The English Reader; Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ...: With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingM'Carty & Davis, 1826 - 316 стор. |
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... imagination , of youth especially , is much entertained , the sober dictates of the understanding are regarded with indifference ; and the influence of good affections , is either feeble or transient . A temperate use of such ...
... imagination , of youth especially , is much entertained , the sober dictates of the understanding are regarded with indifference ; and the influence of good affections , is either feeble or transient . A temperate use of such ...
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... imagination , CHAPTER V. PATHETIC PIECES . SECT . 1. The herrait , 2. The beggar's petition , 3. Unhappy close of life , 259 261 262 264 266 267 269 • 269 4. Elegy to pity , 3. Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk , during ...
... imagination , CHAPTER V. PATHETIC PIECES . SECT . 1. The herrait , 2. The beggar's petition , 3. Unhappy close of life , 259 261 262 264 266 267 269 • 269 4. Elegy to pity , 3. Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk , during ...
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... imagination , to cheer and gladden his heart ! The hope of future happiness is a perpetual source of consolation to good men . Under trouble , it sooths their minds ; amidst temptation , it supports their virtue : and , in their dying ...
... imagination , to cheer and gladden his heart ! The hope of future happiness is a perpetual source of consolation to good men . Under trouble , it sooths their minds ; amidst temptation , it supports their virtue : and , in their dying ...
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... imagination is lively , and hope is ardent . Looking forward to the year now beginning , they are ready to promise themselves much , from the foundations of prosperity which they have laid ; from the friendships and connexions which ...
... imagination is lively , and hope is ardent . Looking forward to the year now beginning , they are ready to promise themselves much , from the foundations of prosperity which they have laid ; from the friendships and connexions which ...
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... threaten inmediate ruin . But after passion or pride has subsided , we look around in vain for the mighty mischiefs we dreaded . The fabric which our disturbed imagination had reared , totally H 2 CHAP . III . 45 DIDACTIC PIECES .
... threaten inmediate ruin . But after passion or pride has subsided , we look around in vain for the mighty mischiefs we dreaded . The fabric which our disturbed imagination had reared , totally H 2 CHAP . III . 45 DIDACTIC PIECES .
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Adherbal Alexander Selkirk amidst Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention Bayle beauty behold BLAIR blessing Caius Verres character comforts death Democritus Dionysius distress divine dread earth emphasis enjoy enjoyments envy eternal ev'ry evil father favour feel folly fortune friendship gentle give ground happiness hast Hazael heart heav'n Hephaestion Heraclitus honour hope human inflection innocence Jugurtha king labours live look Lord mankind mercy Micipsa mind misery Mount Etna mountain nature never noble Numidia o'er ourselves pain Pamphylia passions pause peace perfection persons philosopher pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride prince proper Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rise Roman Senate scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shade shine Sicily smile sorrow soul sound spirit stancy temper tempest thee things thou thought tion truth vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words young youth