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 ReadingR. Patterson & Lambdin, 1822 - 264 sider |
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Side xiv
... rich , study not to increase his stores , but to diminish his desires . " " The Mexican figures , or picture - writing , represent things , not words : they exhibit images to the eye , not ideas to the understand- ing . " Some sentences ...
... rich , study not to increase his stores , but to diminish his desires . " " The Mexican figures , or picture - writing , represent things , not words : they exhibit images to the eye , not ideas to the understand- ing . " Some sentences ...
Side 17
... rich embroidery , plac- ed for his favourite . Side - boards , loaded with gold and silver plate of immense value , were arranged in the apartment . Pages of extraordinary beauty were ordered to attend his table , and to obey his ...
... rich embroidery , plac- ed for his favourite . Side - boards , loaded with gold and silver plate of immense value , were arranged in the apartment . Pages of extraordinary beauty were ordered to attend his table , and to obey his ...
Side 18
... rich gifts from the king , he presents himself before the prophet ; and accosts him in terms of the highest respect . During the conference which they held together , Elisha fixed his eye stedfastly on the countenance of Hazael ; and ...
... rich gifts from the king , he presents himself before the prophet ; and accosts him in terms of the highest respect . During the conference which they held together , Elisha fixed his eye stedfastly on the countenance of Hazael ; and ...
Side 25
... rich . ” Full of his new resolution , he shut himself in his chamber , for six months , to deliberate how he should grow rich . He sometimes proposed to offer himself as a counsellor to one of the kings in India ; and some- times ...
... rich . ” Full of his new resolution , he shut himself in his chamber , for six months , to deliberate how he should grow rich . He sometimes proposed to offer himself as a counsellor to one of the kings in India ; and some- times ...
Side 26
... rich , " said Ortogrul ; " let the golden stream be quick and violent . " " Look round thee , " said his father , " once again . " Ortogrul looked , and perceiv- ed the channel of the torrent dry and dusty ; but fol- lowing the rivulet ...
... rich , " said Ortogrul ; " let the golden stream be quick and violent . " " Look round thee , " said his father , " once again . " Ortogrul looked , and perceiv- ed the channel of the torrent dry and dusty ; but fol- lowing the rivulet ...
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Side 181 - 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.