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 Reading |
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Alexander Selkirk angels appear attention beauty behold BLAIR blessing bliss breast breath clouds coursers Damocles death deep Dioclesian dread earth emphasis enjoy envy ev'ry evil fall feel folly fortune friends give Greek language ground Haman happiness Hazael heart heav'n hermit hill honour hope hour human inflection king labours live look Low Countries mercy midst mind misery morning mountains nature nature's never night numbers o'er Ortogrul ourselves pain passions path pause peace persons phasis Plato pleasing pleasure possession pow'r praise pride proper reader reading religion resignation rest rich rise scenes SECTION SECTION IV sense sentence sentiments seraph shade shining smiles Socrates song sorrow soul sound spirit spring superiour sweet tear temper tempest tence thee things thou thought thro toil tones truth vale verse vice virtue virtuous voice waves wing wisdom wise wish words youth