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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... soon or late , brings misery . We were not made for ourselves only . A good person has a tender concern for the happiness of others . Modesty is one of the chief ornaments of youth . Deceit discovers a little mind . Cultivate the love ...
... soon or late , brings misery . We were not made for ourselves only . A good person has a tender concern for the happiness of others . Modesty is one of the chief ornaments of youth . Deceit discovers a little mind . Cultivate the love ...
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... soon returned , and had the mortification to behold his irrepara- ble loss . But , with his usual self - possession , he only ex- claimed ; " Oh Diamond ! Diamond ! thou little knowest the mischief thou hast done . " Queen Caroline ...
... soon returned , and had the mortification to behold his irrepara- ble loss . But , with his usual self - possession , he only ex- claimed ; " Oh Diamond ! Diamond ! thou little knowest the mischief thou hast done . " Queen Caroline ...
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... soon withdrawn from these animals , and directed to another , of the most elegant and beautiful form . 3. He stood contemplating , with silent admiration , the glossy smoothness of his hair ; the blackness and regularity of the streaks ...
... soon withdrawn from these animals , and directed to another , of the most elegant and beautiful form . 3. He stood contemplating , with silent admiration , the glossy smoothness of his hair ; the blackness and regularity of the streaks ...
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... Soon after the conquest of Carthagena , the capital of the empire , his integrity and virtue were put to the following exemplary and ever - me- morable trial , related by historians , ancient and modern , with universal applause . 2 ...
... Soon after the conquest of Carthagena , the capital of the empire , his integrity and virtue were put to the following exemplary and ever - me- morable trial , related by historians , ancient and modern , with universal applause . 2 ...
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... soon as Melissa beheld , instead of the smiling features of youth and cheerfulness , a counte- nance wan and ghastly with sickness , and soured by fretful- ness , she turned away with horror , and gave her hand unre luctantly to her ...
... soon as Melissa beheld , instead of the smiling features of youth and cheerfulness , a counte- nance wan and ghastly with sickness , and soured by fretful- ness , she turned away with horror , and gave her hand unre luctantly to her ...
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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.