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 ReadingR. Patterson & Lambdin, 1822 - 264 páginas |
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... light ; and which recommend a great variety of moral duties , by the excellence of their nature , and the happy effects they pro- duce . These subjects are exhibited in a style and manner , which are calculated to arrest the attention ...
... light ; and which recommend a great variety of moral duties , by the excellence of their nature , and the happy effects they pro- duce . These subjects are exhibited in a style and manner , which are calculated to arrest the attention ...
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... light in comparison of those inward distresses of mind , occasioned by folly , by pas- sion , and by guilt . No station is so high , no power so great , no charac- ter so unblemished , as to exempt men from the attacks of rashness ...
... light in comparison of those inward distresses of mind , occasioned by folly , by pas- sion , and by guilt . No station is so high , no power so great , no charac- ter so unblemished , as to exempt men from the attacks of rashness ...
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... light of day not like the aromatic gale , which sometimes feasts the sense ; but like the ordinary breeze , which purifies the air and renders it healthful , The happiness of every man depends more upon the state of his own mind . than ...
... light of day not like the aromatic gale , which sometimes feasts the sense ; but like the ordinary breeze , which purifies the air and renders it healthful , The happiness of every man depends more upon the state of his own mind . than ...
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... light covers her face . Observe the progress of her votaries ; be silent and attentive . " After I had noticed a variety of objects , I turned my eye towards the multitudes who were climbing the steep ascent ; and observed among them a ...
... light covers her face . Observe the progress of her votaries ; be silent and attentive . " After I had noticed a variety of objects , I turned my eye towards the multitudes who were climbing the steep ascent ; and observed among them a ...
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... light ; and finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit , he called humbly at the door , and ob- tained admission . The old man set before him such provisions as he had collected for himself , on which Obidah fed with ea ...
... light ; and finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit , he called humbly at the door , and ob- tained admission . The old man set before him such provisions as he had collected for himself , on which Obidah fed with ea ...
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Página 181 - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.