The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers ...Seward and Williams, 1816 - 254 頁 |
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... perfection will find himself amply rewarded for every exertion he may think proper to make . To give rules for the management of the voice in read- ing , by which the necessary pauses , emphasis , and tones , may be discovered and put ...
... perfection will find himself amply rewarded for every exertion he may think proper to make . To give rules for the management of the voice in read- ing , by which the necessary pauses , emphasis , and tones , may be discovered and put ...
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... view every latent virtue and perfection , which , without such helps , are never able to make their appearance . If my reader will give me leave to change the allusion so soon upon him , I shall make use of CHAP . NI . 33 DIDACTIC PIECES .
... view every latent virtue and perfection , which , without such helps , are never able to make their appearance . If my reader will give me leave to change the allusion so soon upon him , I shall make use of CHAP . NI . 33 DIDACTIC PIECES .
第 34 頁
... those nations of which I have been here speaking ; as those who have had the advantag- es of a more liberal education , rise above one another by several different degrees of perfection . For , to return 34 / PART I. THE ENGLISH READER .
... those nations of which I have been here speaking ; as those who have had the advantag- es of a more liberal education , rise above one another by several different degrees of perfection . For , to return 34 / PART I. THE ENGLISH READER .
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... perfection . For , to return to our statue in the block of marble , we see it sometimes only begun to be chipped , sometimes rough hewn , and but just sketched into a human figure ; sometimes , we see the man appearing distinctly in all ...
... perfection . For , to return to our statue in the block of marble , we see it sometimes only begun to be chipped , sometimes rough hewn , and but just sketched into a human figure ; sometimes , we see the man appearing distinctly in all ...
第 40 頁
... perfection of understanding , is impossible : he makes the nearest approaches to it , who has the sense to discern , and the humility to acknowledge , its imperfections . Modesty always sits gracefully upon youth ; it covers a multitude ...
... perfection of understanding , is impossible : he makes the nearest approaches to it , who has the sense to discern , and the humility to acknowledge , its imperfections . Modesty always sits gracefully upon youth ; it covers a multitude ...
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第 198 頁 - 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.
第 205 頁 - 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.
第 4 頁 - A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger.
第 164 頁 - 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...
第 204 頁 - 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.
第 198 頁 - 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.
第 193 頁 - 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.
第 188 頁 - 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...
第 170 頁 - 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.
第 170 頁 - 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!