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... of them . It will be in vain to press him forward , with the hope of forming a good reader , if he cannot completely articulate every elementary sound of the language . SECTION III . a Pre - cip - i - X INTRODUCTION .
... of them . It will be in vain to press him forward , with the hope of forming a good reader , if he cannot completely articulate every elementary sound of the language . SECTION III . a Pre - cip - i - X INTRODUCTION .
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... Hope , the balm of life , sooths us under every misfortune . " The first and second pauses are accompanied by an inflection of voice , that gives the hearer an expectation of something further to complete the sense : the inflection ...
... Hope , the balm of life , sooths us under every misfortune . " The first and second pauses are accompanied by an inflection of voice , that gives the hearer an expectation of something further to complete the sense : the inflection ...
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... him , to gratify his senses , to employ his under- standing , to entertain his imagination , to cheer and glad- den his heart ! The hope of future happiness is a perpetualt source of CHAP . I. SELECT SENTENCES , & c . 35.
... him , to gratify his senses , to employ his under- standing , to entertain his imagination , to cheer and glad- den his heart ! The hope of future happiness is a perpetualt source of CHAP . I. SELECT SENTENCES , & c . 35.
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Lindley Murray. The hope of future happiness is a perpetualt source of consolation to good men . Under trouble , it sooths their minds , amidst temptation , it supports their virtue ; and in their dying moments , enables them to say ...
Lindley Murray. The hope of future happiness is a perpetualt source of consolation to good men . Under trouble , it sooths their minds , amidst temptation , it supports their virtue ; and in their dying moments , enables them to say ...
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... the kisses of an enemy are deceitful . Open rebuke is better than secret love . | Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? There is more hope of a fool than of him , 1 . He that is slow to anger , is better than 38 PART ENGLISH READER .
... the kisses of an enemy are deceitful . Open rebuke is better than secret love . | Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? There is more hope of a fool than of him , 1 . He that is slow to anger , is better than 38 PART ENGLISH READER .
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Abdalonymus Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention beauty behold BLAIR blessing Caius Verres Calabria cheer comforts dark daugh de-ja death Democritus Dioclesian distress divine dread earth ENGLISH READER enjoy enjoyment envy eternity ev'ry evil father fear feel folly fortune gentle give ground happiness hast Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human Jugurtha kind king labour live look Lord mankind Masinissa melan ment mercy Micipsa midst mind misery nature nature's ness never niscienced noble Numidia o'er ourselves pain passions peace person philosopher pleasure possession pow'r praise pride prince proper publick Pythias religion rest rich rise Roman Roman Senate scene SECTION sense shade shining Sicily Sidon smile sorrow soul sound spirit spring superiour sweet temper tempest thee things thou thought tion truth Tuning sweet vice virtue voice whole wisdom wise youth
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Page 269 - Angels: for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night Circle his throne rejoicing; ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. 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.
Page 251 - 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 102 - As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.
Page 265 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends , — do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Page 211 - 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.
Page 293 - Cease then, nor order imperfection name: Our proper bliss depends on what we blame. Know thy own point: this kind, this due degree Of blindness, weakness, Heaven bestows on thee. Submit, in this, or any other sphere, Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear : Safe in the hand of one Disposing Power, Or in the natal, or the mortal hour.
Page ii - In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned ;" and also to an act, entitled, " An Act supplementary to an act, entitled,' An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned...
Page 280 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Page 289 - What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year? Delightful visitant ! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet, From birds among the bowers.
Page 281 - 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...