THE ENGLISH READERJohnson & Warner, 1811 - 392 sider |
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Side xi
... once , the emphasis would fall un first ; and the line be read , " Of man's first disobedience , " & c . Again , admitting death ( as was really the case ) to have been an unheard - of and dreadful punishment , brought upon man in ...
... once , the emphasis would fall un first ; and the line be read , " Of man's first disobedience , " & c . Again , admitting death ( as was really the case ) to have been an unheard - of and dreadful punishment , brought upon man in ...
Side 23
... once yielded up the government of his mind , and given loose rein to his desires and passions , can tell how far they may carry him . Tranquility of mind is always most likely to be attained , when the business of the world is tempered ...
... once yielded up the government of his mind , and given loose rein to his desires and passions , can tell how far they may carry him . Tranquility of mind is always most likely to be attained , when the business of the world is tempered ...
Side 25
... once , may breathe out his life in idle wishes ; and regret , in the last hour , his useless intentions and barren zeal . The spirit of true religion breathes mildness and affability . It gives a native , unaffected ease to the ...
... once , may breathe out his life in idle wishes ; and regret , in the last hour , his useless intentions and barren zeal . The spirit of true religion breathes mildness and affability . It gives a native , unaffected ease to the ...
Side 26
... Once past never returns : is lost for ever . the moment which is lost , There is nothing on earth so stable , as to assure us of un- disturbed rest ; nor so powerful , as to afford us constant pio- tection . The house of feasting too ...
... Once past never returns : is lost for ever . the moment which is lost , There is nothing on earth so stable , as to assure us of un- disturbed rest ; nor so powerful , as to afford us constant pio- tection . The house of feasting too ...
Side 34
... once ob- tained an unlimited sway , trample him under their feet . They make him feel that he is subject to various , contradictory , and inperious masters , who often pull him different ways . His soul is rendered the receptacle of ...
... once ob- tained an unlimited sway , trample him under their feet . They make him feel that he is subject to various , contradictory , and inperious masters , who often pull him different ways . His soul is rendered the receptacle of ...
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Side 203 - want spectators, God want praise} Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep. All these .with ceaseless praise his works behold, Both day and night. How often, from the steep Of echoing hill, or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each- to others* note,
Side 31 - If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink. He that planted the ear, shall he not hear ? He that formed the eye, shall he not see ? I have been young, and now I am old ; yet have I never
Side 228 - dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea,. I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh ! solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face f Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
Side 239 - Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, .And spread the truth from pole to pole. What tho' in solemn silence all Move round the dark terrestrial ball 1
Side 202 - obey ; so God ordains. With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike, Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads
Side 190 - obey ; so God ordains. With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike, Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun "When first on this delightful land he spreads
Side 234 - Fountains, and ye that warble as ye flow ^Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise* Join voices all ye living souls ; ye birds, That singing up to heaven's gate ascend, Bear on your wings, and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk
Side 67 - far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with food convenient for me : lest I be full, and deny thee ; and" say, who is the Lord ? or lest I be poor, and steal ; and take