The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and PoetryJ. D. Bemis and Company, 1822 - 272 páginas |
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... stand at too great a dis- tance , when reading to their teachers ; whose instructers were very im- perfect in their hearing ; or who were taught by persons , that consid- ered loud expression as the chief requisite in forming a good ...
... stand at too great a dis- tance , when reading to their teachers ; whose instructers were very im- perfect in their hearing ; or who were taught by persons , that consid- ered loud expression as the chief requisite in forming a good ...
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... stand the test of near approach and strict examination . The value of any possession is to be chiefly estimated , by the relief which it can bring us in the time of our greatest need . No person who has once yielded up the government of ...
... stand the test of near approach and strict examination . The value of any possession is to be chiefly estimated , by the relief which it can bring us in the time of our greatest need . No person who has once yielded up the government of ...
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... standing maxims of human wisdom , in all ages of the world . SECTION III . The desire of improvement discovers a liberal mind , and is connected with many accomplishments , and many virtues . Innocence confers ease and freedom on the ...
... standing maxims of human wisdom , in all ages of the world . SECTION III . The desire of improvement discovers a liberal mind , and is connected with many accomplishments , and many virtues . Innocence confers ease and freedom on the ...
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set before him , to gratify his senses , to employ his under- standing , to entertain his imagination , to cheer and gladden his heart ! The hope of future happiness is a perpetual source of con- solation to good men . Under trouble ...
set before him , to gratify his senses , to employ his under- standing , to entertain his imagination , to cheer and gladden his heart ! The hope of future happiness is a perpetual source of con- solation to good men . Under trouble ...
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... stand- ers , in which the mildness of her disposition led her to take the blame entirely on herself , without uttering one complaint against the severity with which she had been treated . 16. She said , that her offence was not having ...
... stand- ers , in which the mildness of her disposition led her to take the blame entirely on herself , without uttering one complaint against the severity with which she had been treated . 16. She said , that her offence was not having ...
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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