The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and PoetryJ. D. Bemis and Company, 1822 - 272 páginas |
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... 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 ) to have been an un- heard of and dreadful punishment , brought upon man in ...
... 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 ) to have been an un- heard of and dreadful punishment , brought upon man in ...
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... once yielded up the government of his mind , and given loose rein to his desires and passions , can tell how far they may carry him . Tranquility of mind is always most likely to be attained , when the business of the world is tempered ...
... once yielded up the government of his mind , and given loose rein to his desires and passions , can tell how far they may carry him . Tranquility of mind is always most likely to be attained , when the business of the world is tempered ...
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... once , may breathe out his life in idle wishes ; and regret , in the last hour , his useless intentions and barren zeal . The spirit of true religion breathes mildness and affability . It gives a native , unaffected ease to the ...
... once , may breathe out his life in idle wishes ; and regret , in the last hour , his useless intentions and barren zeal . The spirit of true religion breathes mildness and affability . It gives a native , unaffected ease to the ...
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The desires and passions of a vicious man , having once ob- tained an unlimited sway , trample him under their feet . They make him feel that he is subject to various , contradictory , and imperious masters , who often pull him ...
The desires and passions of a vicious man , having once ob- tained an unlimited sway , trample him under their feet . They make him feel that he is subject to various , contradictory , and imperious masters , who often pull him ...
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... once to be blessings to the world , sunk down , in the end , to be the burden and nuisance of society ! The most common propensity of mankind , is , to store fu- turity with whatever is agreeable to them ; especially in those periods of ...
... once to be blessings to the world , sunk down , in the end , to be the burden and nuisance of society ! The most common propensity of mankind , is , to store fu- turity with whatever is agreeable to them ; especially in those periods of ...
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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