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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... cause , to stand firm by what is fair and just , amidst discouragements and opposition ; des- pising groundless censure and reproach ; disdaining all com- pliance with public manners , when they are vicious and unlaw- ful ; and never ...
... cause , to stand firm by what is fair and just , amidst discouragements and opposition ; des- pising groundless censure and reproach ; disdaining all com- pliance with public manners , when they are vicious and unlaw- ful ; and never ...
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... cause his grief could not fetch him again : " It is for that ve- ry reason , said the emperor , " that I grieve . " 19 On the contrary , religion bears a more tender regard to hu man nature . It prescribes to every miserable man the ...
... cause his grief could not fetch him again : " It is for that ve- ry reason , said the emperor , " that I grieve . " 19 On the contrary , religion bears a more tender regard to hu man nature . It prescribes to every miserable man the ...
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... cause of our present impatience and disturbance will be utterly forgotten . Can we not then , anticipate tais hour of calmness to ourselves ; and begin to enjoy the peace which it will certainly bring ? If others have behaved improp ...
... cause of our present impatience and disturbance will be utterly forgotten . Can we not then , anticipate tais hour of calmness to ourselves ; and begin to enjoy the peace which it will certainly bring ? If others have behaved improp ...
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... cause and that cause must either be external , internal , or mixed ; in as much as , except these three , there is no other possible . Now # steady , durable good , cannot be derived from an ex- ternal cause ; since ali derived from ...
... cause and that cause must either be external , internal , or mixed ; in as much as , except these three , there is no other possible . Now # steady , durable good , cannot be derived from an ex- ternal cause ; since ali derived from ...
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... cause for this but the unknown decree of heaven ? Has he duly valued the blessing of health , and always observed the rules of vir- tue and sobriety ? Has he been moderate in his life , and temperate in all his pleasures ? If now he is ...
... cause for this but the unknown decree of heaven ? Has he duly valued the blessing of health , and always observed the rules of vir- tue and sobriety ? Has he been moderate in his life , and temperate in all his pleasures ? If now he is ...
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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.