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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... reason of the cold ; he shall therefore beg in harvest , and have nothing I went by the field of the slothful , and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding and lo ! it was all grown o- ver with thorns ; nettles had covered its ...
... reason of the cold ; he shall therefore beg in harvest , and have nothing I went by the field of the slothful , and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding and lo ! it was all grown o- ver with thorns ; nettles had covered its ...
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... reasons , of her father and father - in - law , and , above all , of her husband , she submitted to their will , and was prevailed on to relinquish her own judgement . But her elevation was of very short continuance . The nation ...
... reasons , of her father and father - in - law , and , above all , of her husband , she submitted to their will , and was prevailed on to relinquish her own judgement . But her elevation was of very short continuance . The nation ...
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... 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 can torbear admiring their ...
... 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 can torbear admiring their ...
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... reason , as none can be properly called rich who have not more than they want , there are few rich men in any of the politer nations , but among the middle sort of people , who keep their wishes within their fortunes , and have more ...
... reason , as none can be properly called rich who have not more than they want , there are few rich men in any of the politer nations , but among the middle sort of people , who keep their wishes within their fortunes , and have more ...
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... reason , said the emperor , " that I grieve . " 19 On the contrary , religion bears a more tender regard to hu man nature . It prescribes to every miserable man the means of bettering his condition : nay , it shows him , that bearing ...
... reason , said the emperor , " that I grieve . " 19 On the contrary , religion bears a more tender regard to hu man nature . It prescribes to every miserable man the means of bettering his condition : nay , it shows him , that bearing ...
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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.