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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I am distressed for thee , my brother Jonathan , ' ' said the plaintive surviving
David ; " very pleasant hast thou been to me ; thy love to me was wonderful ;
passing the love of women . Sir Philip Sidney , at the batile near Zutphen , was
wound ...
I am distressed for thee , my brother Jonathan , ' ' said the plaintive surviving
David ; " very pleasant hast thou been to me ; thy love to me was wonderful ;
passing the love of women . Sir Philip Sidney , at the batile near Zutphen , was
wound ...
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If thou seek him , he will be found of thee : but if thou forsake him , he will cast
thee of forever . SECTION IX . THAT every day has its pains and sorrows , is
universally experienced , and almost universally confessed – But let us not attend
only ...
If thou seek him , he will be found of thee : but if thou forsake him , he will cast
thee of forever . SECTION IX . THAT every day has its pains and sorrows , is
universally experienced , and almost universally confessed – But let us not attend
only ...
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How different , o Ortogrul , is thy condition , who art doomed to the perpetual
torments of unsatisfied desire ; and who hast no amusement in thy power , that
can withhold thee from thy own refleetions ! They tell thee that thou art wise ; but ...
How different , o Ortogrul , is thy condition , who art doomed to the perpetual
torments of unsatisfied desire ; and who hast no amusement in thy power , that
can withhold thee from thy own refleetions ! They tell thee that thou art wise ; but ...
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Tell me now , ” said his father , “ dost thou wish for sudden affluence , that may
pour upon thee like the mountain torrent , or for a slow and gradual increase ,
resembling the rill gliding from the well ? " • Let me be quickly rich , " said Ortogrul
...
Tell me now , ” said his father , “ dost thou wish for sudden affluence , that may
pour upon thee like the mountain torrent , or for a slow and gradual increase ,
resembling the rill gliding from the well ? " • Let me be quickly rich , " said Ortogrul
...
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As I was gazing on these things with astonishment , a friendly instructer guddenly
appeared : “ The mountain before thee , ” said he , “ is the Hill of Science . On the
top is the temple of Truth , whose bead is above the clouds , and a veil of pure ...
As I was gazing on these things with astonishment , a friendly instructer guddenly
appeared : “ The mountain before thee , ” said he , “ is the Hill of Science . On the
top is the temple of Truth , whose bead is above the clouds , and a veil of pure ...
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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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