The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, Selected from the Best Writers: Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect; to Improve Their Language and Sentiments ... with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingJ.R. Shute & Company, 1826 - 286 стор. |
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... perfection will find himself amply rewar- ded for every exertion he may think proper to make . NOTE . For many of the observations contained in this preliminary tract , the author is indebted to the writings of Dr. Blair , and to the ...
... perfection will find himself amply rewar- ded for every exertion he may think proper to make . NOTE . For many of the observations contained in this preliminary tract , the author is indebted to the writings of Dr. Blair , and to the ...
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... perfection , which , without such helps , are never able to make their appearance . 2 If my reader will give me leave to change the allusion so soon upon him , I shall make use of the same instance to illustrate the force of education ...
... perfection , which , without such helps , are never able to make their appearance . 2 If my reader will give me leave to change the allusion so soon upon him , I shall make use of the same instance to illustrate the force of education ...
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... perfection . 7 For , to return to our statue in the block of marble , we see it sometimes only begin to be chipped , sometimes rough hewn , aud but just sketched into a human figure ; some- times , we see the man appearing distinctly in ...
... perfection . 7 For , to return to our statue in the block of marble , we see it sometimes only begin to be chipped , sometimes rough hewn , aud but just sketched into a human figure ; some- times , we see the man appearing distinctly in ...
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... perfection of understanding , is impossible : he makes the nearest approaches to it , who has the sense to discern , and the humility to acknowledge , its imperfections . 2 Modesty always sits gracefully upon youth ; it covers a ...
... perfection of understanding , is impossible : he makes the nearest approaches to it , who has the sense to discern , and the humility to acknowledge , its imperfections . 2 Modesty always sits gracefully upon youth ; it covers a ...
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... perfection , without a pos- sibility of ever arriving at it ; which is a hint that I do not remember to have seen opened and improved by those who have written on this subject , though it seems to me to carry a very great weight with it ...
... perfection , without a pos- sibility of ever arriving at it ; which is a hint that I do not remember to have seen opened and improved by those who have written on this subject , though it seems to me to carry a very great weight with it ...
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Сторінка 213 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Сторінка 227 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Сторінка 247 - Join voices all ye living Souls: Ye Birds, That singing up to Heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep; Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill, or valley, fountain or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise. Hail universal Lord, be bounteous still To give us only good ; and if the night Have gather'd aught of evil, or conceal'd, Disperse it, as now light dispels...
Сторінка 268 - What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year? Delightful visitant ! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet, From birds among the bowers.
Сторінка 266 - If I am right, Thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way.
Сторінка 202 - The Epitaph Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth A Youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknown; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own.
Сторінка 252 - Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For Thou, O Lord, art with me still; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade.
Сторінка 246 - On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Сторінка 224 - tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Сторінка 275 - Should fate command me to the farthest verge Of the green earth, to distant barbarous climes, Rivers unknown to song; where first the sun Gilds Indian mountains, or his setting beam Flames on th...