The English Reader: Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry, from the Best Writers; Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect ... with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingJames I. Cutler & Company, 1827 - 252 páginas |
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... bliss . s But in this dark and bewildered state , the aspiring ten- dency of our nature unfortunately takes an opposite direc- tion , and feeds a very misplaced ambition . The flattering appearances which here present themselves to ...
... bliss . s But in this dark and bewildered state , the aspiring ten- dency of our nature unfortunately takes an opposite direc- tion , and feeds a very misplaced ambition . The flattering appearances which here present themselves to ...
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... bliss we call heaven , will not be capable of affecting those minds which are not thus qualified for it : we must , in this world , gain a relish for truth and virtue , if we would be able to taste that knowledge and perfection , which ...
... bliss we call heaven , will not be capable of affecting those minds which are not thus qualified for it : we must , in this world , gain a relish for truth and virtue , if we would be able to taste that knowledge and perfection , which ...
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... bliss . Look through all the ranks of man- kind . Examine the condition of those who appear most prosperous ; and you will find that they are never just what they desire to be . If retired , they languish for action ; if bu- sy , they ...
... bliss . Look through all the ranks of man- kind . Examine the condition of those who appear most prosperous ; and you will find that they are never just what they desire to be . If retired , they languish for action ; if bu- sy , they ...
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... bliss must still be transitory ; for man changes of himself . No course of enjoyment can delight us long . What amused our youth , loses its charm in maturer age . As years advance , our powers are blunted , and our pleasura- ble ...
... bliss must still be transitory ; for man changes of himself . No course of enjoyment can delight us long . What amused our youth , loses its charm in maturer age . As years advance , our powers are blunted , and our pleasura- ble ...
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... Bliss of celestial Origin . RBliss in vain from earth is sought ; ESTLESS mortals toil for nought ; Bliss , a native of the sky , Never wanders . Mortals , try ; There you cannot seek in vain ; For to seek her , is to gain . The ...
... Bliss of celestial Origin . RBliss in vain from earth is sought ; ESTLESS mortals toil for nought ; Bliss , a native of the sky , Never wanders . Mortals , try ; There you cannot seek in vain ; For to seek her , is to gain . The ...
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Página 218 - Thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels ; for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing : ye in heaven; On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Página 78 - As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.
Página 200 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Página 224 - 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.
Página 242 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent: Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Página 178 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode (There they alike in trembling hope repose), The bosom of his Father and his God.
Página 193 - Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky, Th' eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last: But, those attain'd, we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way, Th' increasing prospect tires our wand'ring eyes.
Página 230 - Know Nature's children all divide her care ; The fur that warms a monarch warm'da bear. While man exclaims,
Página 217 - Ah little think the gay licentious proud, Whom pleasure, power, and affluence surround; They, who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth, And wanton, often cruel, riot waste; Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain.
Página 244 - tis nought to me; Since God is ever present, ever felt, In the void waste as in the city full ; And where He vital breathes, there must be joy.