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action admire Æneid affections agreeable ancient appear Aristotle Athenians Athens attention bad company beauty body called Cataline cern character Christian Cicero consider danger death degree Demosthenes divine duty earth elegance endeavour evil excellent expression father favour genius give grace greatest Greece Greek happiness hath heart Herodotus Homer honour human Ibid Iliad imagination kind knowledge labour language laws learning less live Livy Macedon mankind manner means ment mind nature neral ness never object observed occasion Olynthus orator ornament ourselves Pacuvius passions perfect persons Pindar Plato pleasure poetry poets praise proper racter reason religion Roman Rome Sallust sense sentiments shew sion soul speak spirit style Tacitus taste temper thee Theocritus thine thing thou thought Thucydides tion truth ture unto vice Virgil virtue whole wisdom wise words writing youth
Popular passages
Page 190 - Again ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not, forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths : But I say unto you, Swear not at all...
Page 205 - To examine themselves,' whether they repent them truly of their former sins, stedfastly purposing to lead a new life ; have a lively Faith in God's mercy through Christ, with a thankful remembrance of His death; and be in charity with all men.
Page 2 - I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge, into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon...
Page 172 - they are made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the Kingdom of Heaven...
Page 1 - standing in the midst of the tide." " The bridge thou seest," said he, " is Human Life; consider it attentively." Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which, added to those that were entire, made up the number about a hundred.
Page 28 - Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment ; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of day-light in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.
Page 204 - Because they promise them both by their Sureties; which promise, when they come to age, themselves are bound to perform.
Page 212 - Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad : for who is able to judge this thy so great a people.
Page 212 - See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship...
Page 2 - Some were looking up towards the heavens in a thoughtful posture, and in the midst of a speculation stumbled and fell out of sight. Multitudes were very busy in the pursuit of bubbles that glittered in their eyes, and danced before them ; but often when they thought themselves within the reach of them, their footing failed, and down they sunk.