Murray's English ReaderPublished and sold wholesale and retail by S. Shaw, 1829 - 304 páginas |
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... tempered with thoughtful and serious retreat . He who would act like a wise man , and build his house on the rock , and not on the sand , should contemplate hu- man life , not only in the sunshine , but in the shade . Let usefulness and ...
... tempered with thoughtful and serious retreat . He who would act like a wise man , and build his house on the rock , and not on the sand , should contemplate hu- man life , not only in the sunshine , but in the shade . Let usefulness and ...
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... temper , and the guilty passions of the bad , frustrates the effect of every advantage which the world confers on them . The external misfortunes of life , disappointments , po- verty , and sickness , are light in comparison of those in ...
... temper , and the guilty passions of the bad , frustrates the effect of every advantage which the world confers on them . The external misfortunes of life , disappointments , po- verty , and sickness , are light in comparison of those in ...
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... temper , the sentiments , the morality , and , in general , the whole conduct and character of men , are in- fluenced by the example and disposition of the persons with whom they associate , is a reflection which has long since passed ...
... temper , the sentiments , the morality , and , in general , the whole conduct and character of men , are in- fluenced by the example and disposition of the persons with whom they associate , is a reflection which has long since passed ...
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... temper , dejects the spirit , and teaches men , to fit themselves for another world , by neglecting the concerns of this . Reveal none of the secrets of thy friend . Be faithful to his interests . Forsake him not in danger . Abhor the ...
... temper , dejects the spirit , and teaches men , to fit themselves for another world , by neglecting the concerns of this . Reveal none of the secrets of thy friend . Be faithful to his interests . Forsake him not in danger . Abhor the ...
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... temper , and finally oversets his virtue ? What misery does the vicious man secretly endure ! - Adversity ! how blunt are all the arrows of thy quiver , in comparison with those of guilt ! When we have no pleasure in goodness , we may ...
... temper , and finally oversets his virtue ? What misery does the vicious man secretly endure ! - Adversity ! how blunt are all the arrows of thy quiver , in comparison with those of guilt ! When we have no pleasure in goodness , we may ...
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Abdalonymus Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention beauty behold BLAIR blessing cæsura Caius Verres character daugh death Dioclesian dipthongal distress divine dread earth emphasis enjoyment ev'ry evil fall father feel folly fortune gentle give go Motion ground happiness Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human inflection Jugurtha kind king labour live look Lord mankind manner Masinissa means ment mercy Micipsa midst mind misery nature ness never niscience noble Numidia o'er ourselves pain passions pause peace perfect persons philosopher pleasure possession pow'r praise pride prince principles proper Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rising Roman Senate scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shade shining Sicily smile sorrow soul sound spect spirit temper tempest tence thee things thou thought tion tones truth vanity vice virtue voice wisdom wise words young youth
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Página 287 - Lives thro' all life, extends thro' all extent ; Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart ; As full, as perfect, in vile Man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Página 281 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Página 262 - Ah! little think the gay licentious proud, "Whom pleasure, power, and affluence surround ; They who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth And wanton, often cruel, riot waste ;— Ah ! little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain...
Página 223 - Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Página 245 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Página 290 - tis nought to me: Since God is ever present, ever felt, In the void waste as in the city full; And where He vital breathes there must be joy.
Página 289 - ... the spring ; Flings from the sun direct the flaming day ; Feeds every creature ; hurls the tempest forth, And, as on earth this grateful change revolves, With transport touches all the springs of life. Nature, attend ! join every living soul Beneath the spacious temple of the sky, In adoration join ; and ardent raise One general song!
Página 221 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Página 263 - On earth, join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Página 222 - EPITAPH. Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth A Youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknown; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own.