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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... Virtue. With a Few Preliminary Observations o Lindley Murray. He that waits for an opportunity to do much at once , may breathe out his life in idle wishes ; and regret , in the last hour , his useless intentions and barren zeal . The ...
... Virtue. With a Few Preliminary Observations o Lindley Murray. He that waits for an opportunity to do much at once , may breathe out his life in idle wishes ; and regret , in the last hour , his useless intentions and barren zeal . The ...
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... Virtue. With a Few Preliminary Observations o Lindley Murray. perity ( which indeed it were not salutary for man always to enjoy :) yet , if it mitigates the evils which necessarily belong to our state , it may justly be said to give ...
... Virtue. With a Few Preliminary Observations o Lindley Murray. perity ( which indeed it were not salutary for man always to enjoy :) yet , if it mitigates the evils which necessarily belong to our state , it may justly be said to give ...
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... Virtue. With a Few Preliminary Observations o Lindley Murray. Her ways are ways of pleasantness , and all her paths are peace . How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell to- gether in unity ! It is like precious ointment ...
... Virtue. With a Few Preliminary Observations o Lindley Murray. Her ways are ways of pleasantness , and all her paths are peace . How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell to- gether in unity ! It is like precious ointment ...
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... Virtue. With a Few Preliminary Observations o Lindley Murray. The desires and passions of a vicious man , having once ob- tained unlimited sway , trample him under their feet . They make him feel that he is subject to various ...
... Virtue. With a Few Preliminary Observations o Lindley Murray. The desires and passions of a vicious man , having once ob- tained unlimited sway , trample him under their feet . They make him feel that he is subject to various ...
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... Virtue. With a Few Preliminary Observations o Lindley Murray. seasons , and inclement skies . It is not owing to the debility of our bodies , or to the unequal distribution of the goods of fortune . Amidst all disadvantages of this kind ...
... Virtue. With a Few Preliminary Observations o Lindley Murray. seasons , and inclement skies . It is not owing to the debility of our bodies , or to the unequal distribution of the goods of fortune . Amidst all disadvantages of this kind ...
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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.