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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... wisdom , in all ages of the world . ་ ། ། SECTION III . THE defire of improvement difcovers a liberal mind , and is connected with many accomplish- ments , and many virtues . Innocence confers eafe and freedom on the mind ; and leaves ...
... wisdom , in all ages of the world . ་ ། ། SECTION III . THE defire of improvement difcovers a liberal mind , and is connected with many accomplish- ments , and many virtues . Innocence confers eafe and freedom on the mind ; and leaves ...
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... wisdom . Length of days is in her right hand ; and in her left hand , riches and honour . Her ways are ways of plea- fantnefs , and all her paths are peace . How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity ! It ...
... wisdom . Length of days is in her right hand ; and in her left hand , riches and honour . Her ways are ways of plea- fantnefs , and all her paths are peace . How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity ! It ...
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... wisdom avail with poverty ? None will flatter the poor ; and the wife have very little power of flattering themselves . That man is furely the most wretched of the fons of wretched- nefs , who lives with his own faults and follies al ...
... wisdom avail with poverty ? None will flatter the poor ; and the wife have very little power of flattering themselves . That man is furely the most wretched of the fons of wretched- nefs , who lives with his own faults and follies al ...
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... of England by both her parents . She was carefully educated in the principles of the Reformation ; and her wisdom and virtue ren- dered her a fhining example to her fex . But 34 Part I. The English Reader . Lady Jane Grey,
... of England by both her parents . She was carefully educated in the principles of the Reformation ; and her wisdom and virtue ren- dered her a fhining example to her fex . But 34 Part I. The English Reader . Lady Jane Grey,
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... Wisdom . IT is a fure indication of good fenfe , to be dif- fident of it . We then , and not till then , are growing wife , when we begin to difcern how weak 58 Part I. The English Reader . Diffidence of our abilities, a mark of wif-
... Wisdom . IT is a fure indication of good fenfe , to be dif- fident of it . We then , and not till then , are growing wife , when we begin to difcern how weak 58 Part I. The English Reader . Diffidence of our abilities, a mark of wif-
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