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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... character ; and produces guilt , disgrace , and misery . To be entirely destitute of it , is a de- fect . To be governed by it , is depravity ! The proper ad- justment of the several principles of action in human nature , a matter that ...
... character ; and produces guilt , disgrace , and misery . To be entirely destitute of it , is a de- fect . To be governed by it , is depravity ! The proper ad- justment of the several principles of action in human nature , a matter that ...
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... character was so eminent , and his fame so widely spread , that Benhadad the king of Syria , though an idolater , sent to consult him , concern- ing the issue of a distemper which threatened his life . The messenger employed on this ...
... character was so eminent , and his fame so widely spread , that Benhadad the king of Syria , though an idolater , sent to consult him , concern- ing the issue of a distemper which threatened his life . The messenger employed on this ...
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... character of iniquity , which he once detested . BLAIR . SECTION III . Haman ; or , the misery of pride . AHASUERUS , who is supposed to be the prince known among the Greek historians by the name of Artaxerxes , had advan⚫ ced to the ...
... character of iniquity , which he once detested . BLAIR . SECTION III . Haman ; or , the misery of pride . AHASUERUS , who is supposed to be the prince known among the Greek historians by the name of Artaxerxes , had advan⚫ ced to the ...
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... character with an impartial eye ; and to learn from our own failings , to give that indulgence , which in our turn we claim . It 18 pride which fills the world with so much harshness and severity . In the fullness of self - estimation ...
... character with an impartial eye ; and to learn from our own failings , to give that indulgence , which in our turn we claim . It 18 pride which fills the world with so much harshness and severity . In the fullness of self - estimation ...
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... characters of his neigh- bours in the most favorable light , he is like one who dwells amidst those beautiful scenes of nature , on which the eye rests with pleasure . Whereas the sus- picious man , having his imagination filled with ...
... characters of his neigh- bours in the most favorable light , he is like one who dwells amidst those beautiful scenes of nature , on which the eye rests with pleasure . Whereas the sus- picious man , having his imagination filled with ...
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amidst Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention beauty behold BLAIR blessings Caius Verres character cheerful comforts dark death Democritus Descartes Dionysius distress divine dread earth emphasis enjoy enjoyment envy eternal ev'ry evil fall father feel folly fortune give Greek language ground happiness hast Hazael heart heav'n Heraclitus honour hope human inflection innocence Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord mankind ment mercy Micipsa mind misery Mount Etna mountain nature nature's never Numidia o'er ourselves pain Pamphylia passions pause peace perfection person pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride prince proper Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rise scene SECTION SECTION VI sense sentence sentiments shade shine Sicily smile sorrow soul sound spirit spring stancy sweet temper tempest tence thee things thou thought tion vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth
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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.