The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, Selected from the Best Writers ...Stereotyped, printed and published by H. and E. Phinney, 1829 - 252 páginas |
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... peace , and safety ; without any particular or uncommon evils to afflict our condition ; what more can we reasonably look for in this vain and uncertain world ? How little can the greatest prosperity add to such a state ? Will any ...
... peace , and safety ; without any particular or uncommon evils to afflict our condition ; what more can we reasonably look for in this vain and uncertain world ? How little can the greatest prosperity add to such a state ? Will any ...
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... peace . How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity ! It is like precious ointment ; like the dew of Her- mon , and the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion . The sluggard will not plough by reason ...
... peace . How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity ! It is like precious ointment ; like the dew of Her- mon , and the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion . The sluggard will not plough by reason ...
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... peace will be impaired . But if any which has the taint of guilt take early possession of our mind , we may date , from that moment , the ruin of our tranquillity . Every man has some darling passion , which generally af- fords the ...
... peace will be impaired . But if any which has the taint of guilt take early possession of our mind , we may date , from that moment , the ruin of our tranquillity . Every man has some darling passion , which generally af- fords the ...
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... peace and repose , would be strangers to human life . 2 Injuries retaliated according to the exorbitant measure which passion prescribes , would excite resentment in return . The injured person would become the injurer ; and thus wrongs ...
... peace and repose , would be strangers to human life . 2 Injuries retaliated according to the exorbitant measure which passion prescribes , would excite resentment in return . The injured person would become the injurer ; and thus wrongs ...
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... , to deprive ourselves of the comfort of life . The man of candour enjoys his situation , whatever it is , with cheerfulness and peace . Prudence di- rects his intercourse with the world ; and no black CHAP . III . 47 DIDACTIC PIECES .
... , to deprive ourselves of the comfort of life . The man of candour enjoys his situation , whatever it is , with cheerfulness and peace . Prudence di- rects his intercourse with the world ; and no black CHAP . III . 47 DIDACTIC PIECES .
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