Readings in Biography: A Selection of the Lives of Eminent Men of All NationsJohn W. Parker, 1834 - 408 páginas |
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Página 255 - To him the church, the realm, their powers consign, Through him the rays of regal bounty shine, Turned by his nod the stream of honour flows, His smile alone security bestows: Still to new heights his restless wishes tower, Claim leads to claim, and power advances power; Till conquest unresisted ceased to please, And rights submitted, left him none to seize.
Página 117 - Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
Página 307 - LITERATURE. •READINGS IN BIOGRAPHY; A Selection of the Lives of EMINENT MEN of all NATIONS. •READINGS IN POETRY; A Selection from the Works of the best English Poets, from SPENSER to the present times ; with Specimens of the American Poets ; Notices of the Writers; and Explanatory Notes.
Página 327 - CARE has been taken to select such pieces and passages as best illustrate the style of the respective Authors, and are, at the same time, not beyond the average capacity of youthful students.
Página 91 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Página 317 - These Conversations were first written with a view to the gratification and improvement of the Author's children. They are now published with the sincere desire that the perusal of them may afford to others also somewhat of pleasure and advantage. The principles here inculcated are those of the Religion of the Gospel. The little work is intended to promote cheerful and fervent piety, a contented, obedient, and grateful frame of mind, feelings of affection and kindness towards our friends, and of...
Página 180 - With his surcease success: that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We'd jump the life to come. But in these cases We still have judgment here; that we but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return To plague the inventor; this even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice To our own lips.
Página 320 - THE principles of this beautiful and important science are explained in a clear and simple manner, so as to render the acquisition of them comparatively easy. The book is illustrated by numerous cuts of the different parts of plants, &c., and the examples, when possible, are selected from our own wild flowers, or from those cultivated in all gardens or fields, and they are cited by their familiar names. A Glossary of most of the terms usually employed is subjoined, and an Alphabetical List of the...
Página 333 - THE writer of these Lives has endeavoured to present as ample a view as the limits of a volume would permit, of the state of Sacred Poetry in the reigns of Elizabeth, James the First, and Charles the First. Among the poets and distinguished individuals, of whom Biographical and Critical Sketches are given, may be enumerated R. Southwell ; H. Constable ; B.
Página 330 - MANY, even of what are called the educated classes, grow up with indistinct, or erroneous, and practically mischievous, views on these subjects; and the prejudices any one may have casually imbibed, are often hard to be removed at a time of life when he imagines his education to be complete. In this little book, care has been taken to convey elementary knowledge in such simple language, that, it is hoped, these LESSONS will be found easily intelligible even to such...