The English Reader; Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry Selected from the Best Writers: Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect ...T. Wilson and R. Spence, 1805 - 364 páginas |
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... night cometh , when no man can work . " To sensual persons , hardly any thing is what it appears to be : and what flatters most , is always farthest from reality . There are voices which sing around " them ; but whose strains allure to ...
... night cometh , when no man can work . " To sensual persons , hardly any thing is what it appears to be : and what flatters most , is always farthest from reality . There are voices which sing around " them ; but whose strains allure to ...
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... , and the shades of evening stretched over the land- scape . I hastened homeward ; and resigned the night to silence and meditation . AIKIN . SECTION VII . The journey of a day ; a D 3 CHAP . II . 41 NARRATIVE PIECES .
... , and the shades of evening stretched over the land- scape . I hastened homeward ; and resigned the night to silence and meditation . AIKIN . SECTION VII . The journey of a day ; a D 3 CHAP . II . 41 NARRATIVE PIECES .
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... night insensibly fell upon me . I at first amused myself with all the richness and variety of co- lours , which appeared in the western parts of heaven . In proportion as they faded away and went out , seve- ral stars and planets ...
... night insensibly fell upon me . I at first amused myself with all the richness and variety of co- lours , which appeared in the western parts of heaven . In proportion as they faded away and went out , seve- ral stars and planets ...
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... night , should continue to the very end of all things . Accord- ingly , in obedience to that promise , the rotation is constantly presenting us with some useful and agree- able alteration ; and all the pleasing novelty of life arises ...
... night , should continue to the very end of all things . Accord- ingly , in obedience to that promise , the rotation is constantly presenting us with some useful and agree- able alteration ; and all the pleasing novelty of life arises ...
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... night yield us contrary blessings ; and , at the same time , assist each other , by giving fresh lustre to the delights of both . Amidst the glare of day , and bustle of life , how could we sleep ? Amidst the gloom of darkness , how ...
... night yield us contrary blessings ; and , at the same time , assist each other , by giving fresh lustre to the delights of both . Amidst the glare of day , and bustle of life , how could we sleep ? Amidst the gloom of darkness , how ...
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