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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... possession of all the honours and enjoyments which royalty could bestow . SECTION II . CICERO . Change of external condition often adverse to virtue . In the days of Joram , king of Israel , flourished the prophet Elisha . His character ...
... possession of all the honours and enjoyments which royalty could bestow . SECTION II . CICERO . Change of external condition often adverse to virtue . In the days of Joram , king of Israel , flourished the prophet Elisha . His character ...
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... possession of his heart . " He smote the children of Israel in all their coasts . " He oppressed them during all the ... possessed were next to royal , his pride was every day fed with that servile homage , which is peculiar to Asiatic ...
... possession of his heart . " He smote the children of Israel in all their coasts . " He oppressed them during all the ... possessed were next to royal , his pride was every day fed with that servile homage , which is peculiar to Asiatic ...
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... possessed the most engaging disposition , the most accomplished parts ; and being of an equal age , with king Edward VI . she had received all her education with him , and seemed even to possess a greater facility in acquiring every ...
... possessed the most engaging disposition , the most accomplished parts ; and being of an equal age , with king Edward VI . she had received all her education with him , and seemed even to possess a greater facility in acquiring every ...
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... possession , of time only they are prodigal . They al- low every idle man to be master of this property , and make every frivolous occupation welcome that can help them to consume it . Among those who are so care- less of time , it is ...
... possession , of time only they are prodigal . They al- low every idle man to be master of this property , and make every frivolous occupation welcome that can help them to consume it . Among those who are so care- less of time , it is ...
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... which is often unknown at courts . The gratifications of nature , which are always th most satisfactory , are possessed by him to their full exter G and if he be a stranger to the refined pleasures Chap . 3 . 49 Didactic Pieces .
... which is often unknown at courts . The gratifications of nature , which are always th most satisfactory , are possessed by him to their full exter G and if he be a stranger to the refined pleasures Chap . 3 . 49 Didactic Pieces .
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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.