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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... soul without education , like marble in the quarry ; which shows none of its inhe rent beauties , until the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours , makes the surface shine , and discovers every ornamental cloud , spot and vein ...
... soul without education , like marble in the quarry ; which shows none of its inhe rent beauties , until the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours , makes the surface shine , and discovers every ornamental cloud , spot and vein ...
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... soul , which appears in these poor wretches on many occasions , be raised to , were it rightly cultivated ? And what colour of excuse can there be , for the contempt with which we treat this part of our species ; that we should not put ...
... soul , which appears in these poor wretches on many occasions , be raised to , were it rightly cultivated ? And what colour of excuse can there be , for the contempt with which we treat this part of our species ; that we should not put ...
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... soul into rapture , when it is employed on this great object of gratitude ; on this benificent Being , who has given us every thing we already possess , and from whom we expect every thing we yet hope for , SECTION III . On forgiveness ...
... soul into rapture , when it is employed on this great object of gratitude ; on this benificent Being , who has given us every thing we already possess , and from whom we expect every thing we yet hope for , SECTION III . On forgiveness ...
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... soul . 99 Those evil spirits who inhabit the regions of misery , are represented as delighting in revenge and cruelty . But all that is great and good in the universe , is on the side of clemency and mercy . The Almighty Ruler of the ...
... soul . 99 Those evil spirits who inhabit the regions of misery , are represented as delighting in revenge and cruelty . But all that is great and good in the universe , is on the side of clemency and mercy . The Almighty Ruler of the ...
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... soul of youth had formerly dreamt of , has rendered the heart almost inaccessible to new friend- ships . The principal sources of activity are taken a way , when they for whom we labour are cut off from us ; they who animated , and who ...
... soul of youth had formerly dreamt of , has rendered the heart almost inaccessible to new friend- ships . The principal sources of activity are taken a way , when they for whom we labour are cut off from us ; they who animated , and who ...
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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.