The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best Writers, Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read ...Bennett and Walton, 1812 - 392 sidor |
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... Lord Mansfield's speech in the House of Lords , 1770 , on the bill for preventing the delays of justice , by claiming the privilege of Parliament , · 5. An address to young persons , · • 143 145 150 CHAPTER IX Promiscuous Pieces . SECT ...
... Lord Mansfield's speech in the House of Lords , 1770 , on the bill for preventing the delays of justice , by claiming the privilege of Parliament , · 5. An address to young persons , · • 143 145 150 CHAPTER IX Promiscuous Pieces . SECT ...
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... spirit , than he that taketh a city . He that hath pity on the poor , lendeth to the Lord ; that which he hath given , will he pay him again , " If thine enemy be hungry , give him bread to Chap . 1 . 15 Select Sentences , & c .
... spirit , than he that taketh a city . He that hath pity on the poor , lendeth to the Lord ; that which he hath given , will he pay him again , " If thine enemy be hungry , give him bread to Chap . 1 . 15 Select Sentences , & c .
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... Lord , than to dwell in the tents of wickedness . I have seen the wicked in great power ; and spread- ing himself like a green bay - tree . Yet he passed away : I sought him , but he could not be found . Happy is the man that findeth ...
... Lord , than to dwell in the tents of wickedness . I have seen the wicked in great power ; and spread- ing himself like a green bay - tree . Yet he passed away : I sought him , but he could not be found . Happy is the man that findeth ...
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... Lord hath shown me , that thou shalt be king over Syria . " In course of time , all that had been predicted came to pass . Hazael ascended the throne , and ambition took posses- sion of his heart . " He smote the children of Israel in ...
... Lord hath shown me , that thou shalt be king over Syria . " In course of time , all that had been predicted came to pass . Hazael ascended the throne , and ambition took posses- sion of his heart . " He smote the children of Israel in ...
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... Lord Guilford Dudley ; and raised her to the throne of England , in opposition to the rights of Mary and Elizabeth . At the time of their marriage , she was only about eighteen years of age , and her husband was also very young : a ...
... Lord Guilford Dudley ; and raised her to the throne of England , in opposition to the rights of Mary and Elizabeth . At the time of their marriage , she was only about eighteen years of age , and her husband was also very young : a ...
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Sida 277 - And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the story of her birth : 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.
Sida 263 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
Sida 195 - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Sida 228 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Sida 294 - 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.
Sida 228 - Consort, the hour Of night, and all things now retired to rest, Mind us of like repose; since God hath set Labour and rest, as day and night, to men Successive; and the timely dew of sleep, Now falling with soft slumbrous weight, inclines Our eyelids...
Sida 284 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees GOD in clouds, or hears Him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Sida xvii - THE beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon : lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Sida 240 - Ye noble few ! who here unbending stand Beneath life's pressure, yet bear up awhile, And what your bounded view, which only saw A little part, deem'd evil, is no more : The storms of wint'ry time will quickly pass, And one unbounded spring encircle all — THOMSON, SECTION VIII.
Sida 223 - Had cheered the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when eventide was ended, Began to feel, as well he might, The keen demands of appetite ; When, looking eagerly around, He spied far off, upon the ground, A something shining in the dark, And knew the glow-worm by his spark So, stooping down from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his crop. The worm aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent — Did you admire my lamp...