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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... comfort of life . The man of candour enjoys his situation , whatever it is , with cheerfulness and peace . Prudence directs his intercourse with the world ; but no black suspicions haunt his hours of rest . Accustomed to view the ...
... comfort of life . The man of candour enjoys his situation , whatever it is , with cheerfulness and peace . Prudence directs his intercourse with the world ; but no black suspicions haunt his hours of rest . Accustomed to view the ...
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... comfort . The attempt to ridicule religion may be agreeable to some , by re- lieving them from restraint upon their pleasures : and may render others very miserable , by making them doubt those truths , in which they were most deeply ...
... comfort . The attempt to ridicule religion may be agreeable to some , by re- lieving them from restraint upon their pleasures : and may render others very miserable , by making them doubt those truths , in which they were most deeply ...
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... comforts of life . Hence , the evil eye with which per- sons of inferior station scrutinize those who are above them in rank ; and if they approach to that rank , their envy is gen- erally strongest against such as are just one step ...
... comforts of life . Hence , the evil eye with which per- sons of inferior station scrutinize those who are above them in rank ; and if they approach to that rank , their envy is gen- erally strongest against such as are just one step ...
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... comforts we possess , we shall find reason to rest satisfied , with a very moderate , though not an opulent and splendid condition of fortune . Often , did we know the whole , we should be inclined to pity the state of those whom we now ...
... comforts we possess , we shall find reason to rest satisfied , with a very moderate , though not an opulent and splendid condition of fortune . Often , did we know the whole , we should be inclined to pity the state of those whom we now ...
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... comforts of life . But hen these wishes are not tempered by reason , they are in danger of precipitating us into much extravagance and folly Desires and wishes are the first springs of action When they become exorbitant , the whole ...
... comforts of life . But hen these wishes are not tempered by reason , they are in danger of precipitating us into much extravagance and folly Desires and wishes are the first springs of action When they become exorbitant , the whole ...
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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.