The Moral Miscellany: Or, a Collection of Select Pieces, in Prose and Verse. For the Instruction and Entertainment of YouthT. Cadell, 1773 - 376 páginas |
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Palavras e frases frequentes
almoſt alſo beauty becauſe beſt bleſſings buſineſs cauſe chearful confider confideration conſequence converſation courſe creatures defire delight deſerve deſign diſcover endeavour eſteem exerciſe exiſtence eyes faid falſe fame fince firſt fome foon foul fuch fuffer fuperior fure happiness heart Helim honour houſe human impoſſible increaſe induſtry inſtructed intereſt itſelf juſt labour laſt leaſt leſs live look loſe mankind mind moſt muſt nature neceſſary neſt never obſerved occafion ourſelves pain paſs paſſed paſſion perſon philoſopher pleaſing pleaſure praiſe preſent preſerve purpoſe queſtion raiſe reaſon reſpect reſt riſe ſaid ſame ſays ſcarce ſcene ſecret ſecurity ſee ſeems ſeen ſeldom ſenſe ſenſible ſet ſeveral ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhew ſhort ſhould ſmall ſociety ſome ſometimes ſpace ſpeak ſpecies Spect ſpirit ſpread ſtands ſtate ſtill ſtory ſubject ſuch ſupport ſuppoſed ſweet thee theſe thing thoſe thou thought tion tranſported univerſally uſe virtue whoſe
Passagens conhecidas
Página 127 - And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and honour, so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
Página 344 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn Or busy housewife ply her evening care : No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Página 168 - ... them into the tide, and immediately disappeared. These hidden pitfalls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire.
Página 13 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Página 127 - Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad : for who is able to judge this thy so great a people ? And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
Página 346 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favourite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; 'The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Página 344 - THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Página 346 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Página 344 - And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.