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 էջ |
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... Heav'n : Like Heav'n it hears the orphan's cries And wipes the tears from widows ' eyes Choice of friends . Who friendship with a knave has made Is judg'd a partner in the trade . ' Tis thus , that on the choice of friends Our good or ...
... Heav'n : Like Heav'n it hears the orphan's cries And wipes the tears from widows ' eyes Choice of friends . Who friendship with a knave has made Is judg'd a partner in the trade . ' Tis thus , that on the choice of friends Our good or ...
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... Heav'n alone can give ; And learn'd to die ere others learn to live . 1040 CHAPTER II . NARRATIVE PIECES . SECTION I The looking - glass ; or , ill - humour corrected . 1 THERE was a little stubborn dame , Whom no authority could tame ...
... Heav'n alone can give ; And learn'd to die ere others learn to live . 1040 CHAPTER II . NARRATIVE PIECES . SECTION I The looking - glass ; or , ill - humour corrected . 1 THERE was a little stubborn dame , Whom no authority could tame ...
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... heav'n , and soars , and sings ! His morning hymns , his mid - day lays , Are one continued song of praise . He speaks his Maker all he can , And shames the silent tongue of man . 2. When the declining orb of light Reininds him of ...
... heav'n , and soars , and sings ! His morning hymns , his mid - day lays , Are one continued song of praise . He speaks his Maker all he can , And shames the silent tongue of man . 2. When the declining orb of light Reininds him of ...
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... Heav'n requires a strict account For ev'ry mispent hour . 8. Short is our longest day of life , And soon its prospect ends ; Yet on that day's uncertain date , Eternity depends . But equal to our being's aim , The space to Chap . 3 ...
... Heav'n requires a strict account For ev'ry mispent hour . 8. Short is our longest day of life , And soon its prospect ends ; Yet on that day's uncertain date , Eternity depends . But equal to our being's aim , The space to Chap . 3 ...
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... Heav'n . SECTION V. Verses accompanying a nosegay 1. THOU canst not steal the rose's bloom , To decorate thy face ; But the sweet , blush of modesty , Will lend an equal grace . 2. These violets scent the distant gale ; ( They grew in ...
... Heav'n . SECTION V. Verses accompanying a nosegay 1. THOU canst not steal the rose's bloom , To decorate thy face ; But the sweet , blush of modesty , Will lend an equal grace . 2. These violets scent the distant gale ; ( They grew in ...
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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
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Էջ 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.
Էջ 90 - I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family.
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 122 - Rest, little young One, rest ; thou hast forgot the day When my father found thee first in places far away...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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?
Էջ 153 - ... what is this absorbs me quite steals my senses shuts my sight drowns my...
Էջ 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.