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 ReadingJohnston & Stockton, 1835 - 252 pages |
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Page 123
... morning , and pursued his journey through the plains of Indostan . He was fresh and vigorous with rest ; he was animated with hope ; he was incited by desire : he walked swiftly forward , over the vallies , and saw the hills gradually ...
... morning , and pursued his journey through the plains of Indostan . He was fresh and vigorous with rest ; he was animated with hope ; he was incited by desire : he walked swiftly forward , over the vallies , and saw the hills gradually ...
Page 125
... morning of youth , full of vigour , and full of expectation ; we set forward with spirit and hope , with gaiety and with diligence , and travel on a while in the di- rect road of piety , towards the mansions of rest . 15 In a short time ...
... morning of youth , full of vigour , and full of expectation ; we set forward with spirit and hope , with gaiety and with diligence , and travel on a while in the di- rect road of piety , towards the mansions of rest . 15 In a short time ...
Page 126
... morning calls again to toil , begin anew thy jour ney and thy life . " DR . JOHNSON . CHAP . III . DIDACTIC PIECES . SECTION I. The importance of a good Education . I CONSIDER a human soul without education , like mar- ble in the quarry ...
... morning calls again to toil , begin anew thy jour ney and thy life . " DR . JOHNSON . CHAP . III . DIDACTIC PIECES . SECTION I. The importance of a good Education . I CONSIDER a human soul without education , like mar- ble in the quarry ...
Page 133
... morning plans the transactions of the day , and follows out that plan , carries on a thread which will guide him through the labyrinth of the most busy life . The orderly arrangement of his time , is like a ray of light , which darts ...
... morning plans the transactions of the day , and follows out that plan , carries on a thread which will guide him through the labyrinth of the most busy life . The orderly arrangement of his time , is like a ray of light , which darts ...
Page 187
... morning streaks the east With first approach of light , we must be risen , And at our pleasant labour ; to reform Yon flow'ry arbours , yonder alleys green , Our walk at noon , with branches overgrown , That mock our scant manuring ...
... morning streaks the east With first approach of light , we must be risen , And at our pleasant labour ; to reform Yon flow'ry arbours , yonder alleys green , Our walk at noon , with branches overgrown , That mock our scant manuring ...
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