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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... less , it could not answer the purpose of salutary discipline . Unsat- isfactory as it is , its pleasures are still too apt to cor- rupt our hearts . How fatal then must the conse . quences have been , had it yielded us more complete ...
... less , it could not answer the purpose of salutary discipline . Unsat- isfactory as it is , its pleasures are still too apt to cor- rupt our hearts . How fatal then must the conse . quences have been , had it yielded us more complete ...
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... less erred through ambition than through rev- erence to her parents , whom she had been taught to respect and obey ; that she willingly received death , " as the only satisfaction which she could now inake to the injured state ; and ...
... less erred through ambition than through rev- erence to her parents , whom she had been taught to respect and obey ; that she willingly received death , " as the only satisfaction which she could now inake to the injured state ; and ...
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... less and less able to re- sist and though they often returned to the path , the asperities of the road were more severely felt ; the hill appeared more steep and rugged ; the fruits which were wholesome and refreshing , seemed harsh and ...
... less and less able to re- sist and though they often returned to the path , the asperities of the road were more severely felt ; the hill appeared more steep and rugged ; the fruits which were wholesome and refreshing , seemed harsh and ...
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... less able to return than the follow- ers of Indolence . The captives of Appetite and Pas- sion could often seize the moment when their tyrants were languid or asleep , to escape from their enchant- ment ; but the dominion of Indolence ...
... less able to return than the follow- ers of Indolence . The captives of Appetite and Pas- sion could often seize the moment when their tyrants were languid or asleep , to escape from their enchant- ment ; but the dominion of Indolence ...
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... 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 happens in our Ameri- can plantations , who ...
... 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 happens in our Ameri- can plantations , who ...
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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.