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 Reading |
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... his talent committed to him ; by the due mprovement of which he may , in die
way or other , sérve Gud , promote virtue , and be useful ! o the world . The love of
praise should be preserved under proper sub . ordination to the principle of duty .
... his talent committed to him ; by the due mprovement of which he may , in die
way or other , sérve Gud , promote virtue , and be useful ! o the world . The love of
praise should be preserved under proper sub . ordination to the principle of duty .
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That man is surely the most wretched of the sons of wretchediness , who lives
with his ownfaults and follies always before him ; and who has done to reconcile
bim to himself by praise and veneration . I have long sought content , and have
not ...
That man is surely the most wretched of the sons of wretchediness , who lives
with his ownfaults and follies always before him ; and who has done to reconcile
bim to himself by praise and veneration . I have long sought content , and have
not ...
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Every art of praise was tried , and every source of adulatory fiction was exhausted
. Or . togrul heard his flatterers without delight , because he found himselt unable
to believe them . heart toll him its frailties : his own understanding reproached ...
Every art of praise was tried , and every source of adulatory fiction was exhausted
. Or . togrul heard his flatterers without delight , because he found himselt unable
to believe them . heart toll him its frailties : his own understanding reproached ...
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Her vigor , her constancy , her magnanimity , her penetration , vigilance , and
address , are allowed to merit the highest praises ; and appear not to have been
surpassed by any person who ever filled a throne : a condurt less rigorous , less ...
Her vigor , her constancy , her magnanimity , her penetration , vigilance , and
address , are allowed to merit the highest praises ; and appear not to have been
surpassed by any person who ever filled a throne : a condurt less rigorous , less ...
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The wise ministers and brave men who flourished during her reigo , share the
praise of her success ; but instead of lessening the applause due to her , they
make great addition to it , They owed , all of them , their advancement to her
choice ...
The wise ministers and brave men who flourished during her reigo , share the
praise of her success ; but instead of lessening the applause due to her , they
make great addition to it , They owed , all of them , their advancement to her
choice ...
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| Título | 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 ... |
| Autor | Lindley Murray |
| Editor | John J. Williams, 1822 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 23 Mar 2007 |
| Largo | 264 páginas |
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