Sequel to the English Reader, Or Elegant Selections in Prose and Poetry ...Lincoln & Edmands. Sold at their Bible warehouse, and theological and miscellaneous bookstore, no. 53 Cornhill, 1816 - Authors - 286 pages |
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... The hermit , 164 CHAPTER II . DIDACTIC PIECES . SECT . 1. The love of the world detected , 170 2 . On friendship , 171 3. Improvement of time recommended , 176 CHAPTER III : DESCRIPTIVE PIECES . SECT . 1. The CONTENTS . vii.
... The hermit , 164 CHAPTER II . DIDACTIC PIECES . SECT . 1. The love of the world detected , 170 2 . On friendship , 171 3. Improvement of time recommended , 176 CHAPTER III : DESCRIPTIVE PIECES . SECT . 1. The CONTENTS . vii.
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... improving heart . So far from the horrors of defpair is the condition even of the guilty . Shudder , poor mortal , at the thought of the gulf into which thou waft just now going to plunge . " While the most faulty have every ...
... improving heart . So far from the horrors of defpair is the condition even of the guilty . Shudder , poor mortal , at the thought of the gulf into which thou waft just now going to plunge . " While the most faulty have every ...
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... improving to it felf . Suffering is no duty , but where it is neceffary to avoid guilt , or to do good ; nor pleasure a crime , but where it ftrengthens the influence of bad inclinations , or leffens the generous activity of virtue ...
... improving to it felf . Suffering is no duty , but where it is neceffary to avoid guilt , or to do good ; nor pleasure a crime , but where it ftrengthens the influence of bad inclinations , or leffens the generous activity of virtue ...
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... improving fociety fhould happily fucceed to the place of that idle crew , with whom they now affo- ciate ; if important business fhould occur , to bring them into a different sphere of action ; or , if some seasonable ftroke of ...
... improving fociety fhould happily fucceed to the place of that idle crew , with whom they now affo- ciate ; if important business fhould occur , to bring them into a different sphere of action ; or , if some seasonable ftroke of ...
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... pleasure and future good . In this conflict , the fouls of good men are tried , improved , and ftrengthened . In this field , their honours are reaped . Here are formed the capital virtues CHAP . 3 . 45 Argumentative Pieces .
... pleasure and future good . In this conflict , the fouls of good men are tried , improved , and ftrengthened . In this field , their honours are reaped . Here are formed the capital virtues CHAP . 3 . 45 Argumentative Pieces .
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Page 207 - Yes, let the rich deride, the proud disdain. These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm than all the gloss of art.
Page 205 - Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to Virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all...
Page 201 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favourite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; 'The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page 205 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year...
Page 226 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; No joys to him pacific...
Page 204 - Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work...
Page 206 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray.
Page 199 - The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Page 208 - Hoards e'en beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from all the world around. Yet count our gains. This wealth is but a name That leaves our useful products still the same.
Page 199 - Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds : Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the Moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign.