Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853 edition. Excerpt: ...nature, as that most Contemptible of all Things, called AVARICE 1 For what do most persons follow and adore this yellow Phantom 1 Who is and ought to be the laughing-stock of devils and of men 1 What may the Miser be seen doing at the midnight hour 1 What grasp in his decrepit, withered hand t For what does the Miser sell Eternity 1 Among what does he sit f Whom does he drive away unalmsed 1 How does the Miser die 1 Will all my young friends remember that the Inordinate Love of money is one of the Very BASEST of Passions; and, also remember, that, they can never enjoy pleasure, comfort, or happiness either in the procuring of money or in the possession of it, unless with the disposition TO DO GOOD with it when possessed 1 Spelling Lesson LXX. Dealt (delt), pre. of Deal, to distribute, scatter; to trade, to traffick; to divide: n. a part; quantity; a board or plank; fir-wood. G1ld' id, part. a. adorned, illuminated; overlaid-with gold: pre. of Gild, to overlay or wash over with gold; to adorn with lustre; to illuminate, to brighten. R4 bike', n. reproof; reprehension: v. to reprove, to chide; to check. Wring (ring), v. to writhe, distort; to twist, to turn; to strain; to extort; to distress. Reading Lesson LXX. To one Bereft, The heart that has not known the hour When Grief could bid it bow, Or seen that looks and words have power To wring the brightest brow, 'Twere vain to torture with a song At sorrowful as mine; Leave such to pant amidst the throng . That crowd its gilded shrine. 2. But ye that suffer; who have felt The destiny of earth, That Death, with shadowy hand hath dealt Rebuke amidst your mirth; To you this tribute of a word, When other sounds have fled, Will come like loved tones, faintly heard; The Memory of the...
