Murray's English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ... with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good Reading, Improved by the Addition of a Concordant and Synonymising Vocabulary ... the Words ... are Divided, Defined and Pronounced According to the Principles of John Walker ...Jas. B. Smith, 1822 - 304 páginas |
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... possessed the most en- gaging disposition , the most accomplished parts ; and being of an equal age with king Edward VI . she had received all her education with him , and seemed even to 5 CHAP . II . 49 NARRATIVE PIECES .
... possessed the most en- gaging disposition , the most accomplished parts ; and being of an equal age with king Edward VI . she had received all her education with him , and seemed even to 5 CHAP . II . 49 NARRATIVE PIECES .
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... seemed even to possess a greater facility in acquiring every part of manly and clas- sical literature . 4. She had attained a knowledge of the Roman and Greek languages , as well as of several modern tongues ; had passed most of her ...
... seemed even to possess a greater facility in acquiring every part of manly and clas- sical literature . 4. She had attained a knowledge of the Roman and Greek languages , as well as of several modern tongues ; had passed most of her ...
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... seemed but the foot of another , till the mountain at length appeared to lose itself in the clouds . As I was gazing on these things with astonishments , a friendly instructer suddenly appeared : " the mountain be- fore thee , " said he ...
... seemed but the foot of another , till the mountain at length appeared to lose itself in the clouds . As I was gazing on these things with astonishments , a friendly instructer suddenly appeared : " the mountain be- fore thee , " said he ...
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... seemed harsh and ill tasted ; their sight grew dim ; and their feet tript at every little obstruction . * 8. I saw , with some surprise , that the muses , whose bu- siness was to cheer and encourage those who were toiling up the ascent ...
... seemed harsh and ill tasted ; their sight grew dim ; and their feet tript at every little obstruction . * 8. I saw , with some surprise , that the muses , whose bu- siness was to cheer and encourage those who were toiling up the ascent ...
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... seemed less able to return than the follow- ers of Indolence . The captives of appetite and passion would often seize the moment when their tyrants were lan- guid or asleep , to escape from their enchantment ; but the dominion of ...
... seemed less able to return than the follow- ers of Indolence . The captives of appetite and passion would often seize the moment when their tyrants were lan- guid or asleep , to escape from their enchantment ; but the dominion of ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Abdalonymus Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention beauty behold BLAIR blessing Caius Verres Charybdis cheer choly daugh death Democritus Dioclesian distress divine dread earth enjoy enjoyment envy eternity ev'ry evil fall father fear feel folly fortune Fundanus give ground happiness Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human inflection Jugurtha kind king labour live look Lord mankind Masinissa means melan ment mercy Micipsa midst mind misery nature ness never o'er ourselves pain passions pause peace person philosopher pleasing pleasure possession pow'r praise pride prince proper publick Pythias reading religion render rest rich rise Roman Senate scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shade shining Sicily Sidon smile sorrow soul sound spirit superiour sweet temper tempest thee things thou thought tion truth vanity violence virtue voice wisdom wise words young youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 264 - 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...
Página 283 - What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year? Delightful visitant ! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet, From birds among the bowers.
Página 289 - With light and heat refulgent. Then Thy sun Shoots full perfection through the swelling year: And oft Thy voice in dreadful thunder speaks : And oft...
Página 195 - Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Página 256 - And darkness and doubt are now flying away ; No longer I roam in conjecture forlorn. So breaks on the traveller, faint, and astray, The bright and the balmy effulgence of morn. See Truth, Love, and Mercy, in triumph descending, And nature all glowing in Eden's first bloom ! On the cold cheek of Death smiles and roses are blending, And Beauty immortal awakes from the tomb.
Página 222 - He that holds fast the golden mean And lives contentedly between The little and the great Feels not the wants that pinch the poor Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbittering all his state.
Página 94 - How can it enter into the thoughts of man, that the soul, which is capable of such immense perfections, and of receiving new improvements to all eternity, shall Fall away into nothing almost as soon as it is created ? Are such abilities made for no purpose? A brute arrives at a point of perfection that he can never pass : in a few years he has all the endowments he is capable of; and, were he to live ten thousand more, would be the same thing he is at present.
Página 260 - CM \yHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise . 2 O how shall words with equal warmth The gratitude declare, That glows within my ravish 'd heart!
Página 268 - 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.
Página 286 - Around, how wide ! how deep extend below ! Vast chain of being ! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach ; from infinite to thee, From thee to nothing.