The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ... With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingLincoln & Edmands, 1824 - 273 páginas |
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... Lord ; that which he hath given , will he pay him again . If thine enemy be hungry , give him bread to eat ; and if he be thirsty give him water to drink . He that planted the ear , shall he not hear ? He that form- ed the eye , shall ...
... Lord ; that which he hath given , will he pay him again . If thine enemy be hungry , give him bread to eat ; and if he be thirsty give him water to drink . He that planted the ear , shall he not hear ? He that form- ed the eye , shall ...
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... Lord hath shewn me , that thou shalt be king over Syria . " In course of time , all that had been predicted came to pass . Hazael ascended the throne , and ambition took possession of his heart . " He smote the 4 Chap . 2 . 37 Narrative ...
... Lord hath shewn me , that thou shalt be king over Syria . " In course of time , all that had been predicted came to pass . Hazael ascended the throne , and ambition took possession of his heart . " He smote the 4 Chap . 2 . 37 Narrative ...
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... Lord Guilford Dudley ; and raised her to the throne of England , in opposition to the rights of Mary and Eliza- beth . 2. At the time of their marriage , she was only about eighteen years of age , and her husband was also very young ; a ...
... Lord Guilford Dudley ; and raised her to the throne of England , in opposition to the rights of Mary and Eliza- beth . 2. At the time of their marriage , she was only about eighteen years of age , and her husband was also very young ; a ...
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... Lord Guilford , desired permission to see her ; but she refused her consent , and sent him word , that the tenderness of their parting would overcome the fortitude of both ; and would too much unbend their minds from that constancy ...
... Lord Guilford , desired permission to see her ; but she refused her consent , and sent him word , that the tenderness of their parting would overcome the fortitude of both ; and would too much unbend their minds from that constancy ...
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... Lord of Nature . He rose with confidence and tranquillity and pressed on with reso lution . The beasts of the desert were in motion , and on every hand were heard the mingled howls of rage and fear , and ravage and expiration . All the ...
... Lord of Nature . He rose with confidence and tranquillity and pressed on with reso lution . The beasts of the desert were in motion , and on every hand were heard the mingled howls of rage and fear , and ravage and expiration . All the ...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best ... Lindley Murray Vista de fragmentos - 1851 |
Términos y frases comunes
Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention beauty behold Blair blessing cern character cheerful choly comforts dark death delight Democritus Dionysius distress divine dread earth enjoyment envy eternal ev'ry evil fall father feel folly fortune friendship Fundanus gentle give Greek language ground Haman happiness hast Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human inflection innocence Jugurtha king labour Lady Jane Grey live look Lord mankind melan ment mercy Micipsa midst mind misery mountain nature never noble Numidia o'er ourselves pain passions pause peace perfect person pleasure possess pow'r praise pride prince proper Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rise Roman Senate scene SECTION sense shade shine Sicily smiles sorrow soul sound spirit spring sweet tears temper tempest thee things thou thought tion truth vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise youth
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Página 208 - He gained from heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend. 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.
Página 219 - Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was...
Página 17 - Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark Illumine; what is low, raise and support...
Página 137 - Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision ; but shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
Página 96 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me ; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me : because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Página 72 - Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Página 108 - And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more.
Página 202 - For modes of faith, let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong whose life is in .the right : In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity: All must be false that thwart this one great end ; And all of God, that bless mankind, or mend.
Página 281 - Cease then, nor order imperfection name: Our proper bliss depends on what we blame. Know thy own point: this kind, this due degree Of blindness, weakness, Heav'n bestows on thee. Submit. — In this, or any other sphere, Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear: Safe in the hand of one disposing power, Or in the natal, or the mortal hour.
Página 17 - That changed through all, and yet in all the same, Great in the earth as in the ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...