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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... hand upon the crown , but that she had not rejected it with sufficient constancy ; that she had less erred through ambition than through rev- erence to her parents , whom she had been taught to respect and obey ; that she willingly ...
... hand upon the crown , but that she had not rejected it with sufficient constancy ; that she had less erred through ambition than through rev- erence to her parents , whom she had been taught to respect and obey ; that she willingly ...
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... hand , a grove that seemed to wave its shades as a sign of invitation ; he entered it , and found the coolness and verdure irresistibly pleasant . He did not , however , forget whither he was travelling ; but found a narrow way ...
... hand , a grove that seemed to wave its shades as a sign of invitation ; he entered it , and found the coolness and verdure irresistibly pleasant . He did not , however , forget whither he was travelling ; but found a narrow way ...
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... hand were heard the mingled howls of rage and fear , and ravage and expiration . All the horrors of darkness and sclitude surrounded him : the winds roared in the woods ; and the torrents tumbled from the hills . Thus forlorn and ...
... hand were heard the mingled howls of rage and fear , and ravage and expiration . All the horrors of darkness and sclitude surrounded him : the winds roared in the woods ; and the torrents tumbled from the hills . Thus forlorn and ...
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... elegancy ; but seldom meet with any to which the hand of a Phidias or a Praxiteles could not give several nice touches and finishings . ADDISON . SECTION II . On gratitude . THERE is not a Chap . 3 . $ 5 Didactic Pieces .
... elegancy ; but seldom meet with any to which the hand of a Phidias or a Praxiteles could not give several nice touches and finishings . ADDISON . SECTION II . On gratitude . THERE is not a Chap . 3 . $ 5 Didactic Pieces .
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... hand , but even those bene- fits which are conveyed to us by others . Every bles- sing we enjoy , by what means soever it may be deriv- ed upon us , is the gift of HIM who is the great Au- thor of good , and the Father of mercies . If ...
... hand , but even those bene- fits which are conveyed to us by others . Every bles- sing we enjoy , by what means soever it may be deriv- ed upon us , is the gift of HIM who is the great Au- thor of good , and the Father of mercies . If ...
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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.