Introduction to the English Reader: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Calculated to Improve the Younger Classes of Learners in Reading ... From the Last English EditionCollins & Company, 1831 - 150 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 31
Página iv
... kind cannot be admitted . Advertisement to the Second English Edition . THE Compiler has added to this edition more than twenty pages of matter , which he hopes will be found useful and interesting . He has also given to many of the ...
... kind cannot be admitted . Advertisement to the Second English Edition . THE Compiler has added to this edition more than twenty pages of matter , which he hopes will be found useful and interesting . He has also given to many of the ...
Página xvi
... kind and gentle temper of great importance to the happiness of life , 29. Simplicity , 30. Care and Generosity , 31 The Slave , 32. The Swallows , · ih . 156 157 158 159 160 161 102 163 · 164 165 INTRODUCTION · TO THE ENGLISH READER ...
... kind and gentle temper of great importance to the happiness of life , 29. Simplicity , 30. Care and Generosity , 31 The Slave , 32. The Swallows , · ih . 156 157 158 159 160 161 102 163 · 164 165 INTRODUCTION · TO THE ENGLISH READER ...
Página 18
... kind word , nay , even a kind look , often affords com fort to the afflicted . Every desire of the heart , every secret thought , is known to him who made us . SECTION III . HE that cares only for himself , has but few pleasures ; and ...
... kind word , nay , even a kind look , often affords com fort to the afflicted . Every desire of the heart , every secret thought , is known to him who made us . SECTION III . HE that cares only for himself , has but few pleasures ; and ...
Página 19
... kind offices of a dutiful and affec- tionate child , gladden the heart of a parent , especially when sinking under age or infirmities . What better proof can we give of wisdom and goodness , than to be content with the station in which ...
... kind offices of a dutiful and affec- tionate child , gladden the heart of a parent , especially when sinking under age or infirmities . What better proof can we give of wisdom and goodness , than to be content with the station in which ...
Página 22
... kind a Father ! and how careful should we be to serve and please him ! Never insult the unfortunate , especially when they im- plore relief or assistance . If you cannot grant their re quests , refuse them mildly and tenderly . If you ...
... kind a Father ! and how careful should we be to serve and please him ! Never insult the unfortunate , especially when they im- plore relief or assistance . If you cannot grant their re quests , refuse them mildly and tenderly . If you ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Introduction to the English Reader, Or, a Selection of Pieces in Prose and ... Lindley Murray Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
Introduction to the English Reader, Or, a Selection of Pieces in Prose and ... Lindley Murray Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
Términos y frases comunes
animal Arachne Aram ARTABANES beauty behold birds blessings blest bosom bread breast brother Canute Catharina cheerful creatures cries delight Demetrius Domat duty earth endeavour enjoy Euphronius ev'ry eyes father faults favour flowers fond fortune fruit gentle give gratitude ground hand happiness Hast thou hear heart Heav'n heav'nly honour human insect kind king labour live Livonia look looking-glass Lord louis d'ors Marcus Aurelius Melissa mind morning mother nature negroes never night nosegay o'er observed Offa Ouran-Outang parents peace PERCIVAL Perrin persons PIECES Pigalle pismire pleasure poor portunities pow'r praise pursue quire reader replied rest rich rise rose SECTION III SECTION VII sleep Socrates sorrows soul sound spring stranger sweet tears tempest tence tenderness Tetuan thee ther thine thing thought tion tree Tutor virtue voice walk whistle William wings words young youth
Pasajes populares
Página 91 - Ever charming, ever new, When will the landscape tire the view ! The fountain's fall, the river's flow, The woody valleys, warm and low ; The windy summit, wild and high, "Roughly rushing on the sky ! The pleasant seat, the ruin'd tower, The naked rock, the shady bower ; The town and village, dome and farm, Each give each a double charm, As pearls upon an Ethiop's arm.
Página 90 - I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family.
Página 152 - And an immortal crown. 2 A cloud of witnesses around Hold thee in full survey ; Forget the steps already trod, And onward urge thy way. 3...
Página 134 - HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire.
Página 122 - Rest, little young One, rest ; thou hast forgot the day When my father found thee first in places far away...
Página 90 - I saved my money. As I grew up, came into the world, and observed the actions of men, I thought I met with many, very many, who gave too much for the whistle.
Página 155 - My thoughts, before they are my own, Are to my God distinctly known ; He knows the words I mean to speak Ere from my opening lips they break. 3 Within thy circling power I stand; On every side I find thy hand; Awake, asleep, at home, abroad, I am surrounded still with God.
Página 122 - What ails thee, young one? what? Why pull so at thy cord ? Is it not well with thee? — well both for bed and board? Thy plot of grass is soft, and green as grass can be ; Rest, little young one, rest ; what is't that aileth thee ? "What is it thou wouldst seek?
Página 153 - ... what is this absorbs me quite steals my senses shuts my sight drowns my...
Página 155 - God. 4 Amazing- knowledge, vast and great ! What large extent ! what lofty height ! My soul, with all the powers I boast, Is in the boundless prospect lost. 5 O may these thoughts possess my breast, Where'er I rove, where'er I rest ! Nor let my weaker passions dare Consent to sin, for God is there.