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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But if it were a notorious truth , that inankind had transgressed in a peculiar
manuer more than once , the emphasis would fall on first ; and the line be read , «
Of man's first disobedience , ” & c . Again , admitting death , [ as was really the
case ] ...
But if it were a notorious truth , that inankind had transgressed in a peculiar
manuer more than once , the emphasis would fall on first ; and the line be read , «
Of man's first disobedience , ” & c . Again , admitting death , [ as was really the
case ] ...
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If his principles are false , no apology fro.n himself can make them right ; if
founded in truth , no censure from others can make them wrong . ” “ Though deep
, yet clear : though gentle yet not dull , Strong , without rage : without o'erflowing ,
full .
If his principles are false , no apology fro.n himself can make them right ; if
founded in truth , no censure from others can make them wrong . ” “ Though deep
, yet clear : though gentle yet not dull , Strong , without rage : without o'erflowing ,
full .
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The Author's English Exercises , under the head of Punctuation , will afford the
learner additional scope for improving himself , in reading sentences and
paragraphs rariously constructed . Sincerity and truth form the basis of every
virtue .
The Author's English Exercises , under the head of Punctuation , will afford the
learner additional scope for improving himself , in reading sentences and
paragraphs rariously constructed . Sincerity and truth form the basis of every
virtue .
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Sincerity and truth form the basis of every virtue . Disappointments and distress
are often blessings in disguise . Change anul alteration form the very essence of
the world . True happiness is of a retired nature and an enemy to pomp and noise
...
Sincerity and truth form the basis of every virtue . Disappointments and distress
are often blessings in disguise . Change anul alteration form the very essence of
the world . True happiness is of a retired nature and an enemy to pomp and noise
...
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He who pretends to great sensibility towards men , and yet has no feeling for the
high objects of religion , no heart to admire and adore the great Father of the
universe , has reason to distrust the truth and delicacy of his sensibility .
He who pretends to great sensibility towards men , and yet has no feeling for the
high objects of religion , no heart to admire and adore the great Father of the
universe , has reason to distrust the truth and delicacy of his sensibility .
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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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