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 Reading |
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... possession of a serene mind : he who follows the plea- sures of it , which are in their very nature disappointing , is in constant search of care , solicitude ' , remorse ' , and coufusion . " " To advise the ignorant , relieve the ...
... possession of a serene mind : he who follows the plea- sures of it , which are in their very nature disappointing , is in constant search of care , solicitude ' , remorse ' , and coufusion . " " To advise the ignorant , relieve the ...
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... possession , is to be chiefly estimated , by the relief which it can bring us , in the time of our greatest.need . No person who has once yielded up the government of his mind , and given loose rein to his desires and passions , can ...
... possession , is to be chiefly estimated , by the relief which it can bring us , in the time of our greatest.need . No person who has once yielded up the government of his mind , and given loose rein to his desires and passions , can ...
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... possession , as violent anger . It overpowers reason ; confounds our ideas ; dis- torts the appearance , and blackens the colour of every ob- ject . By the storms which it raises within , and by the mis- chiefs which it occasions ...
... possession , as violent anger . It overpowers reason ; confounds our ideas ; dis- torts the appearance , and blackens the colour of every ob- ject . By the storms which it raises within , and by the mis- chiefs which it occasions ...
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... possession of our mind , we may date , from that moment , the ruin of our tranquillity . Every man has some darling passion , which generally ( 29 a ) Part 1.7 affords the first introduction to vice . The C 2 Chap . 1 . Select Sentences ...
... possession of our mind , we may date , from that moment , the ruin of our tranquillity . Every man has some darling passion , which generally ( 29 a ) Part 1.7 affords the first introduction to vice . The C 2 Chap . 1 . Select Sentences ...
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... possessed of strong vir- tue , could enjoy itself in peace , and smile at the impotent assaults of fortune and the elements . It is within ourselves that misery has fixed its seat . Our disordered hearts , our guilty passions , our ...
... possessed of strong vir- tue , could enjoy itself in peace , and smile at the impotent assaults of fortune and the elements . It is within ourselves that misery has fixed its seat . Our disordered hearts , our guilty passions , our ...
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Page 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.
Page 78 - As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 230 - Know Nature's children all divide her care ; The fur that warms a monarch warm'da bear. While man exclaims,
Page 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.
Page 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.