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 ReadingIsaac Collins and Son, 1802 - 366 páginas |
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... once , the emphasis would fall on firft ; and the line be read , " Of man's firft difobedience , " & c . Again , admitting death ( as was really the cafe ) to have been an unheard - of and dreadful punishment , brought upon man in ...
... once , the emphasis would fall on firft ; and the line be read , " Of man's firft difobedience , " & c . Again , admitting death ( as was really the cafe ) to have been an unheard - of and dreadful punishment , brought upon man in ...
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... once yielded up the govern- ment of his mind , and given loofe rein to his de- . fires and paffions , can tell how far thefe may carry himar Tranquillity of mind is always moft likely to be attained , when the bufinefs of the world is ...
... once yielded up the govern- ment of his mind , and given loofe rein to his de- . fires and paffions , can tell how far thefe may carry himar Tranquillity of mind is always moft likely to be attained , when the bufinefs of the world is ...
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... once , may breathe out his life in idle withes ; and regret , in the laft hour , his ufelefs intentions and barren zeal . The fpirit of true religion breathes mildness and affability . It gives a native , unaffected eafe to the ...
... once , may breathe out his life in idle withes ; and regret , in the laft hour , his ufelefs intentions and barren zeal . The fpirit of true religion breathes mildness and affability . It gives a native , unaffected eafe to the ...
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... once obtained an unlimited fway , trample him under their feet . They make him feel that he is fubject to various , contradictory , and imperi- ous mafters , who often pull him different ways . His foul is rendered the receptacle of ...
... once obtained an unlimited fway , trample him under their feet . They make him feel that he is fubject to various , contradictory , and imperi- ous mafters , who often pull him different ways . His foul is rendered the receptacle of ...
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... once to be bleffings to the world , funk down , in the end , to be the burden and nuifance of fociety ! The most common propenfity of mankind , is , to ftore futurity with whatever is agreeable to them ; 24 Part I The English Reader .
... once to be bleffings to the world , funk down , in the end , to be the burden and nuifance of fociety ! The most common propenfity of mankind , is , to ftore futurity with whatever is agreeable to them ; 24 Part I The English Reader .
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