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 ReadingR. Patterson & Lambdin, 1822 - 264 páginas |
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... actions , according as they are more or less rectified and swayed by reason . When one hears of negroes , who , upon the death of their masters , or upon changing their service , hang themselves upon the next tree , as it sometimes ...
... actions , according as they are more or less rectified and swayed by reason . When one hears of negroes , who , upon the death of their masters , or upon changing their service , hang themselves upon the next tree , as it sometimes ...
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... actions of the day , and follows out that plan , carries on a thread which will guide him through the labyrinth of the most busy life . The orderly arrangement of his time is like a ray of light , which darts itself through all his at ...
... actions of the day , and follows out that plan , carries on a thread which will guide him through the labyrinth of the most busy life . The orderly arrangement of his time is like a ray of light , which darts itself through all his at ...
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... action When they become exorbitant , the whole character is likley to be tainted It w suffer our fancy to create to itself worlds of ideal happiness , we shall discompose the peace and order of our minds , and foment many hurtful ...
... action When they become exorbitant , the whole character is likley to be tainted It w suffer our fancy to create to itself worlds of ideal happiness , we shall discompose the peace and order of our minds , and foment many hurtful ...
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... actions , two things are especially requisite , information and impartiality . But such as are most forward to ... action they presently look into the heart , and infer the motive . This supposed motive they conclude to be the ruling ...
... actions , two things are especially requisite , information and impartiality . But such as are most forward to ... action they presently look into the heart , and infer the motive . This supposed motive they conclude to be the ruling ...
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... action to have been in every view criminal , he may have been hurried into it through inadvertency and surprise . He may have sin- cerely repented ; and the virtuous principle may have now regained its full vigour . Perhaps this was the ...
... action to have been in every view criminal , he may have been hurried into it through inadvertency and surprise . He may have sin- cerely repented ; and the virtuous principle may have now regained its full vigour . Perhaps this was the ...
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Página 181 - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.