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 ReadingEvert Duyckinck, 1810 - 231 頁 |
搜尋書籍內容
第 1 到 5 筆結果,共 15 筆
第 38 頁
... seemed even to possess a greater facility in ac- quiring every part of manly and classical literature . She had attained a knowledge of the Roman and Greek languages , as well as of several modern tongues ; had passed most of her time ...
... seemed even to possess a greater facility in ac- quiring every part of manly and classical literature . She had attained a knowledge of the Roman and Greek languages , as well as of several modern tongues ; had passed most of her time ...
第 41 頁
... seemed but the foot of an- other , till the mountain at length appeared to lose itself in the clouds . As I was gazing on these things with astonishment , a friendly instructor suddenly appeared : " The mountain be- fore thee , " said ...
... seemed but the foot of an- other , till the mountain at length appeared to lose itself in the clouds . As I was gazing on these things with astonishment , a friendly instructor suddenly appeared : " The mountain be- fore thee , " said ...
第 42 頁
... seemed harsh and ill - tasted their sight grew dim ; and their feet tripped at every little obstruction . I saw , with some surprise , that the muses , whose business was to cheer and encourage those who were toiling up the as- cent ...
... seemed harsh and ill - tasted their sight grew dim ; and their feet tripped at every little obstruction . I saw , with some surprise , that the muses , whose business was to cheer and encourage those who were toiling up the as- cent ...
第 43 頁
... seemed to shed a glory round her votaries . Happy , said I , are they who are permitted to ascend the mountain ! - But while I was pronouncing this exclamation , with uncom mon ardour , I saw , standing beside me , a form of divinor ...
... seemed to shed a glory round her votaries . Happy , said I , are they who are permitted to ascend the mountain ! - But while I was pronouncing this exclamation , with uncom mon ardour , I saw , standing beside me , a form of divinor ...
第 80 頁
... seemed to lead to a place totally dark , and which one of the natives assured us contained nothing more than a reservior of water . Upon this information , we made an experiment , by throwing down some stones , which rumbling along the ...
... seemed to lead to a place totally dark , and which one of the natives assured us contained nothing more than a reservior of water . Upon this information , we made an experiment , by throwing down some stones , which rumbling along the ...
常見字詞
ADHERBAL ANTIPAROS appear Archbishop of Cambray attention beauty behold BLAIR blessing Caius Verres cendant character cheer comforts dark death Democritus Dioclesian distress divine dread earth enjoy enjoyment envy eternity ev'ry evil fall father feel folly fortune gentle give ground Haman happiness hast Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human inflection innocence Jugurtha king labours LADY JANE GREY live look Lord mankind mercy Micipsa midst mind misery Mount Etna nature never noble Numidia o'er ourselves pain passions pause peace perfection person pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride prince proper Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rise ROMAN SENATE scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shade shining Sicily smile sorrow soul sound spirit spring stancy sweet tears temper tempest thee things thou thought tion truth vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth
熱門章節
第 225 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 202 頁 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
第 178 頁 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
第 238 頁 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This, teach me more than Hell to shun, That, more than Heaven pursue.
第 219 頁 - Ah! little think the gay licentious proud, "Whom pleasure, power, and affluence surround ; They who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth And wanton, often cruel, riot waste ;— Ah ! little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain...
第 189 頁 - Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but .the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleased: now...
第 118 頁 - I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee, touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews. Especially, because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews; wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
第 185 頁 - He spied far off upon the ground, A something shining in the dark, And knew the glow-worm by his spark. So, stooping down from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his intent, Harangued him thus right eloquent :
第 238 頁 - Let not this weak unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe. If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, O teach my heart To find that better way.
第 248 頁 - When even at last the solemn hour shall come, And wing my mystic flight to future worlds, I cheerful will obey; there, with new powers, Will rising wonders sing. I cannot go Where universal love not smiles around, Sustaining all yon orbs, and all their suns; From seeming evil still educing good, And better thence again, and better still, In infinite progression.