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; to Improve Their Language and Sentiments; and to Inculcate Some of the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue. With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingEdward Little & Company, 1811 - 254 pagina's |
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Pagina 26
... Divine Mercy would be favourable to his foul ; and that if her fault deserved punishment , her youth , at leaft , and her im- prudence , were worthy of excufe ; and that God and poster- ity , the trufted , would fhow her favor . " On ...
... Divine Mercy would be favourable to his foul ; and that if her fault deserved punishment , her youth , at leaft , and her im- prudence , were worthy of excufe ; and that God and poster- ity , the trufted , would fhow her favor . " On ...
Pagina 35
... divine authority , to enforce the duty of forgiveness . Let him who has never in his life done wrong , be allowed the privilege of remaining inexorable . But let fuch as are conscious of frailties and crimes , confider forgiveness as a ...
... divine authority , to enforce the duty of forgiveness . Let him who has never in his life done wrong , be allowed the privilege of remaining inexorable . But let fuch as are conscious of frailties and crimes , confider forgiveness as a ...
Pagina 55
... Divine Nature . We ourselves cannot attend to many different objects at the fame time . If we are careful to infpect fome things , we muft of courfe neglect others . This imperfection which we obferve in ourfelves , is an imperfection ...
... Divine Nature . We ourselves cannot attend to many different objects at the fame time . If we are careful to infpect fome things , we muft of courfe neglect others . This imperfection which we obferve in ourfelves , is an imperfection ...
Pagina 73
... SECTION VI . Creation . IN the progrefs of the Divine works and government , there arrived a period , in which the earth was to be called into exiftence . When the fignal moment , predeftined from CHAP . V. 73 DESCRIPTIVE PIECES .
... SECTION VI . Creation . IN the progrefs of the Divine works and government , there arrived a period , in which the earth was to be called into exiftence . When the fignal moment , predeftined from CHAP . V. 73 DESCRIPTIVE PIECES .
Pagina 83
... Divine ordination , they shall be made to work together in the iffue for his good : and therefore , having much to hope from God , and little to fear from the world , he can be eafy in every ftate . who poffeffes within himfelf fuch an ...
... Divine ordination , they shall be made to work together in the iffue for his good : and therefore , having much to hope from God , and little to fear from the world , he can be eafy in every ftate . who poffeffes within himfelf fuch an ...
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Pagina 179 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; * if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country, and their shackles, fall.
Pagina 203 - 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...
Pagina 204 - Know, nature's children all divide her care ; The fur that warms a monarch, warm'da bear. While man exclaims, " See all things for my use ! "
Pagina 176 - Strikes thro' their wounded hearts the sudden dread; But their hearts wounded, like the wounded air, Soon close ; where past the shaft, no trace is found. As from the wing no scar the sky retains ; The parted wave no furrow from the keel ; So dies in human hearts the thought of death.
Pagina 203 - Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn, For him as kindly spread the flow'ry lawn: Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
Pagina 191 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Pagina 140 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, And drink thy wine with a merry heart ; For God now accepteth thy works.
Pagina 210 - What conscience dictates to be done. Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heaven pursue.
Pagina 22 - He did not, however, forget whither he was travelling, but found a narrow way bordered with flowers, which appeared to have the same direction with the main road, and was pleased that, by this happy experiment, he had found means to unite pleasure with business, and to gain the rewards of diligence without suffering its fatigues.
Pagina 206 - Tis folly to be wise. HYMN TO ADVERSITY DAUGHTER of Jove, relentless power, Thou tamer of the human breast, Whose iron scourge and torturing hour The bad affright, afflict the best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain The proud are taught to taste of pain, And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before, unpitied and alone. When...