The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, from the Best WritersCollins and Company, 1832 - 252 páginas |
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... objects to improve youth in the art of reading ; to meliorate their language and sentiments ; and to inculcate some of the most important principles of piety and virtue . The pieces selected not only give exercise to a great variety of ...
... objects to improve youth in the art of reading ; to meliorate their language and sentiments ; and to inculcate some of the most important principles of piety and virtue . The pieces selected not only give exercise to a great variety of ...
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... object , that they regulate its pronunciation . On this head , the following direction may be of use : " Though in reading , grat attention should be paid to the stops , yet a greater should be given to the sense ; and their ...
... object , that they regulate its pronunciation . On this head , the following direction may be of use : " Though in reading , grat attention should be paid to the stops , yet a greater should be given to the sense ; and their ...
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... objects of religion , no heart to ad- mire and adore the great Father of the universe , has reason to distrust the truth and delicacy of his sensibility . When , upon rational and sober enquiry , we have establish- ed our principles ...
... objects of religion , no heart to ad- mire and adore the great Father of the universe , has reason to distrust the truth and delicacy of his sensibility . When , upon rational and sober enquiry , we have establish- ed our principles ...
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... object on which it shines ; a censorious disposition casts every character into the darkest shade it will bear . Many men mistake the love , for the practice , of virtue ; and are not so much good men , as the friends of goodness ...
... object on which it shines ; a censorious disposition casts every character into the darkest shade it will bear . Many men mistake the love , for the practice , of virtue ; and are not so much good men , as the friends of goodness ...
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... object . By the storms which it raises within , and by the mischiefs which it occasions without , it generally brings on the passionate and revengeful man , greater misery than he can bring on the ob ject of his resentment . The palace ...
... object . By the storms which it raises within , and by the mischiefs which it occasions without , it generally brings on the passionate and revengeful man , greater misery than he can bring on the ob ject of his resentment . The palace ...
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