The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Authors. 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 ReadingN. Burrill, 1818 - 263 páginas |
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... envy ' , hatred` , malice , anger ' ; but is in constant possession of a serene mind : he who follows the pleasures of it , which are in their very nature disappointing , is in con- stant search of care , solicitude ' , remorse ' , and ...
... envy ' , hatred` , malice , anger ' ; but is in constant possession of a serene mind : he who follows the pleasures of it , which are in their very nature disappointing , is in con- stant search of care , solicitude ' , remorse ' , and ...
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... envy , 13. Patience under provocations our interest as well as duty , 14. Moderation in our wishes recommended , 15 Omniscience and omnipresence of the Deity , the source of consolation to good men . CHAPTER IV . Argumentative Pieces ...
... envy , 13. Patience under provocations our interest as well as duty , 14. Moderation in our wishes recommended , 15 Omniscience and omnipresence of the Deity , the source of consolation to good men . CHAPTER IV . Argumentative Pieces ...
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... envy . Moral and religious instruction derives its efficacy , not so much from what men are taught to know , as from what they are brought to feel . He who pretends to great sensibility towards men , and yet has no feeling for the high ...
... envy . Moral and religious instruction derives its efficacy , not so much from what men are taught to know , as from what they are brought to feel . He who pretends to great sensibility towards men , and yet has no feeling for the high ...
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... envious people were to ask themselves , whether they would exchange their entire situations with the persons en- vied , ( I mean their minds , passions , notions , as well as their persons , fortunes , and dignities , ) - I presume the ...
... envious people were to ask themselves , whether they would exchange their entire situations with the persons en- vied , ( I mean their minds , passions , notions , as well as their persons , fortunes , and dignities , ) - I presume the ...
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... envy should ever have been a prevalent passion among men , much more that it should have prevailed among Christians . Where so much is suffered in common , little room is left for envy . There is more occasion for pity and sympathy ...
... envy should ever have been a prevalent passion among men , much more that it should have prevailed among Christians . Where so much is suffered in common , little room is left for envy . There is more occasion for pity and sympathy ...
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