The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ...David Allinson, 1816 - 254 páginas |
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Términos y frases comunes
amidst Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention balance of happiness beauty behold BLAIR blessing cæsura Caius Verres character comforts creatures cusations death delight Democritus Dioclesian distress divine dread Earl of Strafford earth emphasis enemies enjoy enjoyment envy eternity ev'ry evil fall father favour feel folly fortune gentle give ground happiness Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human inflection innocence Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord mankind manner Micipsa mind misery nature never Numidia o'er ourselves pain Pamphylia passions pause peace perfection persons pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride proper Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rise Roman senate scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shine Sicily smile sorrow soul sound spirit suffer tears temper tempest thee things thou thought tion tones truth vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth
Pasajes populares
Página 198 - 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 205 - 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.
Página 2 - A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger.
Página 164 - 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...
Página 204 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks He shall attend, . And all my midnight hours defend.
Página 198 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair : thyself how wondrous then, Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Página 193 - Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place. I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own.
Página 188 - With blooming gold and blushes like the morn. Each passing hour sheds tribute from her wings ; And still new beauties meet his lonely walk, And loves unfelt attract him. Not a breeze Flies o'er the meadow, not a cloud imbibes The setting sun's effulgence, not a strain From all the tenants of the warbling shade Ascends, but whence his bosom can partake Fresh pleasure unreprov'd. Nor thence partakes Fresh pleasure only : for the attentive mind, By this harmonious action on her powers Becomes herself...
Página 170 - A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring : There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again.
Página 170 - Fir'd at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts, While from the bounded level of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind; But more advanc'd, behold with strange surprise, New distant scenes of endless science rise!