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 Reading |
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... tempest ferments , and pre- pares to discharge itself on our head . The man of true fortitude may be compared to the castle built on a rock , which defies the attacks of surrounding waters ; the man of a feeble and timorous spirit , to ...
... tempest ferments , and pre- pares to discharge itself on our head . The man of true fortitude may be compared to the castle built on a rock , which defies the attacks of surrounding waters ; the man of a feeble and timorous spirit , to ...
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... tempest gathered round his head . He was now roused by his danger to a quick and painful remembrance of his folly , he now saw how happiness is lost when ease is con sulted ; he lamented the unmanly impatience that prompted him too seek ...
... tempest gathered round his head . He was now roused by his danger to a quick and painful remembrance of his folly , he now saw how happiness is lost when ease is con sulted ; he lamented the unmanly impatience that prompted him too seek ...
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... tempest scowls , the surges roar , Blot his fair duy , and plunge him in the deep . Sunrise . But yonder comes the powerful king of day , Rejoicing in the east . The less'ning cloud , The kindliug azure , and the mountain's brow , Illum ...
... tempest scowls , the surges roar , Blot his fair duy , and plunge him in the deep . Sunrise . But yonder comes the powerful king of day , Rejoicing in the east . The less'ning cloud , The kindliug azure , and the mountain's brow , Illum ...
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... tempest roar ; There , bless'd with health , with business unperplex'd This life we relish , and ensure the next . Presume not on to - morrow . In human hearts what bolder thoughts can rise , Than man's presumption on to - morrow's dawn ...
... tempest roar ; There , bless'd with health , with business unperplex'd This life we relish , and ensure the next . Presume not on to - morrow . In human hearts what bolder thoughts can rise , Than man's presumption on to - morrow's dawn ...
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... tempest - wing'd Fierce winter sweeps them from the face of day . Ev'u so , luxurious men , unheeding , pass An idle summer life , in fortune's shine , A season's glitter ! Thus they flutter on , From toy to toy , from vanity to vice ...
... tempest - wing'd Fierce winter sweeps them from the face of day . Ev'u so , luxurious men , unheeding , pass An idle summer life , in fortune's shine , A season's glitter ! Thus they flutter on , From toy to toy , from vanity to vice ...
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Page 181 - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.