The English Reader; Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers: Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect; to Improve Their Language and Sentiments; and to Inculcate Some of the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue. With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingEdward Little & Company, 1811 - 254 pages |
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Common terms and phrases
alſo Antiparos arife becauſe behold beſt BLAIR bleffing cauſe confider courſe death defire diſtance diſtreſs earth eaſe ev'ry evil faid falſe fame fatisfaction feemed firſt fituation fome foon forrow foul friendſhip fuch fuffer fupport happiness heart heaven honour houſe human inſtance intereſt itſelf Jugurtha juſt labours laſt leſs Lord mankind meaſure miferable mind moſt muſt myſelf nature neſs o'er obſerve occafions ourſelves paffions paſs pauſe perſons pleaſing pleaſure poffeffion pow'r praiſe preſent proper purpoſe Pythias raiſe reaſon render reſpect reſt rifing riſe ſay ſcene SECTION ſeemed ſenſe ſentiments ſeveral ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhort ſhould ſhow ſky ſmall ſmiles ſome ſometimes ſpace ſpeak ſpirit ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtate ſtation ſteps ſtill ſtream ſtrength ſtudied ſubject ſuch ſuppoſed ſweet ſyſtem temper thee theſe things thoſe thou tion univerſe uſe virtue voice whoſe wife wisdom youth
Popular passages
Page 179 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; * if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country, and their shackles, fall.
Page 203 - 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...
Page 204 - Know, nature's children all divide her care ; The fur that warms a monarch, warm'da bear. While man exclaims, " See all things for my use ! "
Page 176 - Strikes thro' their wounded hearts the sudden dread; But their hearts wounded, like the wounded air, Soon close ; where past the shaft, no trace is found. As from the wing no scar the sky retains ; The parted wave no furrow from the keel ; So dies in human hearts the thought of death.
Page 203 - Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn, For him as kindly spread the flow'ry lawn: Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
Page 191 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 140 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, And drink thy wine with a merry heart ; For God now accepteth thy works.
Page 210 - What conscience dictates to be done. Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heaven pursue.
Page 22 - He did not, however, forget whither he was travelling, but found a narrow way bordered with flowers, which appeared to have the same direction with the main road, and was pleased that, by this happy experiment, he had found means to unite pleasure with business, and to gain the rewards of diligence without suffering its fatigues.
Page 206 - Tis folly to be wise. HYMN TO ADVERSITY DAUGHTER of Jove, relentless power, Thou tamer of the human breast, Whose iron scourge and torturing hour The bad affright, afflict the best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain The proud are taught to taste of pain, And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before, unpitied and alone. When...