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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... spring , by introducing disorder into the heart . Those passions which it seems to indulge , it only feeds with imperfect gratifications ; and thereby strengthens them for preying , in the end , on their unhappy victims . It is a great ...
... spring , by introducing disorder into the heart . Those passions which it seems to indulge , it only feeds with imperfect gratifications ; and thereby strengthens them for preying , in the end , on their unhappy victims . It is a great ...
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... springs of action When they become exorbitant , the whole character is likley to be tainted It w suffer our fancy to create to itself worlds of ideal happiness , we shall discompose the peace and order of our minds , and foment many ...
... springs of action When they become exorbitant , the whole character is likley to be tainted It w suffer our fancy to create to itself worlds of ideal happiness , we shall discompose the peace and order of our minds , and foment many ...
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... Spring presents us with a scene of lively expecta tion . That which was before sown , begins now to discover signs of successful vegetation . The labourer observes the change , and anticipates the harvest ; he watches the prog- ress of ...
... Spring presents us with a scene of lively expecta tion . That which was before sown , begins now to discover signs of successful vegetation . The labourer observes the change , and anticipates the harvest ; he watches the prog- ress of ...
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... springs from a gentle mind , there is a charm infin . itely more powerful , than in all the studied manners of the most finished courtier . True gentleness is founded on a sense of what we owe to HIM who made us , and to the common na ...
... springs from a gentle mind , there is a charm infin . itely more powerful , than in all the studied manners of the most finished courtier . True gentleness is founded on a sense of what we owe to HIM who made us , and to the common na ...
Página 94
... Exalted society , and the renewal of virtuous connex- ions , two sources of future felicity . BESIDES the felicity which springs from perfect 61 love , there are two circumstances which particular . 94 Part 1 . The English Reader .
... Exalted society , and the renewal of virtuous connex- ions , two sources of future felicity . BESIDES the felicity which springs from perfect 61 love , there are two circumstances which particular . 94 Part 1 . The English Reader .
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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.