The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ...Lincoln and Edmands, 1815 - 264 páginas |
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... raise expectation , if the importance of the matter be not fully anfwerable to fuch expectation , they occasion disappointment and difguft . But the most frequent and the principal ufe of pauses , is to mark the divisions of the fenfe ...
... raise expectation , if the importance of the matter be not fully anfwerable to fuch expectation , they occasion disappointment and difguft . But the most frequent and the principal ufe of pauses , is to mark the divisions of the fenfe ...
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... raised to a fituation which flatters his paffions , but which corrupts his principles , diforders his temper , and finally oversets his virtue ? What mifery does the vicious man fecretly endure ! - Adverfity ! how blunt are all the ...
... raised to a fituation which flatters his paffions , but which corrupts his principles , diforders his temper , and finally oversets his virtue ? What mifery does the vicious man fecretly endure ! - Adverfity ! how blunt are all the ...
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... Raised to greatnefs without merit , he employed his power folely for the gratification of his passions . As the honours which he poffeffed were next to royal , his pride was every day fed with that fervile homage , which is peculiar to ...
... Raised to greatnefs without merit , he employed his power folely for the gratification of his passions . As the honours which he poffeffed were next to royal , his pride was every day fed with that fervile homage , which is peculiar to ...
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... obftructed his paffage . He raised his eyes , and faw the chief vizier , who , having re- turned from the divan , was entering his palace . Ortrogrul mingled with the attendants ; and being fup- pofed CHAP . 2 . 45 Narrative Pieces .
... obftructed his paffage . He raised his eyes , and faw the chief vizier , who , having re- turned from the divan , was entering his palace . Ortrogrul mingled with the attendants ; and being fup- pofed CHAP . 2 . 45 Narrative Pieces .
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... raised a houfe , equal in fumptuoufnefs to that of the vizier , to which he invited all the minifters of pleasure , expecting to enjoy all the felicity which he had imagined riches able to afford . Leifure foon made him weary of himself ...
... raised a houfe , equal in fumptuoufnefs to that of the vizier , to which he invited all the minifters of pleasure , expecting to enjoy all the felicity which he had imagined riches able to afford . Leifure foon made him weary of himself ...
Términos y frases comunes
againſt Antiparos becauſe BLAIR bleffing Caius Verres cauſe confider courfe courſe death defigns defire earth faid fame fcene fecret feek feemed fenfe fentiments fhade fhall fhining fhort fhould fhow fide filent firft fituation fmiles fociety fome fometimes fong foon forrow foul fpirit fpring friendſhip ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fupport fweet happineſs happy Hazael heart heaven himſelf honour human intereft itſelf juft Jugurtha labours laft laſt leaft lefs Lord mankind meaſure mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary Numidia o'er obferve occafions ourſelves paffed paffions perfon philofopher pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffefs praiſe prefent proper purpoſe Pythias raiſed reafon refpect reft rife SECTION ſhall ſpeak ſtate ſtill temper thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought tion uſe virtue voice whofe whoſe wifdom wife youth
Pasajes populares
Página 229 - 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 241 - Lo! the poor Indian, whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Página 208 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Página 211 - Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country and their shackles fall.
Página 190 - 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. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...
Página 255 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy. Then comes THY glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent.
Página 226 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Página 176 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, And drink thy wine with a merry heart ; For God now accepteth thy works.
Página 225 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Página 130 - Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come...