness	5

Address to the Deity	6

The pursuit of happiness often illdirected	7

The fireside	8

Earthquake at Calabria in the year 1533	126

Letter from Pliny to Geminius	129

Letter from Pliny to Marcellinus on the death of an amiable young woman	130

On Discretion	131

On the government of our thoughts	133

On the evils which flow from unrestrained passion	135

On the proper state of our temper with respect to one another	136

Excellence of the Holy Scriptures	138

Providence vindicated in the present state of man	9

Character of Alfred king of England	10

Human frailty	11

Ode to peace	12

Ode to adversity	13

The creation required to praise its Author	14

The universal prayer	15

Conscience	16

On an infant	17

The Cuckoo	18

Day A pastoral in three parts	19

The order of nature	20

Confidence in Divine protection	21

Hymn on a review of the Seasons	22

On Solitude 226 227	23

The close of life	95

Exalted society and the renewal of virtuous connexions c	97

The clemency and amiable character of the patriarch Joseph	98

Altamont	100

Democritus and Heraclitus	102

Dionysius Pythias and Damon	104

Locke and Bayle	106

Cicero against Verres	111

Speech of Adherbal to the Roman Senate imploring protection	114

The Apostle Pauls noble defence before Festus and Agrippa	117

Lord Mansfields speech in the House of Lords 1770 on the bill for preventing the delays of justice c	119

An Address to young persons	123

Reflections occasioned by a review of the blessings pronounced by Christ on his disciples in his sermon on the mount	139

Schemes of life often illusory	140

The pleasures of virtuous sensibility	142

On the true honour of man	144

The influence of devotion on the happiness of life	145

The planetary and terrestrial worlds comparatively considered	147

On the power of custom and the uses to which it may be applied	149

The pleasure resulting from a proper use of our faculties	150

Description of Candour	151

On the imperfection of that happiness which rests solely on worldly pleasures	152

What are the real and solid enjoyments of human life	155

Scale of beings	157

Trust in the care of Providence recommended	159

Piety and gratitude enliven prosperity	161

Virtue deeply rooted is not subject to the influence of fortune	163

The speech of Fabricius to king Pyrrhus who attempted to bribe him to his interests by the offer of a large sum of money	164

Character of James I king of England	165

Charles V Emp of Germany resigns his dominions c	166

The same subject continued	168

Short and easy sentences	171

Verses in which the lines are of different length	173

Verses containing exclamations interrogations parentheses c	174

Verses in various forms	176

Verses in which sound corresponds to signification	178

Connubial Affection	180

The bears and the bees	182

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Title	The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, from the Best Writers ... with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good Reading
Author	Lindley Murray
Publisher	Benjamin Olds, 1830
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	16 May 2008
Length	249 pages

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