The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ...Lincoln and Edmands, 1815 - 264 sidor |
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Sida 41
... thought fcorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone . " Perfonal revenge was not fufficient to fatisfy him . So violent and black were his paffions , that he refolved to exterminate the whole nation to which Mordecai belonged . Abusing , for ...
... thought fcorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone . " Perfonal revenge was not fufficient to fatisfy him . So violent and black were his paffions , that he refolved to exterminate the whole nation to which Mordecai belonged . Abusing , for ...
Sida 48
... thought themfelves not far from the top ; but as they proceeded , new hills were con- tinually rifing to their view ; and the fummit of the high- eft they could before difcern feemed but the foot of an- other , till the mountain at ...
... thought themfelves not far from the top ; but as they proceeded , new hills were con- tinually rifing to their view ; and the fummit of the high- eft they could before difcern feemed but the foot of an- other , till the mountain at ...
Sida 58
... thoughts will often break out in his behaviour ; and in return for fufpecting and hating , he will incur fufpicion and hatred . Befides the external evils which he draws upon himself , arifing from alienated friendship , broken ...
... thoughts will often break out in his behaviour ; and in return for fufpecting and hating , he will incur fufpicion and hatred . Befides the external evils which he draws upon himself , arifing from alienated friendship , broken ...
Sida 65
... thoughts . Among the many methods which might be made use of for acquiring this virtue , I fhall mention only the two fol- lowing . First of all , a man fhould always confider how much he has more than he wants and fecondly , how much ...
... thoughts . Among the many methods which might be made use of for acquiring this virtue , I fhall mention only the two fol- lowing . First of all , a man fhould always confider how much he has more than he wants and fecondly , how much ...
Sida 66
... thought a more agreea- ble turn , " Content is natural wealth , " fays Socrates to which I fhall add , luxury is artificial poverty . I fhall therefore recommend to the consideration of thofe , who are always aiming at fuperfluous and ...
... thought a more agreea- ble turn , " Content is natural wealth , " fays Socrates to which I fhall add , luxury is artificial poverty . I fhall therefore recommend to the consideration of thofe , who are always aiming at fuperfluous and ...
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Sida 229 - 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.
Sida 241 - Lo! the poor Indian, whose untutor'd 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 208 - 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.
Sida 211 - Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country and their shackles fall.
Sida 190 - 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. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...
Sida 255 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy. Then comes THY glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent.
Sida 226 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Sida 176 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, And drink thy wine with a merry heart ; For God now accepteth thy works.
Sida 225 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Sida 130 - Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come...