The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and PoetryJ. D. Bemis and Company, 1822 - 272 páginas |
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... never to utter a greater quantity of voice than we can afford without pain to ourselves , and without any extraor- dinary effort . As long as we keep within these bounds , the other or- gans of speech will be at liberty to discharge ...
... never to utter a greater quantity of voice than we can afford without pain to ourselves , and without any extraor- dinary effort . As long as we keep within these bounds , the other or- gans of speech will be at liberty to discharge ...
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... never returns : the moment which is lost , is lost forever . There is nothing on earth so stable , as to assure us of un- disturbed rest ; nor so powerful as to afford us constant pro- tection . The house of feasting too often becomes ...
... never returns : the moment which is lost , is lost forever . There is nothing on earth so stable , as to assure us of un- disturbed rest ; nor so powerful as to afford us constant pro- tection . The house of feasting too often becomes ...
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... never satisfied ; nourishes a sickly , effeminate delicacy , which sours and corrupts every pleasure . SECTION VI . - We have seen the husbandman scattering his seed upon the furrowed ground ! It springs up and is gathered into his ...
... never satisfied ; nourishes a sickly , effeminate delicacy , which sours and corrupts every pleasure . SECTION VI . - We have seen the husbandman scattering his seed upon the furrowed ground ! It springs up and is gathered into his ...
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... never mourned . " The prince made inquiry after such persons ; but found the in- quiry vain , and was silent . SECTION VIII . He that hath no rule over his own spirit , is like a city that is broken down , and without walls . A soft ...
... never mourned . " The prince made inquiry after such persons ; but found the in- quiry vain , and was silent . SECTION VIII . He that hath no rule over his own spirit , is like a city that is broken down , and without walls . A soft ...
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... Never adventure too near an approach to what is evil , Familiarize not yourselves with it , in the slightest instances , without fear . Listen with reverence to every reprehension of conscience ; and preserve the most quick and accurate ...
... Never adventure too near an approach to what is evil , Familiarize not yourselves with it , in the slightest instances , without fear . Listen with reverence to every reprehension of conscience ; and preserve the most quick and accurate ...
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Términos y frases comunes
affections Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention Bayle beauty behold blessing Caius Verres character cheerful comfort dark death delight Democritus Dioclesian distress divine dread earth enjoy enjoyment envy eternal ev'ry evil fall father fear feel folly fortune Fundanus give Greek language ground hand happiness hast Hazael heart heav'n Heraclitus honor hope human indulge inflection innocence Jugurtha kind king labors live look Lord mankind mercy Micipsa midst mind misery Mount Etna nature never noble Numidia o'er ourselves pain passions pause peace perfect person pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride prince proper Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rise Roman Senate scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shade shining Sicily smiles sorrow soul sound spirit stancy suffer temper tempest thee things thou thought tion truth vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth