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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... humanity of the boys , made this striking obser vation : “ Children , you do not consider , that though this may be sport to you , it is death to us . " Sully , the great statesman of France , always retained at his table , in his most ...
... humanity of the boys , made this striking obser vation : “ Children , you do not consider , that though this may be sport to you , it is death to us . " Sully , the great statesman of France , always retained at his table , in his most ...
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... human sorrows . Would they look with a more impartial eye on the world , they would see themselves surrounded with sufferers ; and find that they are only drinking out of that mixed cup which Providence has prepared for all . " I will ...
... human sorrows . Would they look with a more impartial eye on the world , they would see themselves surrounded with sufferers ; and find that they are only drinking out of that mixed cup which Providence has prepared for all . " I will ...
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... human nature , a matter that deserves our highest attention . For wh one of them becomes either too weak , or too strong , gers both our virtue and our hapiness . D هز The desires and passions of a vicious man , having Chap . 1 . 18 ...
... human nature , a matter that deserves our highest attention . For wh one of them becomes either too weak , or too strong , gers both our virtue and our hapiness . D هز The desires and passions of a vicious man , having Chap . 1 . 18 ...
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... human life ; on the scanty proportion of happiness which any man is here allowed to enjoy ; on the small difference which the diversity of fortune makes on that scanty proportion ; it is surprising , that envy should ever have been a ...
... human life ; on the scanty proportion of happiness which any man is here allowed to enjoy ; on the small difference which the diversity of fortune makes on that scanty proportion ; it is surprising , that envy should ever have been a ...
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... prosperity , when , in the height of it , a single disappointment can destroy the rel- ish of all its pleasures ! how weak is human nature , which , in the absence of real , is thus prone to 20 Part 1 . The English Reader .
... prosperity , when , in the height of it , a single disappointment can destroy the rel- ish of all its pleasures ! how weak is human nature , which , in the absence of real , is thus prone to 20 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.