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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... reflect , that while he forms his purpofe , the day rolls on , and " the night cometh , when no man can work . " ¿ To fenfual perfons , hardly any thing is what it appears to be and what flatters moft , is always fartheft from reality ...
... reflect , that while he forms his purpofe , the day rolls on , and " the night cometh , when no man can work . " ¿ To fenfual perfons , hardly any thing is what it appears to be and what flatters moft , is always fartheft from reality ...
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... reflect on the many diftreffes which abound in human life ; on the fcanty proportion of happiness which any man is here allowed to en- joy ; on the small difference which the diverfity of fortune makes on that fcanty proportion ; it is ...
... reflect on the many diftreffes which abound in human life ; on the fcanty proportion of happiness which any man is here allowed to en- joy ; on the small difference which the diverfity of fortune makes on that fcanty proportion ; it is ...
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... reflect- ing , the air grew blacker , and a clap of thunder broke his meditation . He now refolved to do what yet remained in his power , to tread back the ground which he had paffed , and try to find fome iffue where the wood might ...
... reflect- ing , the air grew blacker , and a clap of thunder broke his meditation . He now refolved to do what yet remained in his power , to tread back the ground which he had paffed , and try to find fome iffue where the wood might ...
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... reflect on the infirmities common to all . If the reflection on natural equality and mutual offences , be infufficient to prompt humani- ty , let us at least remember what we are in the fight of our Creator . Have we none of that for ...
... reflect on the infirmities common to all . If the reflection on natural equality and mutual offences , be infufficient to prompt humani- ty , let us at least remember what we are in the fight of our Creator . Have we none of that for ...
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... reflect how lit- tle we have any prospect of gaining by fierce con- tention ; but how much of the true happiness of life we are certain of throwing away . Eafily , and from the fmallest chink , the bitter waters of strife are let forth ...
... reflect how lit- tle we have any prospect of gaining by fierce con- tention ; but how much of the true happiness of life we are certain of throwing away . Eafily , and from the fmallest chink , the bitter waters of strife are let forth ...
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