The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and PoetryE. and G. Merriam, 1826 |
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... earth so stable , as to assure us of un- disturbed rest ; nor so powerful , as to afford us constant protection . The house of feasting too often becomes an avenue to the house of mourning . Short , to the licentious , is the interval ...
... earth so stable , as to assure us of un- disturbed rest ; nor so powerful , as to afford us constant protection . The house of feasting too often becomes an avenue to the house of mourning . Short , to the licentious , is the interval ...
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... earth can no sooner commit an in- jury , than a good man can make himself greater , by forgiving it . SECTION IV . BLAIR . MOTIVES TO THE PRACTICE OF GENTLENESS . 1. To promote the virtue of gentleness , we ought to view our character ...
... earth can no sooner commit an in- jury , than a good man can make himself greater , by forgiving it . SECTION IV . BLAIR . MOTIVES TO THE PRACTICE OF GENTLENESS . 1. To promote the virtue of gentleness , we ought to view our character ...
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... earth , they highly prize it , and with the greatest anxiety , seek to lengthen it out . 5. But when they view it in separate parcels , they appear to hold it in contempt , and squander it with inconsiderate profusion . While they ...
... earth , they highly prize it , and with the greatest anxiety , seek to lengthen it out . 5. But when they view it in separate parcels , they appear to hold it in contempt , and squander it with inconsiderate profusion . While they ...
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... earth , " then lived Noah , a righteous man , and a preacher of righteousness . He stood alone , and was scoffed by the pro- fane crew . But they , by the deluge , were swept away ; while on him , Providence conferred the immortal ...
... earth , " then lived Noah , a righteous man , and a preacher of righteousness . He stood alone , and was scoffed by the pro- fane crew . But they , by the deluge , were swept away ; while on him , Providence conferred the immortal ...
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... earth , if this be beyond me , it is not possible . What consequence then follows ; or can there be any other than this : If I seek an interest of my own , detached from that of others , I seek an interest which is chimerical , and ...
... earth , if this be beyond me , it is not possible . What consequence then follows ; or can there be any other than this : If I seek an interest of my own , detached from that of others , I seek an interest which is chimerical , and ...
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affections amidst Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention Bayle beauty behold BLAIR blessing cæsuras Caius Verres character cusations Damon dark death Democritus Dioclesian Dionysius distress divine dread earth enemies enjoyment eternity ev'ry evil eyes father favour fear feel folly fortune gentle give ground happiness hast Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human indulged innocence Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord mankind manner mercy Micipsa mind misery Mount Etna nature never noble Numidia o'er ourselves pain Pamphylia pass passions pause peace person pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride prince proper Pythias racter reading reason religion render rest rich rise ROMAN SENATE rusals scene SECTION sense sentiments shade shining Sicily smiles sorrow soul sound spect spirit suffer temper tempest thee things thought tion truth vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth
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Seite 219 - 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...
Seite 227 - Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Seite 228 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Seite 222 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, •And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Seite 238 - That, chang'd through all, and yet in all the same ; Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame ; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees, Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Seite 223 - 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.
Seite 228 - 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: Yet simple Nature to his hope has given.
Seite 188 - Had cheer'd 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...
Seite 202 - There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart, It does not feel for man ; the natural bond Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire.
Seite 197 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.